Success stories

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

From Local Efforts to Global Partnerships in Southern Ukraine

The Charitable Foundation Revival of the Communities of the South supports residents of Kherson oblast affected by the war, providing food, hygiene products, children’s supplies, and assistance to critical infrastructure workers and local communities rebuilding their

Forge of Opportunities for Those Returning from War

Holding the Line of Life: How an ISAR Ednannia Grantee Near the Frontline Cares for Children with Cancer

"Solving All Issues, Working with Every Individual": A Project for Integrating Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Kryvyi Rih

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, the "Egida-Center" NGO in Kryvyi Rih has been welcoming and assisting displaced persons (IDPs), helping them settle and integrate into the Kryvyi Rih community. The municipal cultural institution "Narodny Dim" serves as a haven

Kids are Our Greatest Treasure: How ISAR Ednannia Supported Children with Cancer

The war significantly disrupted access to education, medical treatment, and social services for children with cancer. Many families had to relocate to continue treatment, while others remained in dangerous areas. The war also complicated efforts to deliver aid and coordinate

People Arrived to Us with Just One Bag in Their Hands: Lviv Shelter Received Over 1,100 Ukrainians Fleeing War, Supported by ISAR Ednannia

In March 2022, as hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians sought refuge in western Ukraine to escape the dangers of the ongoing war, the people and organizations in Lviv rose to the occasion, extending their support to the newly displaced. One notable example is the Charity

Who Saves One Life, Saves the World: How NGO "Vyvezemo" Managed to Evacuate Over 2,000 Ukrainians from Besieged Mariupol

At the end of February 2022, Mariupol became the epicenter of a brutal and bloody battle, causing its residents to lose contact with each other. Denis Minin, a Mariupol resident, presenter, journalist, and volunteer, was in Kyiv on February 24, 2022, while his parents remained