By Kerri Whelan | Plan Writer
More than one year since the start of the war in Ukraine, girls and their families are still seriously struggling to stay safe. Nearly 8 million people from Ukraine have been forced to become refugees - mostly children and women.
But with your support, we're working in Ukraine, as well as neighboring Moldova, Poland and Romania, to keep girls protected from gender-based violence, provide shelter for refugee families and deliver critical mental health support for children. Plan is among the few organizations supporting girls' menstrual health, providing thousands who have been affected by the war with period products and health kits.
Your gifts have reached more than 250,000 people - including more than 65,000 in Ukraine, 37,000 in Poland, 93,000 in Romania and 50,000 in Moldova. With your support, Plan is:
- Distributing blankets, winter clothing and heating appliances to more than 14,000 people, particularly those living in isolated areas of Ukraine.
- Providing 5,000 blankets to families in Moldova.
- Supporting the reconstruction of 75 schools and 25 shelters, directly reaching close to 40,000 children and their caregivers in Ukraine.
- Reaching more than 30,000 children with protection services.
- Providing mental health support to more than 12,000 children and their caregivers in Moldova.
- Distributing 11,200 hygiene kits, including 7,000 menstrual health kits in Poland, 600 in Romania and 600 in Moldova.
- Establishing nine daycare centers in Poland, offering protection services to children and employment for refugee women.
- Providing training on mental health support, emotional learning and classroom integration for 1,500 teachers in Poland and Moldova.
- Providing food support to more than 60,000 people in Ukraine and Moldova.
"While we don't know how long the [Ukraine] conflict will last, we know it has devastated the lives of countless girls, boys and their families and that more support will be needed in months to come. Plan International and our partners will continue to be there - throughout the conflict and as they rebuild and recover."
- Sven Coppens, Plan's Ukraine crisis response director
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