In August 2023, the Ministry of Social Policy, the Pension Fund, and the UN World Food Program (UNWFP) initiated a joint project aimed at ensuring maximum synergy in providing Ukrainian citizens with financial support from international humanitarian organizations.
As a result, Ukrainians from the most vulnerable categories, living in areas of active or possible hostilities, have low incomes and do not receive other financial assistance from international organizations, received additional financial support until July 2025 inclusive.
The amount of such assistance – this is the difference between the pension (or social benefit) that a person already has and UAH 3,250. That is, if the social benefit is, for example, UAH 2,700, the person receives another UAH 550 in additional assistance from the UN WFP.
Due to limited financial resources, the WFP Supplementary Cash Assistance program has been completed. Those who met the project's conditions are informed that the July payments are the last under this program and Recipients of assistance through JSC Ukrposhta will be paid by the end of August 2025.
If additional funding becomes available, the program may be reinstated or replaced with another form of assistance.
Recipients of the benefit do not need to apply anywhere else. It will be paid in the same way that the person already receives a pension or social benefits (to a bank card or through Ukrposhta).
For reference:
Who met the project conditions?
Pensioners could receive such assistance if:
- Have a pension of less than 3250 UAH
- Do not receive pension supplements, financial assistance as IDPs or from other international organizations
- They live in the territories of active or possible hostilities in Zaporizhia, Donetsk, Luhansk, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Chernihiv regions.
The assistance was provided to WFP with funds from international donors in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated July 28, 2023 No. 781 "On the implementation of a joint project with the World Food Program of the United Nations regarding additional measures for social support of certain categories of the population.".
People with disabilities could receive such assistance if:
- Receive state social assistance of less than 3250 UAH
- Do not receive financial assistance as IDPs or from other international organizations
- Are not eligible for a pension or are disabled
- Have had a disability since childhood or are a child with a disability
- They live in the territories of Zaporizhia, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Luhansk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Sumy, and Chernihiv regions.
The assistance was provided by WFP with funds from international donors in accordance with the Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine dated 02.02.2024 No. 110 "On the implementation of a joint project with the World Food Program of the United Nations regarding additional measures for social support for persons with disabilities since childhood and children with disabilities.".