Emergency livelihoods programme

What can assistance be used for?

Emergency livelihoods support is provided for starting or resuming the following types of economic activities:

• animal husbandry: meet, milk and egg production
• aviculture
• horticulture: growing vegetables and fruits in greenhouses and in the kitchen-garden, etc
• beekeeping: breeding bees and production of beekeeping products
• other types of agriculture
• food production: baking, production of semi-finished products, bread, cakes, etc
• services: tailoring or clothes repair, handicrafts, construction or renovation, household services, beauty services, etc

Grants can be used to purchase combinations of goods and services in order to increase food production and/or household profit. Applications that only propose to enhance operating activities or that only require the coverage of learning costs are not supported under this programme.

Who can apply?

Households from Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions that have lost the means to support their families due to the armed conflict can apply to participate in the programme and and have already received cash assistance from the Estonian Refugee Council. The pre-approval decision is made on the basis of the information provided by the main applicant representing the household. The applicant shall submit an application on the online platform of the Estonian Refugee Council.

Affected households from the following hromadas are eligible to apply:

• Zaporizhzhska oblast Zaporizhzhskyi rayon: Shyrokivska and Novomykolaivska hromadas
• Mykolaiv oblast Bashtanskyi rayon: Berezneguvatska and Kazankivska hromadas
• Kharkivska oblast Kupyanskyi rayon: Shevchenkivska hromada
• Kharkivska oblast Chyhyivskyi rayon: Slobozhanska hromada

If successful, the maximum amount of financial aid for economic activities will be from 23,500 to 33,000 UAH per household, depending on the activity. The amount of the financial aid will be transferred to the bank account.

How to apply for assistance?

In order to start the application, go to the application form, enter the phone number you used when registering for cash assistance, click Continue

Fill in the application form

Application deadline: ongoing

After filling out the form, our specialists will review the information provided and, if necessary, inform you about the need to provide additional information using the email specified in the online form. Following the final confirmation, our specialist will contact you to sign the Grant Agreement, after which, the payment will be made to your bank account.

Our experts review the application up to 3 weeks from the date of its receipt. You will be informed about the results of the application review. If you are selected, a written agreement will be concluded with you, and the amount of assistance will be transferred to your bank account.