Ukraine’s deputy prime minister announced Wednesday that international organizations have started providing financial support to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine.
Irina Vereshchuk and UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi met to discuss the main areas of cooperation in providing shelter and direct cash assistance to IDPs.
Vereshchuk in a briefing said the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has started paying 2,200 hryvnia ($75) per person through the Ukraine Post Office.
She also said that the International Organization for Migration Mission in Ukraine has also started a program to provide cash assistance of 2,200 hryvnia to pregnant women, orphans, families with two or more children, the disabled and the elderly, for now, in the Zakarpattia Oblast region.
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