| Project Detail |
In Ukraine, the areas close to the frontline remain severely affected by the war. International support is needed to ensure access to safe water, restore essential infrastructure and maintain basic water supply and sanitation services. The third phase of this Swiss-led programme focuses both on humanitarian emergency WASH response in frontline/border regions while laying the ground to inform comprehensive and innovative reconstruction approaches. Ukraine has been suffering from full scale Russian military aggression since 24 February 2022. During the occupation, and especially now during the warfare in the winter of 2024, water and energy infrastructure were explicitly targeted. As a result of the hostilities, essential infrastructure is damaged and continues to break down due to lack of maintenance. Citizens who stayed or returned to the affected areas face difficult living conditions and lack of basic services, especially along the frontline. The populations along the frontline in the oblasts of Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaphorizhia, Dnipro, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Donetsk have the highest humanitarian needs. The uncertainty of frontline movements and the evolution of the conflict in general requires flexible programming to assist the most vulnerable populations in the most affected areas. Objectives Ensure safe access to water, sanitation and heating services to the conflict-affected population. |
