The Ministry of Social Policy, Family and Unity of Ukraine and the East SOS Charitable Foundation are joining efforts to save even more lives

The Ministry of Social Policy, Family and Unity of Ukraine continues to implement the “money follows the person” principle – a new approach to providing assisted living and inpatient care services for older adults and people with disabilities evacuated from frontline areas. This system allows individuals to choose their own service provider, while the state covers the cost.

This time, the East SOS team, in cooperation with the Ministry, helped five women find new homes under the project. Our evacuation crews rescued them from frontline villages in the Donetsk and Dnipro regions.

The story of 90-year-old Zoia, the oldest of those rescued, is especially moving. She had been living alone in the town of Bilytske, Donetsk region – her relatives had gone abroad, and all her documents were burned during shelling. The East SOS team evacuated her from danger, helped restore her documents, open bank accounts, and complete all necessary paperwork so she could receive proper care in a permanent residence facility.

Zoia and two other women from the Donetsk region – from the towns of Bilytske, Dobropillia, and the village of Lozove – found new homes in Nadvirna, Ivano-Frankivsk region, at a facility run by our partners, Caritas Nadvirna.

Two other women from the Dnipropetrovsk region – from the villages of Pokrovske and Oleksandrivka – were relocated to the Center for Social Services of the Pidkaminsky Village Council in the Lviv region.

For more than three and a half years, East SOS has been assisting people with limited mobility in evacuating from frontline areas, providing legal, psychological, and social support, as well as helping them find permanent homes and access proper care in safe regions of Ukraine.

Together with the Ministry of Social Policy, Family and Unity, we continue to rescue, support, and care for those who need it most.