Every Ukrainian can receive international aid - Deputy Minister of Social Policy

01.09.2022, 11:11 apostrophe.ua

Due to the war, millions of Ukrainians lost their homes and were forced to flee their cities. Almost three million citizens of Ukraine have forcibly become internally displaced persons. Many people lost their jobs and livelihoods. Of course, since the beginning of the war, the state began to develop a plan of measures to help its citizens in this difficult period. The result was the creation of the eDopomoga platform, thanks to which Ukrainians in need of help can quickly apply, and thousands of volunteers throughout Ukraine help those in need. Kostiantyn Koshelenko, Deputy Minister of Social Policy on digital development, digital transformations and digitization, told "Apostrophe" in more detail about the success of the platform, as well as how the state helps Ukrainians during the war. - Let's talk about the results of the eDopomoga platform. How many benefactors are registered, how many people applied for assistance, how many received and what is the total amount of assistance at this time? - With the beginning of the war, the number of Ukrainians in need of social support and humanitarian assistance increased instantly. For its part, the digital team of the Ministry of Social Policy did everything to ensure that Ukrainians received social benefits continuously and in full, but we understood that it was important to increase the amount of assistance. That is why we started working on providing additional support to those who need it. This was the beginning of the history of the eDopomoga platform, the second function of which, after information about payments and assistance from the state, was the possibility of providing and receiving volunteer assistance. Thanks to this function, every Ukrainian in need of help was given the opportunity to submit an application, leave contact information and specify what exactly he needs: food, medicine, clothing, and more. And, on the other hand, those who are