This week in Kyiv, Ukraine, we took part in the event organized by the Italian Cooperation on the occasion of the Italian Cooperation Day with the aim of bringing together partners, agencies, and civil society organizations working on the front line to support the civilian population. It was a moment for dialogue and knowledge sharing, a platform to amplify results and good practices.
The CUAMM team on the ground participated in the meeting alongside partners, NGOs, and local organizations, presenting CUAMM’s work in the country, sharing the results achieved over the past three years, and reaffirming its commitment moving forward.
For the past three years, CUAMM has been working in the country with a twofold objective: assisting civilians and strengthening the health system severely affected by the conflict. Over the past year, we have done so through the RISE project, funded by the Italian Cooperation and implemented in collaboration with Caritas Italiana, Caritas Drohobych (SDD), Volonterskiy Rukh Bukovyny (VRB), CUAMM UK, and Caritas Moldova. The intervention focused on providing emergency health assistance to vulnerable communities, including internally displaced people, refugees, and host communities in Ukraine and Moldova.
The main activities included: distribution of emergency medical kits, psychosocial support events, training in mental health, life support, and neonatology, and distribution of food kits and essential items.
This is a commitment we are ready to carry forward. Thanks to the renewed support from the Italian Cooperation, in the coming months we will be implementing SHIELD Project – Strengthening Health and Protection for Vulnerable Communities in Conflict-affected Sumska and Kharkivska in collaboration with CESVI and two local partners – an intervention that combines health and protection. At the center of our work are four main activities located in the oblasts of Kharkiv and Sumy, near the border area: distribution of medical supplies, structural rehabilitation interventions, delivery of emergency kits and capacity building activities for health professionals in collaboration with UNFPA.
RISE Project, figures from the project
In Ukraine
• 8,359 outpatient consultations
• 11 emergency kit deliveries to the areas of Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Vasylkiv, and Sumy, ensuring response within 72 hours from notification of the request—as required by WHO’s Rapid Response Mechanism
• 1,270 people reached through psychosocial support events
• 2,179 people involved in the Vasylkiv Summer Camp
• 448 people trained in mental health topics and Basic Life Support
• 4,288 people who received food kits and essential items
• 1,865 people who received winter protection kits
• 865 children who received nutritional kits and essential items
In Moldova
• 1,493 outpatient consultations
• 764 people reached through psychosocial support events
• 100 health professionals trained in neonatal care
• 4,775 people who received essential items
Doctors with Africa CUAMM has been active in Ukraine since the start of the humanitarian crisis in March 2022. Since then, we have reached more than 40,594 people and supported over 29 health facilities with medicines, consumables, biomedical equipment, and logistical support materials.
