DRC, through an award from the USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) aims to address the most critical livelihood needs across the four oblasts of Mykolaiv and Kherson (southern Ukraine) as well as Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk (eastern Ukraine), through evidence-based activities including sectoral cash to conflict-affected subsistence farmers, training and employment facilitation for vulnerable job seekers, and MSME support to conflict-affected business owners. Collectively the proposed activities will support mitigating the most acute economic recovery needs created because of the war.

This baseline report maps out findings from the baseline data collection conducted between 13 October 2023 and 23 November 2023. Data collection applied a mixed-method approach of both qualitative and quantitative methods, using a snowball sampling approach to ensure and enable flexibility of respondents based on the context of the oblast.
The findings from this baseline will support DRC’s decision-making in finalising location targeting and programme design. This will be built on DRC’s existing knowledge and operations in these four areas of concern.