Success stories

A Chain of Solidarity. Angels of Freedom International Charitable Foundation encourages communities in Chernihiv region to work together to improve shelters in educational institutions

98 minutes. That is the average duration of an air raid alert in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region. For an adult, this is about the length of two episodes of a favourite TV series. For a three-year-old child, it can feel like an eternity, especially when surrounded by damp concrete

“Go Where You’re Afraid to Go”: How Olha Niukalova Started Facilitating Community Sessions After Completing the Training

The Community Recovery and Development Consultants Programme is a training initiative by ISAR Ednannia, implemented with the support of the European Union. It prepares professionals to help communities recover and develop, build partnerships between local authorities and

A Place for Everyone: How an Abandoned Lot Became a Community Space

“It’s Not Just About Writing a Grant, but Understanding the Community”: How Training Changed Iryna Baieva’s Approach to Her Work

  The Community Recovery and Development Consultants Programme is a training initiative by ISAR Ednannia, implemented with the support of the European Union. It prepares professionals to help communities recover and develop, build partnerships between local authorities and

Fortress of Safety. How the Chernihiv Women’s Union Is Helping the Sosnytsia Community Build an Inclusive Learning Environment

A building with a history spanning more than 100 years is nothing unusual in Sosnytsia, a settlement in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region. Today, Sosnytsia has a population of around 7,000, but it was once a town and an administrative centre of a district. Its first recorded mention

Youth Hub and Safety Audits: How Yuliia Horodchanina Is Helping Communities Change

  The Recovery and Development Consultants Programme is a training initiative by ISAR Ednannia, supported by the European Union. It equips professionals to help communities recover and develop, build partnerships between local authorities and residents, launch local

"A Space of Strength": How the Village of Prybuzhzhia Turned an Empty Building Into a Community Center

As recently as spring 2026, the Prybuzka community in Mykolaiv region had no place where people could come together and feel not just among their own, but safe. School gyms offered no real shelter during air raid alerts, the village club remained a space young people had no

The Gingerbread House in a Frontline Community: How Children Learn Creativity in a Shelter in Kharkiv Region

The Recovery and Development Consultants Programme is a training initiative by ISAR Ednannia, supported by the European Union. It prepares professionals who help communities recover and develop, build partnerships between local authorities and residents, launch local change

"Thawing" the Grief of Those Waiting for the Missing: A Project from Kryvyi Rih Called "Alongside in Uncertainty"

Today, thousands of Ukrainian families live in a state psychologists call "ambiguous loss" or "frozen grief." This refers to those whose military loved ones are missing in action, with no information about their fate. The absence of information — even news of the worst kind —

From Donetsk Region to 21 Regions: How Zadzerkallia Helps Communities See Recovery as a System

  The Recovery and Development Consultants Programme is a training initiative by ISAR Ednannia, supported by the European Union. It prepares professionals who help communities recover and develop, build partnerships between local authorities and residents, launch local

NGO "World of Silence" Builds a System to Help Deaf People in Emergencies by Teaching Sign Language to Specialists

The sounds that accompany Ukrainians' lives during the war are hardly ones you'd call pleasant — wailing sirens, buzzing drones, explosions, the drone of generators during long power outages... But to some extent, these very sounds provide bearings and hope for survival, warn

From Journalism to Working with Communities: How an OPORA Coordinator in Rivne Region Is Helping Drive Change

  The “Recovery and Development Consultants” programme is a training initiative by ISAR Ednannia, implemented with the support of the European Union. It prepares professionals who help communities recover and develop, build partnerships between local authorities and

Other Ukrainian Cities Are Taking Interest in an Inclusive Barista School Piloted in Khmelnytskyi

From the First Grant to Supporting Communities: How "Future of Koropshchyna" Scales Its Impact

  The "Consultants for Recovery and Development" program is a training initiative by ISAR Ednannia, implemented with support from the European Union. It prepares specialists who help communities recover and develop, build partnerships between authorities and citizens,

How Virtual Reality Supports the Real Recovery of Veterans With PTSD

Almost everyone who returns from the war that russia treacherously unleashed against Ukraine struggles with serious psycho-emotional issues. Given what veterans, both men and women, have lived through at the front, this is entirely understandable and normal. What's more,

Volunteers Build Trust Between Communities and Authorities in Chernihiv Oblast

Within the Advocacy Support for Strengthening the Role and Impact of Civil Society Organizations Grant Competition, the  Active Community Ukraine NGO is helping to rebuild trust and effective cooperation between volunteers and local authorities in the Chernihiv