OREANDA-NEWS. On 11 July 2014, Segodnya Multimedia publishing holding jointly with the Ukrainian Crisis Media Centre, Rinat Akhmetov's Foundation for Development of Ukraine and Donetskiye Novosti newspaper issued a special edition of Segodnya newspaper for temporarily displaced people of Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts with a print run of 25,000 copies.

The special edition includes a newspaper insert for the displaced people developed with the support of the Ukrainian Crisis Media Centre and offers practical help. The insert contains recommendations provided by a volunteer psychologist who works with displaced people as well as a road map with all the required information including helpline numbers of the transfer points, advice on how to reissue documents, find employment, receive social payments, medical and legal help, etc. Also, it provides recommendations on pensions and shares real life stories to help the displaced people live through the challenging times.

The special edition was distributed for free in places of temporary residence of the displaced people from Kiev, Dnepropetrovsk, Odessa, Kharkov and Zaporozhye oblasts. Also, the edition was sent to residents of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk.

Vasiliy Potapov, CEO and editorial director at Segodnya Multimedia said: “As many people have become displaced and are facing very challenging times today, they need prompt, accurate and up-to-date information. Segodnya Multimedia understands the importance of communicating such information. To this end, we have developed a special edition for displaced people that contains practical and up-to-date information to help them solve their problems.”

Anatoliy Zabolotny, Director of Rinat Akhmetov's Foundation for Development of Ukraine thanked those who help the displaced people: “For two months our Foundation has been accomplishing the task set by Rinat Akhmetov - to help people in the ATO area. We have evacuated almost 5,000 people, half of which are children. We help them to find temporary accommodation and provide humanitarian aid. We understand that the problems faced by displaced people cannot be solved without joint efforts, without volunteers, without such initiatives as the special edition, which tries to give concrete answers to the basic questions: where to go for help and support and how to solve problems.”

The special edition of the newspaper with an insert for displaced people will be published every Friday.