Project duration: September 2026 – December 2026

Project funder: Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Project partners: Dobrobat, Angels of Salvation (AoS)

Project volume: 182 281 €

Mondo helps ensure livable, safe, and heated conditions for the upcoming winter in 13 accommodation centers for internally displaced people (IDP) in Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv oblasts.

Extensive and systematic Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy  infrastructure during the exceptionally cold winter of 2026 left Ukrainians without heat and electricity. Over the course of the year, the situation has not improved, attacks on energy infrastructure have intensified ahead of autumn, and therefore there is reason to expect that the upcoming winter will turn out just as difficult or even harder.

Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv infrastructure is under significant strain due to ongoing active hostilities, and therefore it is very important to support the IDP accommodation centers (collective sites). The centers welcome refugees forced to leave their homes whose homes have become uninhabitable due to the frontline moving too close to homes and constant attacks.

This winter, with the support of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and donors, Mondo supports internally displaced people who were forced to leave their homes due to the war in Ukraine and live in collective sites. These are people whose coping depends to a large extent on the functioning of the sites and for whom winter weather conditions, damaged infrastructure and frequent power outages pose a serious problem. Active hostilities are still ongoing in all three oblasts, and losing a home due to attacks and the need to move to an IDP accommodation center is a daily threat.

In the autumn of 2026, we will support 13 IDP collective sites in various ways with repair works, equipment and more. Approximately 860 internally displaced persons will get support. Together with the partner organisations, we will replace the obsolete windows of one center and one dilapidated solid fuel boiler in another, which will improve the thermal efficiency of buildings and ensure stable indoor heating. These are two vocational education centers whose dormitories are also used as IDP accommodation centers. In addition, 11 collective sites will receive support in purchasing heating materials in Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts to ensure indoor warmth and livable living conditions during the cold period.

The project title is “Provision of winter repairs and delivering  solid fuel to IDP collective sites in Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts in Ukraine ​” and it is implemented with the support of Mondo, the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and donors.

Project Manager:
Kristi Toodo
kristi.toodo@mondo.org.ee