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Day centre for social and psychological assistance to survivors of violence opens in Kreminna, eastern Ukraine [EN/UK]
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The UN-supported centre will provide comprehensive assistance to persons who have experienced domestic or gender-based violence.
Kreminna, Luhansk Oblast, 11 March 2021– The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), together with national partners, has opened a day centre for social and psychological assistance to survivors of violence in Kreminna, Luhansk Oblast, to protect people who have experienced domestic and gender-based violence, and whose life or health are under threat.
The centre was opened, overhauled and equipped with all of the necessary technical equipment and furniture at a total cost of U.S. $80,580 (UAH 2,256,240) under the UN Recovery and Peacebuilding Programme, with financial support from Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland.