The "Live Without Limits" project is implemented by the NGO "Social Initiatives for Occupational Safety and Health" with the support of the United Nations Development Program within the framework of the project "Promoting Human Security in Ukraine by Responding to the Multidimensional Crisis Caused by the War" with financial support from the Government of Japan.
Ukraine is one of the most mined countries in the world, with 40% of its territory contaminated with explosives. According to the UN, more than 1,8 million Ukrainian children and adults live in the vicinity of mines, especially in the deoccupied territories of the country. Although the pyrotechnic units of the State Emergency Service continue the demining process, many territories currently remain unmined, posing a threat to the lives of community residents. People affected by the war and/or living in deoccupied communities need support.
The purpose of the project
Creating a safe, inclusive environment in de-occupied communities and developing medical and social rehabilitation services for people affected by the war in Ukraine.
Special attention within the project is paid to the development of services for people with disabilities with visual impairments in order to promote maximum recovery of people, provide psychological assistance, form life skills, use electronic devices and digital technologies, teach orientation and mobility skills, Braille, promote professional and personal development. In order for a person with visual impairments to become an equal participant in society in the future, having the opportunity to access education, work, communications and a high-quality full life. To this end, a model of comprehensive rehabilitation for people with visual impairments from all over Ukraine will be developed on the basis of our partners - the Center for Comprehensive Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities "Podillia" in Vinnytsia.
Project objectives
- Strengthen the capacity of social service centers in liberated communities of Donetsk region to provide comprehensive social services to people affected by mine action, promote their early recovery and further reintegration into the community: provide social service centers with the necessary equipment to provide services and support.
- Develop methodological recommendations for social service centers and other service providers on providing comprehensive social services to victims of mine and explosive activity in the community and conduct training for social service providers from social service centers in the Donetsk region.
- Create a referral mechanism/routes for “Living Without Limits” social and rehabilitation services for people affected by mine action in de-occupied communities.
Conduct a rapid assessment of the barriers faced by people affected by explosive ordnance and war during rehabilitation.
- Strengthen the potential of the Center for Comprehensive Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities "Podillya" to provide an innovative comprehensive rehabilitation service for people with visual impairments: supply of equipment and facilities for the rehabilitation facility in order to provide comprehensive rehabilitation services to people with visual impairments and create an accessible and adaptive environment during their stay in the rehabilitation facility.
- Develop and implement a comprehensive approach to the rehabilitation of people who have lost their sight: developing a model of comprehensive rehabilitation of people with visual impairments and training rehabilitation facility staff in conducting comprehensive rehabilitation of people with visual impairments.
Target groups
- people affected by mine action
- Residents of deoccupied communities in the Donetsk region who will receive information about the danger of mines and available rehabilitation services in the community
- people with visual impairments
- social workers of social service centers who provide social services to people affected by mine action and specialists of the rehabilitation center
The project is implemented in partnership with the following organizations:
- Stationary branch of the Center for Social Services of the Velikonovosilkivska Village Council "Turbota"
- Lymanskyi City Center for Social Services
- Municipal institution of Svyatogorsk urban territorial community "Center for providing social services"
- Donetsk Regional Center for Social Services
- Center for Comprehensive Rehabilitation for People with Disabilities "Podillya"
During 2023
was held Rapid assessment of barriers faced by explosive ordnance survivors during rehabilitation
implemented Mapping of community services for victims of explosive devices.pdf (lhsi.org.ua)