BO "BF "Association of Democratic Development" in cooperation with an international humanitarian organization ZOA in Ukraine funded by the Humanitarian Fund for Ukraine (UHF), it is starting to implement the Emergency Agricultural Assistance Program, aimed at supporting vulnerable rural households affected by armed conflict and in need of support to maintain or restore their own food production.
Who can apply for the program?
Households living in the settlements of Novgorod-Siverska, Horodnyanska, Sednivska, Dobryanska and Tupychivska communities, included in the project implementation territory, and meeting the established program criteria, can submit an application.
Household should:
- Conduct own agricultural production and need its support. The program may include households engaged in horticulture, growing agricultural products, keeping poultry and/or farm animals for their own consumption, or combining production for their own consumption with other types of agricultural activity.
- Have a low level of income. The average monthly income of a household per member should be less than UAH 8,422 per month
- Have at least one sign of socio-economic vulnerability:
- the household includes a person with a disability or a person with significant functional limitations;
- the household includes a person with a serious, chronic or expensive illness;
- the household has a significant workload related to the care of other family members;
- the household consists of persons aged 60 and over;
- large family;
- single parent family;
- the household includes a pregnant or breastfeeding woman;
- the household is headed by a woman.
Geographical conditions of participation
The program is implemented in certain settlements of the above-mentioned communities that are affected by the armed conflict. In settlements located within 20–50 km from the front line/state border with the Russian Federation, both local residents and other non-displaced households and households of internally displaced persons (IDPs) can participate in the program, provided that other criteria of the program are met.
In community settlements located outside 50 km, only IDP households that meet other established criteria can participate in the program.
How to apply?
To apply for participation, please fill out the electronic form at the link https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/w1HTp13ZEU
For more information, please call: +38 067 888 41 92
Please note: filling out the application does not guarantee receiving assistance. All applications will be checked for compliance with the program criteria. If the number of applications exceeds the available amount of funding, priority will be given to households with a higher level of vulnerability and needs.
Applications are accepted until January 31, 2027 or until the maximum number of applications that can be supported within the limits of available funding is reached. The amount of assistance is 495 US dollars in hryvnia equivalent per household.