UNHCR renovates collective site for displaced people in Dnipro, with six more facilities to be completed this year across Ukraine

Supporting the comprehensive refurbishment of temporary accommodation centres, UNHCR helps to create better conditions for IDPs living in collective sites, including many forced to evacuate from areas with heightened security risks.

25 Jun 2024

Dnipro, 25 June 2024 – Tomorrow, a newly renovated centre for temporary accommodation will be inaugurated in Dnipro City, offering improved living conditions for 88 internally displaced people who fled their homes after the Russian full-scale invasion.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has carried out major upgrades to the facility, located in a dormitory of the “Dnipro Academy of Continuing Education”. Windows are now replaced, rooms and common spaces are refurbished, the water supply, sewage, and heating systems are all renovated, and an elevator has been installed to ensure access for residents with low mobility.

Repairs of collective sites and the creation of new sleeping places remains one of the priorities for UNHCR, as more than 85,000 forcibly displaced people continue living in collective sites more than two years since the start of the full-scale war. They are among the most vulnerable and include older people, people with disabilities, families with several children and internally displaced people with a very low income – and are therefore a priority for UNHCR’s humanitarian programmes.

The Dnipropetrovsk region hosts around 500,000 internally displaced people, which places it amongst the regions hosting the largest numbers of IDPs in the country. As the security situation continues to be precarious along the frontline, many evacuees seek safety in the region, often relying on facilities that are not equipped for long-term accommodation.

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