In 2024, the Lviv Agricultural Chamber is rolling out the UN World Food Programme’s institutional feeding programme in 82 localities across the Lviv region.
In the city of Drohobych, three institutions have joined the Programme – the Municipal Non-Profit Enterprise “Drohobych City Hospital No. 3” of the Drohobych City Council, the Drohobych Voluntary Society for the Protection of Disabled Children “Nadiya”, and the Charitable Organisation “Caritas of the Sambir-Drohobych Diocese of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church”.
On 12 August, the head of the Lviv Agrarian Chamber, Ihor Vuytsyk, and monitoring officer Davyd Kravchenko visited the “Nadiya” Society and the “Caritas” Charitable Foundation as part of a monitoring mission. The aim of the mission was to familiarise themselves with the activities of these institutions, gather information regarding the needs of those in their care, the condition of food storage and usage, and to establish feedback channels with the people who directly receive assistance.
During the visit to the Charitable Organisation “Caritas Foundation”, Administrative Director Galina Kosmin spoke about the organisation’s activities, highlighting the support provided to those in need through the “Vytania” social café, established under the Charitable Organisation “Caritas Foundation”. Ms Kosmin explained that the café prepares free hot meals daily for 35 people in need, using food received from the UN World Food Programme. The café serves internally displaced persons, people with disabilities and elderly people living alone.
Representatives of the Lviv Agrarian Chamber also had the opportunity to tour the storage area, kitchen and dining room, and to speak with the café staff and visitors receiving free meals.
Iryna Vasylivna Dzyurakh, Chair of the Drohobych Voluntary Society for the Protection of Children with Disabilities “Nadiya”, told the LAP team about the history of the organisation’s establishment, its aims and objectives, and the changes that have taken place during the society’s participation in the Institutional Food Programme.
“The organisation’s main mission is rehabilitation, social and legal protection, education, employment for children and young people with disabilities, and support for their families. Cooperation with LAP under the Institutional Catering Programme has enabled the organisation to redirect funds to other areas that contribute to the fulfilment of the aforementioned mission. Thanks to the Programme, the organisation currently provides hot lunches to 190 people in need, including 18 internally displaced persons,” noted Iryna Dzyurakh.
The kitchen staff expressed their gratitude for the high quality of the food received and shared their experience of using it efficiently.
To conclude, Ms Iryna familiarised the Chamber’s representatives with the conditions in which the rehabilitation and development of their charges takes place, and showed them the premises equipped for sessions with specialists for children and young people, namely: the Montessori and sensory rooms; a rehabilitation (exercise) hall for physiotherapy and massage; a conference hall, a psychologist’s office, office rooms, a hall for events, a music and theatre studio, a craft workshop and a sewing workshop, and a fully equipped media classroom (photography and video equipment, journalism equipment).
Source: Lviv Agrarian Chamber