UST experts visited the communities of Mykolaiv Region – this is an important part of our team’s work in assessing needs
On May 18 and 19, we visited communities of Mykolaiv Region- Mishkovo-Pogorilivska and Pervomayska communities. The needs of each community are individual and depend on many factors: the degree and nature of damage and destruction due to hostilities or occupation, the number of the population currently living and planning to return, the number of IDPs, etc.
The Pervomaysk settlement community was under occupation and suffered significant destruction. Airstrikes destroyed a school, private residential and apartment buildings, and businesses. The kindergarten and the outpatient clinic were significantly damaged, but repair work is already underway. However, the residents of the community, together with their children, still return to their homes.
For the residents of the Mishkovo-Pohorilivska community, there is an urgent need to ensure a stable water supply. The water tower needs to be replaced due to the leakage of the damaged tank-reservoir. There is a need for reconstruction of the paramedic-midwifery center in the village of Kapustine, because it is recognized as an emergency.
In addition to visits to communities, a meeting was held with Mykolaivovlteploenergo (municipal heat supply company) director Mykola Logvinov. We discussed the urgent needs of the company in the framework of preparation for the next autumn and winter, plans for modernization, reconstruction and transition of the Mykolaivovlteploenergo to alternative sources of heat supply in the city of Mykolaiv.
A big challenge for communities is to develop a plan for the restoration and reconstruction of destroyed objects, to determine the right priorities and, accordingly, solutions that will rationally and effectively cover the needs of the community, because in most cases the community has neither the appropriate specialists nor the resources. This is precisely the task of UST – with the help of the SMART Prioritization methodology developed by UST experts, we determine priority projects for reconstruction for each specific community, offer the most optimal solutions and help find financing.
