Three Years After Displacement: the Everyday Lives of Ukraine's IDPsDonbassFullAccess
This interdisciplinary project explores the experiences of Ukrainians displaced by Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the de facto invasion of its eastern regions, through the use of intersectional and interdisciplinary approaches. The project uses qualitative methodologies including, in-depth and semi-structural interviews with IDPs and representatives of NGOs, international organizations, central and local authorities in several Lviv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and Mariupol regions. It also includes collaboration with the Ukrainian Catholic University (Professor Oksana Mikheieva), the NGOs Dobrochyn, Chernihiv Centre for Human rights and the Platform for Cultural Initiatives IZOLYATSIA. The empirical work for this project was conducted in 2017, allowing it to reflect on changes on situation of IDPs after three years of conflict, and also to evaluate the social consequences of recent changes in legislation regarding displaced people in Ukraine.
In this progress report, we focus on the most urgent issues internally displaced persons raised during meetings and interviews: housing, health care, registration and pensions.
How the UNDP in Ukraine Supports Internally Displaced PeopleUNDP Ukraine
Support of Internally Displaced Persons and People living in Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts is a top priority for the UNDP in Ukraine. “We have revised our plans and increased our help for affected regions in Ukraine to respond to the crisis and help the people caught in this difficult situation,” said Ms. Inita Pauloviča, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative.
New neighbors. Life stories of IDPs in Poltava regionAlona Glazkova
It has been three years since the military conflict started in the Eastern part of Ukraine. A lot of its residents were made to leave. Now there are around 30 000 internally displaced people in Poltava region. According to the official statistics, Poltava region is one of 8 regions where the biggest amount of internally displaced people lives. They became new neighbors for local residents. Why is it so important to establish successful relationships with neighbors?
Three Years After Displacement: the Everyday Lives of Ukraine's IDPsDonbassFullAccess
This interdisciplinary project explores the experiences of Ukrainians displaced by Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the de facto invasion of its eastern regions, through the use of intersectional and interdisciplinary approaches. The project uses qualitative methodologies including, in-depth and semi-structural interviews with IDPs and representatives of NGOs, international organizations, central and local authorities in several Lviv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia and Mariupol regions. It also includes collaboration with the Ukrainian Catholic University (Professor Oksana Mikheieva), the NGOs Dobrochyn, Chernihiv Centre for Human rights and the Platform for Cultural Initiatives IZOLYATSIA. The empirical work for this project was conducted in 2017, allowing it to reflect on changes on situation of IDPs after three years of conflict, and also to evaluate the social consequences of recent changes in legislation regarding displaced people in Ukraine.
In this progress report, we focus on the most urgent issues internally displaced persons raised during meetings and interviews: housing, health care, registration and pensions.
How the UNDP in Ukraine Supports Internally Displaced PeopleUNDP Ukraine
Support of Internally Displaced Persons and People living in Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts is a top priority for the UNDP in Ukraine. “We have revised our plans and increased our help for affected regions in Ukraine to respond to the crisis and help the people caught in this difficult situation,” said Ms. Inita Pauloviča, UNDP Deputy Resident Representative.
New neighbors. Life stories of IDPs in Poltava regionAlona Glazkova
It has been three years since the military conflict started in the Eastern part of Ukraine. A lot of its residents were made to leave. Now there are around 30 000 internally displaced people in Poltava region. According to the official statistics, Poltava region is one of 8 regions where the biggest amount of internally displaced people lives. They became new neighbors for local residents. Why is it so important to establish successful relationships with neighbors?
Public report on operating of community initiative 'Restoring Donbas' duing 2...Restoring Donbass
Community initiative “Restoring Donbas” includes community organization “Restoring Donbas” and “Charity foundation” Donbas: Restoring!”
The initiative (as a part of these organizations) carries out a number of analytical, humanitarian, cultural and other projects. In December community initiative “Restoring Donbas” presented a public report 2014 - 2016.
Levelwise PageRank with Loop-Based Dead End Handling Strategy : SHORT REPORT ...Subhajit Sahu
Abstract — Levelwise PageRank is an alternative method of PageRank computation which decomposes the input graph into a directed acyclic block-graph of strongly connected components, and processes them in topological order, one level at a time. This enables calculation for ranks in a distributed fashion without per-iteration communication, unlike the standard method where all vertices are processed in each iteration. It however comes with a precondition of the absence of dead ends in the input graph. Here, the native non-distributed performance of Levelwise PageRank was compared against Monolithic PageRank on a CPU as well as a GPU. To ensure a fair comparison, Monolithic PageRank was also performed on a graph where vertices were split by components. Results indicate that Levelwise PageRank is about as fast as Monolithic PageRank on the CPU, but quite a bit slower on the GPU. Slowdown on the GPU is likely caused by a large submission of small workloads, and expected to be non-issue when the computation is performed on massive graphs.
Chatty Kathy - UNC Bootcamp Final Project Presentation - Final Version - 5.23...John Andrews
SlideShare Description for "Chatty Kathy - UNC Bootcamp Final Project Presentation"
Title: Chatty Kathy: Enhancing Physical Activity Among Older Adults
Description:
Discover how Chatty Kathy, an innovative project developed at the UNC Bootcamp, aims to tackle the challenge of low physical activity among older adults. Our AI-driven solution uses peer interaction to boost and sustain exercise levels, significantly improving health outcomes. This presentation covers our problem statement, the rationale behind Chatty Kathy, synthetic data and persona creation, model performance metrics, a visual demonstration of the project, and potential future developments. Join us for an insightful Q&A session to explore the potential of this groundbreaking project.
Project Team: Jay Requarth, Jana Avery, John Andrews, Dr. Dick Davis II, Nee Buntoum, Nam Yeongjin & Mat Nicholas
Adjusting primitives for graph : SHORT REPORT / NOTESSubhajit Sahu
Graph algorithms, like PageRank Compressed Sparse Row (CSR) is an adjacency-list based graph representation that is
Multiply with different modes (map)
1. Performance of sequential execution based vs OpenMP based vector multiply.
2. Comparing various launch configs for CUDA based vector multiply.
Sum with different storage types (reduce)
1. Performance of vector element sum using float vs bfloat16 as the storage type.
Sum with different modes (reduce)
1. Performance of sequential execution based vs OpenMP based vector element sum.
2. Performance of memcpy vs in-place based CUDA based vector element sum.
3. Comparing various launch configs for CUDA based vector element sum (memcpy).
4. Comparing various launch configs for CUDA based vector element sum (in-place).
Sum with in-place strategies of CUDA mode (reduce)
1. Comparing various launch configs for CUDA based vector element sum (in-place).
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This report aims to equip stakeholders across public and private sectors with the knowledge to enhance their defensive strategies, reduce exposure to cyber risks, and reinforce Germany's resilience against cyber threats.
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2. 2 International Organization for Migration, Mission in Ukraine www.iom.org.ua
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TO CONFLICT-AFFECTED PEOPLE IN UKRAINE
BIMONTHLY REPORT, JULY-AUGUST 2016
the region, and disseminated coun-
ter-trafficking leaflets specially de-
signed for internally displaced and
conflict-affected persons that pro-
vide guidance on navigating the pos-
sible pitfalls that one may encounter
when looking for job opportunities
in Ukraine and abroad.
IOM’s office in Kramatorsk with
funding from Japan is currently
working on community develop-
ment initiatives in 20 communities
of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
The project envisages further
renovation of social infrastructure
and social cohesion events, as well
as psychological support to both
IDPs and locals.
IOM staff telling local residents of Kramatorsk and IDPs about Organization’s
aid available for conflict-affected population
Youngest residents of Kramatorsk are learning about international support to their community
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Pushok (‘Fluffy’), the chinchilla, sits
on the hands of his young owner
Timur in a small one-room flat in the
Western Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia.
A brand new wardrobe in the corner
of the room, bright children’s paint-
ings on the wall and the funny pet
liven up the living space of this flat,
which is a homely oasis in this old
building in need of repair.
The family was displaced from Lu-
hansk Region. When the conflict
erupted, Timur and his parents, as
many other residents of the Donbas,
went for a summer vacation, hoping
that situation would be back to normal
soon. However, when the summer of
2014 came to a close, the conflict had
reached a new peak. So, the family de-
LIFE STORIES
IOM HELPS IDPs TO SETTLE DOWN
Pushok from Pushkin Street
The pet symbols the start of a new life for Timur and his parents
Oksana organizing the IOM-provided wardrobe in her new home
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cided to move to Vinnytsia. “We didn’t
have any particular reasons for choos-
ing this city,” says Oksana, Timur’s
mother. “We just knew that it was
beautiful and calm.” Later, it turned out
that their choice was good: first of all,
Timur liked his new school a lot, and
the family managed to find a flat.
Oksana, who had a handicraft ma-
terials shop at home, decided to try
earning money by conducting mas-
ter classes on ebru art – painting on
water and transferring this painting
onto paper. She studied this art in
Kyiv, and also joined IOM’s UK-funded
project supporting micro-businesses
among IDPs together with her hus-
band Viacheslav, who is providing
refurbishment services now. They
were trained on marketing, account-
ing, legal aspects and specifics of the
local market by IOM’s partner NGO
‘Spring of Hope’, and received grants
for equipment.
As of early September 2016, with
funding from Norway, IOM was
able to help 80 IDP families, or over
300 persons, to refurbish their cur-
rent living quarters in Vinnytsa, Lviv,
Kharkiv, Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk
regions. Below are extracts from a
letter written by a woman displaced
from her home in Donetsk and liv-
ing in Mahdalynivka, Dnipropetro-
vsk Oblast, now. She and other IDPs
in the region were assisted by IOM
with the help of local partner NGO
‘Promin’.
…We would like to sincerely thank you for your help.
We are three families, including me, my husband and our teen-
age son, my 70 year-old mother-in-law and our 90 year-old rela-
tive. There are five of us living in a house of 27 sq.m. To make it a
more appropriate place for living, we needed to install heaters in
a separate annex and to replace the old wooden windows, which
were there for already more than 50 years.
With the support from IOM, we replaced all the old wooden
windows with energy-saving plastic ones and purchased
a gas boiler and heaters for the annex.
For what you do is a virtuous job – you help people
who are in trouble and need.
The young boy’s paintings
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
IOM’s ASSISTANCE TO CONFLICT-AFFECTED
PEOPLE IN UKRAINE IS CURRENTLY SUPPORTED BY:
Ms. Varvara Zhluktenko, IOM Ukraine’s Communicati ons Offi cer,
vzhluktenko@iom.int, +38 044 568 50 15, +38 067 447 97 92
In April 2014, armed groups in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine (Donetsk and Luhansk) began to seize buildings
and arms. As a result of ongoing fighting between armed groups and government forces, as well as the events which
occurred in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ARC) in March 2014, many people have been forced to flee their
homes and have become increasingly vulnerable. Most leave with few belongings and are in need of shelter, food and
non-food assistance, as their savings are often meager, social benefits take time to re-register, and livelihoods options
may be restricted. Concurrently, while grassroots volunteer organizations, civil society and host communities have pro-
vided a robust response to the immediate needs of IDPs, the economic crisis in Ukraine has hampered opportunities
for more durable solutions, in part through employment and community stabilization. Those staying in the Donbas,
particularly in areas affected by fighting along the contact line, face imminent security threats. The provision of basic
services has been disrupted, supplies are increasingly limited, and economic activity has been crippled. Ongoing daily
ceasefire violations continue to be reported.
BACKGROUND ON THE CRISIS
In line with IOM’s global strategy, the IOM Mission in Ukraine aims at advancing the understanding of the opportunities and chal-
lenges of migration in the Ukrainian context. Maximizing those opportunities and minimizing the challenges presented by migra-
tory movements are the guiding principles of all activities and programmes the Mission engages in.
IOM Ukraine fights trafficking in human beings, assists the Government in addressing the needs of internally displaced persons and
dealing with irregular migration, improving its migration management system, and creating migrant-inclusive health practices
and policies. At the same time, IOM Ukraine engages in exploring and promoting regular channels for Ukrainian labour migrants,
harnessing the development potential of migration, disseminating migration information and managing migration movements
and integration of ethnic minorities, promoting the benefits of cultural diversity, and counteracting xenophobia and intolerance.
Duringthe20yearsofitspresenceinUkraine,IOMhasassistedover450,000migrants(Ukrainiansandothernationalities),IDPs,
potential migrants, victims of trafficking and other vulnerable groups, directly or through its project partners.
Views and opinions expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the view of IOM or its member states
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