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ACT ALLIANCE IN UKRAINE

ACT Alliance members have been working in Ukraine for many years, in communities with faith-based and secular local organisations to support vulnerable populations impacted by conflict.

Since February 2022, it is estimated that over 13 7 million people have fled their homes in Ukraine Thousands of civilians have been killed and injured, many more have experienced traumatic events and need urgent protection

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Critical infrastructure including hospitals, schools and power facilities have been damaged or destroyed

ACT Alliance members have been responding to this massive increase in humanitarian needs, rapidly mobilising staff and financial resources in a multi-country response Working both inside Ukraine and in neighbouring countries including Poland, Hungary, Romania and Moldova, over the past twelve months, ACT members have reached 2 98 milion people with essential multi-sectoral humanitarian assistance

Assistance provided has included food and nonfood items, shelter, cash and voucher assistance, healthcare including mental health support, and water and sanitation services

To date, ACT members have mobilised over US$ 22 9 million through the appeal UKR221, making it the largest appeal in the history of ACT Alliance ACT members have also worked bilaterally through their own partnerships and programmes to mobilise tens of millions more in humanitarian aid as the Total ACT Response

This digital booklet takes stock of the significant scale of the ACT Alliance response It sets out the achievements of ACT members in supporting people impacted by the armed conflict in Ukraine whilst also acknowledging the serious challenges ahead With extremely high levels of humanitarian need and no clear sign of an end to hostilities, ACT Alliance remains committed to the delivery of quality humanitarian assistance in response to this devastating crisis