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ISAR Ednannia, together with GlobalGiving, has announced the results of the second wave of the grant competition “Community Sparks: ISAR Ednannia and GlobalGiving Partnership for Resilience.”

The second wave attracted strong interest: 146 organisations from across Ukraine submitted their ideas and initiatives. After a thorough review, the expert committee selected 36 winners whose projects will receive support for implementation. The competition aims to support local civil society organisations that develop services for their communities, create safe spaces, help people cope during difficult times, and bring residents together around shared solutions.

The selected initiatives come from different parts of Ukraine and cover a wide range of areas, including promoting inclusion and socialisation for people with disabilities, supporting veterans and their families, assisting internally displaced people, improving safe shelters for children and adults, creating youth and community spaces, strengthening community safety through monitoring systems, as well as developing local social services and providing psychosocial rehabilitation.

Among the winners are organisations from Sumy, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Cherkasy, Kharkiv, Poltava, and other regions. Their projects share one common goal: caring for people and making communities stronger despite the difficult circumstances of wartime.

Winners of the competition:

1. Unit of initiatives of Opishnya community – We Are Here for You: Community Support Space
2. COMBAT BROTHERHOOD OF WAR VETERANS AND PERSONS WITH WAR-RELATED DISABILITIES "SURMA" - Roztochchia veteran yub: accessible space for support and community cohesion
3. "UNION OF HONEY MASTERS" - Honey Hub: A Safe Space for Community Cohesion and Support
4. Public organization "Professional medical and social rehabilitation of the disabled" - Recovery Apiary: Psychosocial Rehabilitation of Veterans and Their Families through Nature-Based Practices and Community
5. "BRAVE HEARTS" - “Return to Civilian Life”
6. Non-Governmental organization "Zhytomyr enthusiasts" - Urban Talks series of events about the city
7. Charity organization "Charity fund "Dobri vchynky razom" - Safe community: video monitoring system for early threat detection in the Mala Danylivka community
8. "UNBREAKABLE 2025" - Furnishing of a shelter for the Municipal Institution “Sumy Specialized School No. 25 (I–III levels of secondary education)” in the city of Sumy, Sumy region.
9. Successfull ladies club - Active Longevity Space
10. RAZOM U MAYBUTNYE- 2015 - A lifeline for the Savynska community: modernising and restoring infrastructure for rescue and evacuation operations.
11. NGO «LOCAL DEMOCRACY AGENCY «LDA OVRUCH» - Safe Space of Opportunities: Establishing a Multifunctional Hub in a Library Shelter
12. «Design of Sustainable Solutions» - Sparks of Change: Schools as Hubs for Community Cohesion and Practical Change
13. NGO "Regional center of mediation and conflicts solving" - "Care Space: Facilitating Access to Social Services in the Shyrokivka Community"
14. «Strong because free» - “Age of Opportunity”: a space for psychosocial support and active longevity
15. "CENTER FOR SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSISTANCE "LOTUS MENTAL HEALTH" - Center for Psychosocial Adaptation "Uman Veterans: Resilience"
16. Veteran chat - Own Business — A Path to Veteran Recovery
17. PUBLIC ORGANIZATION INVESTUM - Safe and inclusive shelter for Rozbyshivka Gymnasium
18. Public organization "SUN INSIDE YOU" - Inclusive Culinary Workshop as a Tool for Development and Socialization of Children and Youth with Intellectual Disabilities
19. Future of Ochakov - Equipping a safe, functional and accessible multifunctional space in a shelter for educational, rehabilitation, physical culture and health classes for children, youth and adults
20. NGO “CENTER FOR SUPPORT OF PUBLIC INITIATIVES “VILNI UA” - "Foothold: a space for development and support for IDPs"
21. "VETERAN SPACE OF SUMY REGION" - Recovery Trajectory: Recreational Activities for Veterans and Their Families
22. «Let`s take actions» - "HromadaStyle: Mobile Service"
23. "SVITLANA PASHCHENRO`S "SHINE" - Shpachky Fest
24. "Victory center" - “Back in the Saddle”
25. "RODYNA VOYINIV UKRAYINY" - Establishment of the “PORUCH” Children’s Playground
26. «Bilytsky volunteer firefighters» - A safe community is a strong state
27. "WORLD OF DREAMS 2025" - Summer vibe
28. «Development of local communities» - 
    "Water without interruptions: a solar solution for water supply in the village of Pashkivka"
29. VETERAN MOVEMENT - Handyman for an hour: household support for vulnerable groups in the Serhiivka community
30. "Healthy Community" - Inclusive Pottery Workshop “Warmth of Palms”
31. FAB LAB Kropyvnytskyi - FAB LAB COMMUNITY SPACE: An Amphitheater for Learning, Events, and Community Cohesion
32. Non governmental organization«UNITED FOR GOOD» - Mobile Unity Space
33. CITY DEMOCRACY HUB - Bir&Mla Dim: A space for trust, participation, and collective action
34. Public organization "Women's Movement of Slobozhanshchyna" - Taste of Tradition and Modernity: Intergenerational Culinary Dialogue
35. Charitable organization "Charitable Independent Foundation "Strong Family-Free Ukraine" – Convenient shelter
36. Non-governmental organization "Corvus" - We all are happy very much, because our community is in touch

Congratulations to the winners

ISAR Ednannia congratulates all organisations whose ideas were selected as winners of the competition. Each of these projects demonstrates how committed people continue to find solutions for their communities, even in challenging times.

We are glad to support these initiatives together with GlobalGiving and are confident they will create more opportunities, safe spaces, and points of support for people across Ukraine.

These local initiatives are the sparks of change that help communities become stronger.

The grant competition “Community Sparks: ISAR Ednannia and GlobalGiving Partnership for Resilience” is implemented by ISAR Ednannia with funding from the GlobalGiving platform.