Ukraine May 2017

KEY DATES
May 2017 witnessed an escalation of activities with the
number of damaged homes rising to 29 homes damaged
per week with the largest amount of violence recorded
during the week of the 22nd to the 28th of May. This week
was the highest number of homes reported damaged since
the flare up of the crisis in February 2017.

Activation of Cluster: December 2014

Figure 1- Subnational Cluster Luhanske field notes

Housing, Land, and Property Country Case Studies: In May 2017, members
of the Housing, Land, and Property Technical Working Group compiled case CLUSTER TEAM
studies on Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Colombia, Cyprus,
Georgia, Moldova and Serbia to learn about what was their experience in Cluster lead agency: UNHCR
post-conflict settings with tenure security and the path towards Co-Chair (Northern Donbas): People in Need
compensation. Housing context, recovery, restitution, compensation, and
Cluster Coordinator
cases from the European Court of Human Rights were examined and
Igor Chantefort | coord.ukraine@sheltercluster.org
shared with the Ministry of ToTs and IDPs.
Cluster Co-Chair & Sub-National Coordinator
 Subnational Field Notes: Luhanske Village This month the Shelter Cluster Reneé Wynveen | coord1.ukraine@sheltercluster.org
published field notes about a recent visit to Luhanske village in Bakhmut Shelter Associate
Raion in northern Donetsk Oblast. The document summarizes the trends in Kostyantyn Dmytrenko | dmytrenk@unhcr.org
damages according to areas where secondary damages are the most
prevalent while including feedback of the beneficiaries who received shelter
assistance.
KEY DOCUMENTS
 Collective Centre Monitoring: In May, the Shelter Cluster collaborated with
several agencies to complete data collection to check up on the status of Shelter/NFI Cluster strategy ENG UKR
Collective Centres. People in Need, the Danish Refugee Council, Monetization in the Shelter and NFI Sector in Ukraine ENG
Stabilization Support Services, and UNHCR worked with the Shelter Cluster Shelter Cluster Annual Report 2016 ENG
Team to call, visit, and speak with IDPs and Collective Centre Managers to
Recommendations on Winterization 2016/2017 ENG RUS
find out what is the status of Collective Centers across Ukraine. A high
number of closures were recorded since last year’s update largely related Guidance on structural repairs and reconstruction ENG UKR
with lack of resources to maintain the operations of the centers. A Technical Essay on Housing Situation in Ukraine ENG
publication of the monitoring is expected in June 2017. Cash assistance post-distribution monitoring report (2015)
 Escalation of Damaged Homes in May- As noted in the context update, May Common cash PDM core questions ENG RUS UKR
was another month where there was an escalation of newly damaged homes Evaluation of the Shelter and NFI Cluster in Ukraine ENG UKR
along the contact line. As the conflict calmed down after the flare up of
activities in Avdiivka, the Shelter Cluster has been monitoring the weekly KEY LINKS
number of damages reported as explained in its technical guidance note on
3W online submission form
the escalation of emergency. If the conflict continues on its current
trajectory, it means that the initial cluster projections for newly damaged Warehouses for contingency Inter-Cluster update form
homes will be off by an estimated 577 households causing cumulative Who is doing what where and when interactive dashboard
damages to over 1000 households by December 2017. As noted in the chart
below, the cumulative damages has already surpassed the cluster’s initial Housing, Land and Property TWIG
projections and puts strains on humanitarian actors to provide acute Permanent Shelter Solutions and linkage to integration
emergency and light and medium repairs to newly damaged homes in
addition to homes that were damaged in 2016.

Prediction of Damages in 2017, GCA Only

May at a glance
1000 100
800 80
600 60
400 40
25,848 HHs
received NFIs
600,000
Total people in
200 20 need

¼
0 0
September 11th-September…

10,783 HHs
May 22nd-28th
March 1st-5th

May 8th-14th

June 5th- 9th

July 17th-23rd
June 19th-25th
July 3rd-9th

August 14-20th

September 25th- October 1st

November 6th-12th

December 18th-24th
March 13th-19th
March 27th-April 2nd
April 10th-16th
April 24th-30th

October 9th-15th

November 20th-26th
December 4th-10th
July 31st-August 6th

October 23rd-October 29th

300,000
August 28th-September 3rd

received solid
fuel assistance Cluster target
population

1,621 light and

Total Damages medium repairs 40
Cumulative Cluster partners
Initial projection
Prediction of Damages until the end of the year based on last month trend Source: HRP Ukraine 2017, 3W reports from partners. Cumulated figures for 2017
Note: number of Cluster partners is calculated monthly based on 3W reports which
Prediction of Damages until the end of the year, average from 1st of march indicates number of humanitarian actors reporting to Cluster and operating in Ukraine
in a particular month