1. Action contre la Faim Ukraine Mission
Nutrition Cluster
ACF activities in Luhansk region presentation
December 2016

2. ACF in Ukraine
ACF has opened a mission in Ukraine in the end of 2014 and has been operational since summer 2015 to meet the most urgent needs.

3. ACF in Ukraine
In Ukraine, Luhansk region, ACF works under three directions:
• Food Security
• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
• Mental Health and Care Practices (providing of training on Psychological First Aid; providing of individual and group counseling to IDPs and affected population, organizing IYCF corners in hospitals to provide counseling for pregnant and lactating women).
• Advocacy

4. In the framework of MHCP activities at the current moment ACF implements The Program to Support Mothers and Children under 2 years in order to protect the most vulnerable residents from the consequences of armed conflict and humanitarian crisis, namely reduction of breast-feeding time, deterioration of the emotional contact between mother and baby, mother's deteriorating psychological state.

5. IYCF Corners
ACF has IYCF corners in Severodonetsk polyclinic on 16b, Fedorenko str. in the mother-and-baby room and in the maternity department in Belovodsk.
In other places, namely
Popasnaya & Triokhizbenka
the activities are carried
out by ACF mobile team.

6. IYCF Corners
ACF provides support and counseling on breastfeeding for pregnant and lactating women, and gives recommendations for strengthening the emotional connection with the child.
In total for today,
more than 243 women,
3 men and over 60 kids
were consulted by
the members of ACF
MHCP team.

7. Baby kits for pregnant women
ACF also distributed 60 baby kits for the most vulnerable pregnant women in Lugansk region.
Together with the kits ACF distributes breastfeeding materials provided by UNICEF.

8. Thank you! Olena Budagovska Action Contre la Faim – Ukraine
Kyiv, 16/16 Sofiivska street, 01001, Ukraine