TSF Mission Updates - Information Diffusion in Poland

This week, we’re bringing you the latest news from TSF’s Information Diffusion project in Poland. With project advancements and new figures, you’ll be updated on what’s going on for Ukrainian refugees in the Polish centers TSF partners with.

The situation in the field

Between February and October 2023, 1,700,600 refugees registered for temporary protection in Poland. The majority of them are women, aged between 18 and 59 (39%). As they are forced to leave their homes, many of them lack reliable information: what are their rights and responsibilities as refugees in Poland? Where can they find help?

The latest advancements to better answer people’s needs

• In Wrocław and Lublin, the centers benefiting from the project have begun to provide content specific to their locations and cities.
• To ensure that people have access to the information and can read it wherever they go, our team has added QR codes to the presentations displayed in shelters. These QR codes lead to the information and even to more extensive presentations.

The mission’s latest figures

Between 5,050 and 7,380 people access essential information every month. In October:

• 58,9% of the population benefiting from the project were girls and women
• 59,8% of people who accessed essential information made an important decision based on this information.
• 61,5% felt safer after accessing the information
  
  

“We're just here for a month [in Poland], we're frequently reading information from the screen, and then ask additionally about job opportunities from the personnel.”
- A refugee in Poland.

Listen to our TSF team in Poland explain the project in this short video: