With USAID Ukraine's help, DRC is empowering thousands of small farmers in Ukraine's agricultural heartlands to sustain and expand their farming activities. These efforts prioritise food security for vulnerable households, ensuring they can feed themselves and their families🌾

🔴 Recent missile strikes in #Kharkiv have temporarily halted DRC's support operations due to damage to our office and vehicles. We're committed to resuming aid as quickly as possible: bit.ly/4b6RQOn

Humanitarian workers should never be a target❗

#Ukraine

Mechanical demining in #Mykolaiv Oblast is picking up speed with DRC's new demining machine, enhancing our capability to clear up to 12,000 m² of land per day. This progress, supported by Посольство Німеччини, marks a significant advance in making #Ukraine safer: bit.ly/4b9kVsB

At today's SOM on #Ukraine , DRC calls to address the discrepancy between high humanitarian needs and reductions in humanitarian funding to ensure that support is available for all areas of Ukraine and that we can reach the most vulnerable wherever they are.

🛠️ With Novo Nordisk support, DRC’s partner is transforming the basement of a kindergarten in #Mykolaiv into a safe & comfortable space where kids can stay during air raid alarms. The project will ensure that 200 children return to offline preschool education.

#Ukraine

Terrible news: Children are among the reported casualties in a deadly attack in Chernihiv, which also reportedly damaged a hospital and educational institution.

Attacks on children, hospitals and schools must stop. They must be protected at all times.

After the escalation of the war in 2022, a geriatric centre in 📍Truskavets became a home for many older people and people with disabilities who had been forced to leave their homes.

Read how Danish Refugee Council in Ukraine supported people in such centres in western #Ukraine ahead of winter ⬇️

🖍️ Colouring books with AR elements is one of our instruments to educate children in #Ukraine on explosive ordnance risks. This week, DRC delivered 3,000 books to be distributed among school children in Sumy Oblast.

The EU (EU Humanitarian Aid | European Neighbourhood 🇪🇺) made it possible.

#MineAction

A terrifying weekend for children in Ukraine: according to reports, a 16-y/o girl was killed in an attack in Pokrovsk, Donetsk region. Schools were also reportedly damaged in Kharkiv city and the Kherson region.

Children and schools must always be protected. Attacks must stop.

🔴 Dreadful drone & missile attacks on #Kharkiv continue maiming civilians, claiming lives, and destroying homes. DRC is on the ground and provides financial support to the victims, funds for repairs & other types of assistance.

OCHA Ukraine makes it possible.

#NotATarget

▶️ DRC deminers clear #Ukraine . This year we have started mechanical demining operations to speed up the process.

Thank you: EU (EU Humanitarian Aid | European Neighbourhood 🇪🇺), Denmark MFA 🇩🇰, Political-Military Affairs, US Dept of State, France Diplomacy 🇫🇷🇪🇺, Sweden in Ukraine, MFA Finland 🇫🇮, Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs 🇳🇱, Посольство Німеччини, OCHA Ukraine, H. Buffett Foundation.

Nastia, 15, feels lucky to be alive after she was injured by an exploding mine.

Children in Ukraine face the daily risk of being injured or killed by mines and explosive remnants of war in their communities, schools, and playgrounds.

#MineAction #IMAD2024 #MineAwarenessDay

🔻Ongoing fighting is resulting in widespread and heavy contamination from explosive ordnance across #Ukraine . This poses life-threatening dangers to communities, disrupts essential services, and fuels psychological trauma.

That is why #MineActionCannotWait ❗

We have operated in more than 15 countries since 1997, clearing and releasing countless of sqm of contaminated land, assisting victims, and working in partnership with national authorities and local mine action operators to make communities safer #MineActionCannotWait #IMAD2024

On #MineAwarenessDay we urge again:

Noticed an explosive ordnance?

❌Do not touch!
❌Stay away!
☎️Call the State Emergency Service!

#MineActionCannotWait #IMAD2024

EU (EU Humanitarian Aid | European Neighbourhood 🇪🇺)

On the International Mine Action Day, we would like to extend our gratitude to all colleagues working to reduce explosive ordnance-related threats, save lives, restore livelihoods, and pave the way for safer and peaceful communities. Thanks to donors who make our work possible.

🔴 Over 2 years into the conflict escalation, the UN reports >30,000 civilians killed & injured in #Ukraine . Mines and war remnants have led to 339 deaths and 757 injuries, highlighting the urgent need for #MineAction and safety measures.

#IMAD2024

'In a mined area, stop, don't move & don't panic. Warn others & call 101,' advises DRC instructor Oleksandr.
With regular incidents across #Ukraine , we emphasize the importance of safe behaviour education in mine-contaminated areas: bit.ly/43HOoam

#MineActionCannotWait

Ivanna's story is a stark reminder of the human cost of the war in #Ukraine : bit.ly/3TVvEkl

We continue to aid the victims of mines & other explosive ordnance covering their needs thanks to the support from Sweden in Ukraine, USAID Ukraine, OCHA Ukraine, and MFA Finland 🇫🇮.

DRC & Sweden in Ukraine are at the forefront of enhancing aid for explosive ordnance victims in #Ukraine , focusing on financial support and advocacy in our 4th roundtable. Dive into the discussions and insights through the videos ➡️ bit.ly/3TVcGKN

#VictimAssistance #IMAD2024