Перше картографування у Торчинській територіальній громаді (ENG)

As part of the project “Multisectoral Inclusive Humanitarian Assistance for Internally Displaced Persons, Returnees, Veterans and Host Communities in Ukraine”, the team of the National Assembly of People with Disabilities of Ukraine is conducting a rapid analysis of the situation in the pilot regions. The goal is to study the problems of the regions and understand how to overcome them in the context of a full-scale war.

The first mapping was carried out in the Torchyn territorial community in the Volyn Oblast. The community unites 24 settlements, with a total population of 13,212 people. Among them are 2,674 people aged 60+, including lonely people, and 27 adults living in a social institution. 330 people in the community have disabilities: 66 women, 109 men and 55 children.

Local residents face serious challenges on a daily basis, including:

lack of adequate transport between settlements. The community donated many vehicles to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine;

lack of roads, local residents are forced to move between villages on foot, as the bus runs once or twice a day. There is also no low-floor social transport for people with limited mobility;

older people and people with disabilities have limited access to information about humanitarian aid and other support programmes;

inaccessibility of ATMs and post offices;

insufficient number of social workers, and the virtual absence of social services at the community level.

But this can and should be changed! Together with active residents of the Torchyn community, we will:

improve the working conditions of social workers and the accessibility of services for the target group;

promote the creation of accessible healthcare services in a hospital that serves all settlements in the community;

improve the target group’s access to information on humanitarian response.

Also, today the NADU already provides financial assistance to people with disabilities and the elderly who need it most.

And last week, our team went on an expedition to the Torchyn community and saw for ourselves how people with limited mobility live in the community’s settlements. Unfortunately, the results of the mapping are fully in line with the reality: broken roads, inaccessibility of services, and lack of professional staff prevent the implementation of modern approaches and practices.

But at the same time, we met wonderful people who, despite their disabilities, receive education, run their own households, raise children, and develop our country and their communities.

We will tell you about each of them in a separate series of posts. In the meantime, let’s keep working!

Project «The Multisectoral Inclusive Humanitarian Assistance for Internally Displaced Persons, Returnees, Veterans and Host Communities in Ukraine» is being implemented by the National Assembly of Persons with Disabilities of Ukraine with support from the Christian Blind Mission.