The federal government of Germany in 2017-2018 will provide EUR 2.313 million on the projects of humanitarian aid for internally displaced persons (IDPs), which are carried out by Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe organization, the press service of the German Embassy in Ukraine reported.
"The German federal government will provide another EUR 2.313 to support the provision of humanitarian aid by the Evangelic organization "Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe"… The measures of assistance planned for this and next year include among other things distributing foodstuff, hygiene packages and household items, psychosocial counselling and professional skills development and training to improve [IDPs'] chances on the labor market and to promote self-employment," the embassy said in a statement released on Friday.
The diplomatic mission explained that humanitarian assistance will be assigned primarily to socially vulnerable groups, including internally displaced persons. The project will be implemented in the areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, as well as in Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
The embassy said Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe already carried out many humanitarian aid projects in Ukraine 2015-2016 spending EUR 260,000 of its own funds, as well as the funds provided by the German federal government (EUR 2.5 million).
