Implemented projects
Clown care
Psychological support and integration of children through the art of play
Objective: Creating a positive and safe environment for children, reducing psychological and emotional stress, fostering new friendships, promoting creative self-expression, and integrating internally displaced children into local communities.
Target audience: Children aged 3–12 (whether or not they have IDP status) in 18 communities in Zakarpattia Oblast.
Description and impact: A series of interactive clown shows involving active participation from children was organised. A total of 22 shows were held, reaching 396 children and creating a safe space for emotional recovery and social interaction.
Budget: 11 440 EUR
Implementation period: 10–12/2022
Donor: International NGO ‘People in Need’, Slovak Republic (People in Need Slovakia)
Clown care
Psychological support and integration of children through the art of play
Objective: Creating a positive and safe environment for children, reducing psychological and emotional stress, fostering new friendships, promoting creative self-expression, and integrating internally displaced children into local communities.
Target audience: Children aged 3–12 (whether or not they have IDP status) in 18 communities in Zakarpattia Oblast.
Description and impact: A series of interactive clown shows involving active participation from children was organised. A total of 22 shows were held, reaching 396 children and creating a safe space for emotional recovery and social interaction.
Budget: 11 440 EUR
Implementation period: 10–12/2022
Donor: International NGO ‘People in Need’, Slovak Republic (People in Need Slovakia)
Clown care
Psychological support and integration of children through the art of play
Objective: Creating a positive and safe environment for children, reducing psychological and emotional stress, fostering new friendships, promoting creative self-expression, and integrating internally displaced children into local communities.
Target audience: Children aged 3–12 (whether or not they have IDP status) in 18 communities in Zakarpattia Oblast.
Description and impact: A series of interactive clown shows involving active participation from children was organised. A total of 22 shows were held, reaching 396 children and creating a safe space for emotional recovery and social interaction.
Budget: 11 440 EUR
Implementation period: 10–12/2022
Donor: International NGO ‘People in Need’, Slovak Republic (People in Need Slovakia)
Hospital clowns in Transcarpathia
Emotional support for children in hospitals
Objective: Providing psychological and emotional support to children undergoing treatment in healthcare facilities.
Target audience: Children aged 0–18, their parents and medical staff at hospitals in Uzhhorod and Mukachevo.
Description and impact: The hospital clowns worked directly in the wards, corridors and bomb shelters of the hospitals. They made 10 visits, which helped to reduce anxiety and improve the emotional well-being of the children and their families.
Budget: 4 900 EUR
Implementation period: 01–05/2023
Donor: International NGO ‘People in Need’, Slovak Republic (People in Need Slovakia)
Hospital clowns in Transcarpathia
Emotional support for children in hospitals
Objective: Providing psychological and emotional support to children undergoing treatment in healthcare facilities.
Target audience: Children aged 0–18, their parents and medical staff at hospitals in Uzhhorod and Mukachevo.
Description and impact: The hospital clowns worked directly in the wards, corridors and bomb shelters of the hospitals. They made 10 visits, which helped to reduce anxiety and improve the emotional well-being of the children and their families.
Budget: 4 900 EUR
Implementation period: 01–05/2023
Donor: International NGO ‘People in Need’, Slovak Republic (People in Need Slovakia)
Hospital clowns in Transcarpathia
Emotional support for children in hospitals
Objective: Providing psychological and emotional support to children undergoing treatment in healthcare facilities.
Target audience: Children aged 0–18, their parents and medical staff at hospitals in Uzhhorod and Mukachevo.
Description and impact: The hospital clowns worked directly in the wards, corridors and bomb shelters of the hospitals. They made 10 visits, which helped to reduce anxiety and improve the emotional well-being of the children and their families.
Budget: 4 900 EUR
Implementation period: 01–05/2023
Donor: International NGO ‘People in Need’, Slovak Republic (People in Need Slovakia)
Teenage Hub / Teen Hub
A safe space for adolescents’ development and well-being
Objective: Creating a space in Uzhhorod for teenagers to socialise and develop their creative skills, emotional intelligence, stress resilience and self-regulation skills.
Target audience: Young people aged 12–17.
Description and impact: As part of the project, the following activities were carried out:
- 3 performances and 10 workshops on playback theatre
- 1 session of the film discussion club
- an exhibition of works by teenagers from Uman, dedicated to personal stories of the war
- 6 sessions on psychological sketching
The project helped to foster emotional expression, mutual support and a sense of community among the teenagers.
Budget: 6 111 EUR
Implementation period: 01–04/2023
Donor: International NGO ‘People in Need’, Slovak Republic (People in Need Slovakia)
Teenage Hub / Teen Hub
A safe space for adolescents’ development and well-being
Objective: Creating a space in Uzhhorod for teenagers to socialise and develop their creative skills, emotional intelligence, stress resilience and self-regulation skills.
Target audience: Young people aged 12–17.
Description and impact: As part of the project, the following activities were carried out:
- 3 performances and 10 workshops on playback theatre
- 1 session of the film discussion club
- an exhibition of works by teenagers from Uman, dedicated to personal stories of the war
- 6 sessions on psychological sketching
The project helped to foster emotional expression, mutual support and a sense of community among the teenagers.
Budget: 6 111 EUR
Implementation period: 01–04/2023
Donor: International NGO ‘People in Need’, Slovak Republic (People in Need Slovakia)
Teenage Hub / Teen Hub
A safe space for adolescents’ development and well-being
Objective: Creating a space in Uzhhorod for teenagers to socialise and develop their creative skills, emotional intelligence, stress resilience and self-regulation skills.
Target audience: Young people aged 12–17.
Description and impact: As part of the project, the following activities were carried out:
- 3 performances and 10 workshops on playback theatre
- 1 session of the film discussion club
- an exhibition of works by teenagers from Uman, dedicated to personal stories of the war
- 6 sessions on psychological sketching
The project helped to foster emotional expression, mutual support and a sense of community among the teenagers.
Budget: 6 111 EUR
Implementation period: 01–04/2023
Donor: International NGO ‘People in Need’, Slovak Republic (People in Need Slovakia)
Scientific and Practical Conference: ‘Everything We Know About Childhood Trauma and Recovery’
Objective: A review and reflection on the experiences of psychologists over the course of one year (and nine years) of war in Ukraine in the field of working with childhood trauma.
Target audience: Psychologists in healthcare and educational institutions, child psychiatrists, and other specialists.
Description and impact: A series of presentations and practical workshops were held on the following topics:
- working with childhood trauma
- art and fairy-tale therapy
- hospital clowning
- improvisation workshop
The conference served as a platform for sharing professional experience and strengthening the professional community.
Budget: 4 950 EUR
Implementation period: 20–23 лютого 2023
Donor: International NGO ‘People in Need’, Slovak Republic (People in Need Slovakia)
in partnership with Sign of Hope, with financial support from the German Federal Foreign Office
Scientific and Practical Conference: ‘Everything We Know About Childhood Trauma and Recovery’
Objective: A review and reflection on the experiences of psychologists over the course of one year (and nine years) of war in Ukraine in the field of working with childhood trauma.
Target audience: Psychologists in healthcare and educational institutions, child psychiatrists, and other specialists.
Description and impact: A series of presentations and practical workshops were held on the following topics:
- working with childhood trauma
- art and fairy-tale therapy
- hospital clowning
- improvisation workshop
The conference served as a platform for sharing professional experience and strengthening the professional community.
Budget: 4 950 EUR
Implementation period: 20–23 лютого 2023
Donor: International NGO ‘People in Need’, Slovak Republic (People in Need Slovakia)
in partnership with Sign of Hope, with financial support from the German Federal Foreign Office
Scientific and Practical Conference: ‘Everything We Know About Childhood Trauma and Recovery’
Objective: A review and reflection on the experiences of psychologists over the course of one year (and nine years) of war in Ukraine in the field of working with childhood trauma.
Target audience: Psychologists in healthcare and educational institutions, child psychiatrists, and other specialists.
Description and impact: A series of presentations and practical workshops were held on the following topics:
- working with childhood trauma
- art and fairy-tale therapy
- hospital clowning
- improvisation workshop
The conference served as a platform for sharing professional experience and strengthening the professional community.
Budget: 4 950 EUR
Implementation period: 20–23 лютого 2023
Donor: International NGO ‘People in Need’, Slovak Republic (People in Need Slovakia)
in partnership with Sign of Hope, with financial support from the German Federal Foreign Office
Kharkiv’s hospital clowns, ‘Fancy Noses’
Objective: psychological and emotional support for children and their families in hospitals and shelters, as well as online support.
Target audience: children aged 0–18.
Description: rehabilitation work in hospital wards (Uzhhorod, Mukachevo, Lviv, Kharkiv), online calls to Ukrainian children undergoing treatment in Ukraine and abroad, and work in shelters and support centres for internally displaced children (Uzhhorod, Lviv).
Budget: 15 747 EUR.
Implementation period: 03/2022 –present
Partners: St Nicholas Children’s Hospital (First Medical Association of Lviv), Western Ukrainian Specialised Children’s Medical Centre, Municipal Clinical Children’s Hospital No. 16 of the Kharkiv City Council.
Donor: IT-company “Dysnix”.
Kharkiv’s hospital clowns, ‘Fancy Noses’
Objective: psychological and emotional support for children and their families in hospitals and shelters, as well as online support.
Target audience: children aged 0–18.
Description: rehabilitation work in hospital wards (Uzhhorod, Mukachevo, Lviv, Kharkiv), online calls to Ukrainian children undergoing treatment in Ukraine and abroad, and work in shelters and support centres for internally displaced children (Uzhhorod, Lviv).
Budget: 15 747 EUR.
Implementation period: 03/2022 –present
Partners: St Nicholas Children’s Hospital (First Medical Association of Lviv), Western Ukrainian Specialised Children’s Medical Centre, Municipal Clinical Children’s Hospital No. 16 of the Kharkiv City Council.
Donor: IT-company “Dysnix”.
Kharkiv’s hospital clowns, ‘Fancy Noses’
Objective: psychological and emotional support for children and their families in hospitals and shelters, as well as online support.
Target audience: children aged 0–18.
Description: rehabilitation work in hospital wards (Uzhhorod, Mukachevo, Lviv, Kharkiv), online calls to Ukrainian children undergoing treatment in Ukraine and abroad, and work in shelters and support centres for internally displaced children (Uzhhorod, Lviv).
Budget: 15 747 EUR.
Implementation period: 03/2022 –present
Partners: St Nicholas Children’s Hospital (First Medical Association of Lviv), Western Ukrainian Specialised Children’s Medical Centre, Municipal Clinical Children’s Hospital No. 16 of the Kharkiv City Council.
Donor: IT-company “Dysnix”.
Theatre-based healing and bonding activities for children and adults
Description: The project included visits by hospital clowns to hospitals in Mukachevo and Uzhhorod, an interactive travelling clown programme in Zakarpattia, Chernivtsi and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, playback theatre workshops for teenagers, and performances by the “Station Uzh” playback theatre group for internally displaced persons in communities across Transcarpathia
Budget: 17 000 EUR.
Implementation period: 29.12.2023-06.2024
Donor: PIN
Theatre-based healing and bonding activities for children and adults
Description: The project included visits by hospital clowns to hospitals in Mukachevo and Uzhhorod, an interactive travelling clown programme in Zakarpattia, Chernivtsi and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, playback theatre workshops for teenagers, and performances by the “Station Uzh” playback theatre group for internally displaced persons in communities across Transcarpathia
Budget: 17 000 EUR.
Implementation period: 29.12.2023-06.2024
Donor: PIN
Theatre-based healing and bonding activities for children and adults
Description: The project included visits by hospital clowns to hospitals in Mukachevo and Uzhhorod, an interactive travelling clown programme in Zakarpattia, Chernivtsi and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, playback theatre workshops for teenagers, and performances by the “Station Uzh” playback theatre group for internally displaced persons in communities across Transcarpathia
Budget: 17 000 EUR.
Implementation period: 29.12.2023-06.2024
Donor: PIN
Training for trainers of playback theatre workshops for teenagers in Transcarpathia
Objective: psychosocial support for teenagers through playback theatre sessions.
Description: The project aims to train playback theatre facilitators to work with teenagers. This enables the scaling up of psychosocial support and the creation of sustainable local environments for young people’s development, self-expression and recovery.
Implementation period: 2024-2025 р.
Geography: Uzhhorod, communities in Transcarpathia (Khust, Mukachevo, Tyachiv, Berehove, Batyovo).
Donors: The Medical Aid Committee in Transcarpathia, the ‘How Are You?’ programme
Training for trainers of playback theatre workshops for teenagers in Transcarpathia
Objective: psychosocial support for teenagers through playback theatre sessions.
Description: The project aims to train playback theatre facilitators to work with teenagers. This enables the scaling up of psychosocial support and the creation of sustainable local environments for young people’s development, self-expression and recovery.
Implementation period: 2024-2025 р.
Geography: Uzhhorod, communities in Transcarpathia (Khust, Mukachevo, Tyachiv, Berehove, Batyovo).
Donors: The Medical Aid Committee in Transcarpathia, the ‘How Are You?’ programme
Training for trainers of playback theatre workshops for teenagers in Transcarpathia
Objective: psychosocial support for teenagers through playback theatre sessions.
Description: The project aims to train playback theatre facilitators to work with teenagers. This enables the scaling up of psychosocial support and the creation of sustainable local environments for young people’s development, self-expression and recovery.
Implementation period: 2024-2025 р.
Geography: Uzhhorod, communities in Transcarpathia (Khust, Mukachevo, Tyachiv, Berehove, Batyovo).
Donors: The Medical Aid Committee in Transcarpathia, the ‘How Are You?’ programme
Hospital clowns help to integrate: international project (Culture Helps)
Description: The project aimed to integrate Ukrainian children and families with IDP and refugee status through a hospital clowning programme. Psychosocial support was provided in hospitals (Riga, Uzhhorod, Mukachevo, Lviv, Kharkiv) and support centres, which helped with emotional recovery, stress reduction and fostering a sense of security among children and their families.
Target audience: the ‘Fancy Noses’ hospital clown team; Ukrainian families with children who have refugee status in Latvia and internally displaced person status in Ukraine; shelters; children’s hospitals; representatives of host communities: Ukrainian and Latvian families with children in children’s hospitals; medical staff at Latvian and Ukrainian children’s hospitals.
Donors: zusa, NGO ‘Inshaya Osvita’
Partners: Riga Children’s Hospital, St Nicholas Children’s Hospital (First Medical Association of Lviv), Western Ukrainian Specialised Children’s Medical Centre, Municipal Clinical Children’s Hospital No. 16 of the Kharkiv City Council, Uzhhorod City Children’s Hospital, Transcarpathian Regional Children’s Hospital.
Budget: 25 000 EUR
Period: 10/2023 – 03/2024
Hospital clowns help to integrate: international project (Culture Helps)
Description: The project aimed to integrate Ukrainian children and families with IDP and refugee status through a hospital clowning programme. Psychosocial support was provided in hospitals (Riga, Uzhhorod, Mukachevo, Lviv, Kharkiv) and support centres, which helped with emotional recovery, stress reduction and fostering a sense of security among children and their families.
Target audience: the ‘Fancy Noses’ hospital clown team; Ukrainian families with children who have refugee status in Latvia and internally displaced person status in Ukraine; shelters; children’s hospitals; representatives of host communities: Ukrainian and Latvian families with children in children’s hospitals; medical staff at Latvian and Ukrainian children’s hospitals.
Donors: zusa, NGO ‘Inshaya Osvita’
Partners: Riga Children’s Hospital, St Nicholas Children’s Hospital (First Medical Association of Lviv), Western Ukrainian Specialised Children’s Medical Centre, Municipal Clinical Children’s Hospital No. 16 of the Kharkiv City Council, Uzhhorod City Children’s Hospital, Transcarpathian Regional Children’s Hospital.
Budget: 25 000 EUR
Period: 10/2023 – 03/2024
Hospital clowns help to integrate: international project (Culture Helps)
Description: The project aimed to integrate Ukrainian children and families with IDP and refugee status through a hospital clowning programme. Psychosocial support was provided in hospitals (Riga, Uzhhorod, Mukachevo, Lviv, Kharkiv) and support centres, which helped with emotional recovery, stress reduction and fostering a sense of security among children and their families.
Target audience: the ‘Fancy Noses’ hospital clown team; Ukrainian families with children who have refugee status in Latvia and internally displaced person status in Ukraine; shelters; children’s hospitals; representatives of host communities: Ukrainian and Latvian families with children in children’s hospitals; medical staff at Latvian and Ukrainian children’s hospitals.
Donors: zusa, NGO ‘Inshaya Osvita’
Partners: Riga Children’s Hospital, St Nicholas Children’s Hospital (First Medical Association of Lviv), Western Ukrainian Specialised Children’s Medical Centre, Municipal Clinical Children’s Hospital No. 16 of the Kharkiv City Council, Uzhhorod City Children’s Hospital, Transcarpathian Regional Children’s Hospital.
Budget: 25 000 EUR
Period: 10/2023 – 03/2024
A New Life: Playback Theatre as a Key to Integration
Objective: to facilitate the integration of teenagers and adults with IDP status in Uzhhorod by teaching them playback theatre
Target audience: Direct beneficiaries: male and female adolescents with IDP status from Uzhhorod; male and female adults with IDP status from Uzhhorod; indirect beneficiaries: performance attendees;
Description: A playback theatre studio for teenagers and a group for adults, which will be open to both internally displaced persons and local residents.
Budget: 5000 EUR.
Implementation period: 01/2024 – 03/2024.
Partners: Ukrainian School of Playback Theatre
Donors: zusa, NGO 'Inshaya Osvita'
A New Life: Playback Theatre as a Key to Integration
Objective: to facilitate the integration of teenagers and adults with IDP status in Uzhhorod by teaching them playback theatre
Target audience: Direct beneficiaries: male and female adolescents with IDP status from Uzhhorod; male and female adults with IDP status from Uzhhorod; indirect beneficiaries: performance attendees;
Description: A playback theatre studio for teenagers and a group for adults, which will be open to both internally displaced persons and local residents.
Budget: 5000 EUR.
Implementation period: 01/2024 – 03/2024.
Partners: Ukrainian School of Playback Theatre
Donors: zusa, NGO 'Inshaya Osvita'
A New Life: Playback Theatre as a Key to Integration
Objective: to facilitate the integration of teenagers and adults with IDP status in Uzhhorod by teaching them playback theatre
Target audience: Direct beneficiaries: male and female adolescents with IDP status from Uzhhorod; male and female adults with IDP status from Uzhhorod; indirect beneficiaries: performance attendees;
Description: A playback theatre studio for teenagers and a group for adults, which will be open to both internally displaced persons and local residents.
Budget: 5000 EUR.
Implementation period: 01/2024 – 03/2024.
Partners: Ukrainian School of Playback Theatre
Donors: zusa, NGO 'Inshaya Osvita'
The challenges of war: social stratification and isolation
Description: promoting psychological recovery and social cohesion between military personnel and civilians. This is achieved through joint creative activities, which enable project participants to express their own experiences and empathise with those of others. Using playback theatre and forum theatre techniques, we have created a platform for dialogue and mutual understanding between military personnel and civilians.
Target audience: the team, civilians, military personnel, and military families.
Description: Interactive theatre sessions. Using forum theatre and playback theatre to create a space where military personnel and civilians can communicate directly, share experiences and work together to resolve conflicts. Empathetic listening and expression: Through playback theatre, participants have the opportunity to share their personal stories, which are then immediately re-enacted by actors. This fosters a deep emotional understanding between military personnel and civilians, helping them to see each other’s humanity and shared experiences. Joint problem-solving: Through forum theatre, participants can propose various ways of resolving conflict situations that reflect their real-life challenges. This allows military personnel and civilians to seek solutions to difficult situations together, fostering a sense of shared responsibility and cooperation. Psychological support: Ensuring the presence of psychological support specialists during events helps participants safely process their experiences, which contributes to overall well-being and reduces isolation.
Results: Professional training and development for the project team. A series of theatre workshops was held, during which participants shared their stories and experiences, transforming them into art performances. This enabled participants to release pent-up stress and anxiety, whilst also strengthening their understanding of one another, fostering mutual support and social healing.
Donors: Kyiv Contemporary Music Days with the support of Performing Arts Fund NL and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Budget: 7 000 EUR
Period: 07/2024 – 11/2024
Geography: Uzhhorod, ‘Station Uzh’ art space
Donor: the Per Forma grant programme, run by the Kyiv Contemporary Music Days platform with the support of the Performing Arts Fund NL and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, aimed at developing the performing arts sector in Ukraine
The challenges of war: social stratification and isolation
Description: promoting psychological recovery and social cohesion between military personnel and civilians. This is achieved through joint creative activities, which enable project participants to express their own experiences and empathise with those of others. Using playback theatre and forum theatre techniques, we have created a platform for dialogue and mutual understanding between military personnel and civilians.
Target audience: the team, civilians, military personnel, and military families.
Description: Interactive theatre sessions. Using forum theatre and playback theatre to create a space where military personnel and civilians can communicate directly, share experiences and work together to resolve conflicts. Empathetic listening and expression: Through playback theatre, participants have the opportunity to share their personal stories, which are then immediately re-enacted by actors. This fosters a deep emotional understanding between military personnel and civilians, helping them to see each other’s humanity and shared experiences. Joint problem-solving: Through forum theatre, participants can propose various ways of resolving conflict situations that reflect their real-life challenges. This allows military personnel and civilians to seek solutions to difficult situations together, fostering a sense of shared responsibility and cooperation. Psychological support: Ensuring the presence of psychological support specialists during events helps participants safely process their experiences, which contributes to overall well-being and reduces isolation.
Results: Professional training and development for the project team. A series of theatre workshops was held, during which participants shared their stories and experiences, transforming them into art performances. This enabled participants to release pent-up stress and anxiety, whilst also strengthening their understanding of one another, fostering mutual support and social healing.
Donors: Kyiv Contemporary Music Days with the support of Performing Arts Fund NL and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Budget: 7 000 EUR
Period: 07/2024 – 11/2024
Geography: Uzhhorod, ‘Station Uzh’ art space
Donor: the Per Forma grant programme, run by the Kyiv Contemporary Music Days platform with the support of the Performing Arts Fund NL and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, aimed at developing the performing arts sector in Ukraine
The challenges of war: social stratification and isolation
Description: promoting psychological recovery and social cohesion between military personnel and civilians. This is achieved through joint creative activities, which enable project participants to express their own experiences and empathise with those of others. Using playback theatre and forum theatre techniques, we have created a platform for dialogue and mutual understanding between military personnel and civilians.
Target audience: the team, civilians, military personnel, and military families.
Description: Interactive theatre sessions. Using forum theatre and playback theatre to create a space where military personnel and civilians can communicate directly, share experiences and work together to resolve conflicts. Empathetic listening and expression: Through playback theatre, participants have the opportunity to share their personal stories, which are then immediately re-enacted by actors. This fosters a deep emotional understanding between military personnel and civilians, helping them to see each other’s humanity and shared experiences. Joint problem-solving: Through forum theatre, participants can propose various ways of resolving conflict situations that reflect their real-life challenges. This allows military personnel and civilians to seek solutions to difficult situations together, fostering a sense of shared responsibility and cooperation. Psychological support: Ensuring the presence of psychological support specialists during events helps participants safely process their experiences, which contributes to overall well-being and reduces isolation.
Results: Professional training and development for the project team. A series of theatre workshops was held, during which participants shared their stories and experiences, transforming them into art performances. This enabled participants to release pent-up stress and anxiety, whilst also strengthening their understanding of one another, fostering mutual support and social healing.
Donors: Kyiv Contemporary Music Days with the support of Performing Arts Fund NL and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science
Budget: 7 000 EUR
Period: 07/2024 – 11/2024
Geography: Uzhhorod, ‘Station Uzh’ art space
Donor: the Per Forma grant programme, run by the Kyiv Contemporary Music Days platform with the support of the Performing Arts Fund NL and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, aimed at developing the performing arts sector in Ukraine
Mental health and psychosocial support for displaced Ukrainians
Description: The project aims to improve access to psychosocial support in hospitals and to promote the mental health of children and young people in wartime. As part of the project, the professional capacity of specialists is being developed and effective models of support are being established in healthcare settings.
Donor: GlobalGiving
Partner: IPčko (Slovakia)
Budget: 119 056,27 EUR
Period: 12/2024 – 10/2025
Geography: Kharkiv and Lviv regions
Mental health and psychosocial support for displaced Ukrainians
Description: The project aims to improve access to psychosocial support in hospitals and to promote the mental health of children and young people in wartime. As part of the project, the professional capacity of specialists is being developed and effective models of support are being established in healthcare settings.
Donor: GlobalGiving
Partner: IPčko (Slovakia)
Budget: 119 056,27 EUR
Period: 12/2024 – 10/2025
Geography: Kharkiv and Lviv regions
Mental health and psychosocial support for displaced Ukrainians
Description: The project aims to improve access to psychosocial support in hospitals and to promote the mental health of children and young people in wartime. As part of the project, the professional capacity of specialists is being developed and effective models of support are being established in healthcare settings.
Donor: GlobalGiving
Partner: IPčko (Slovakia)
Budget: 119 056,27 EUR
Period: 12/2024 – 10/2025
Geography: Kharkiv and Lviv regions
Providing psychosocial support in children’s hospitals in Kharkiv and Lviv during the war
Objective: improving access to psychological support and psychosocial services in hospitals in the Kharkiv and Lviv regions, and enhancing the capacity of local professionals in the area of psychosocial support, which is vital for safeguarding the mental health of hospitalised children during the war
Target audience: children and young people hospitalised as a result of military attacks, short-term and long-term illnesses, including incurable conditions; their parents; children from socially disadvantaged families, children without parental care, or orphans; people with disabilities; girls and women who have suffered gender-based violence; practising psychologists and hospital medical staff; students of medical and psychology faculties
Description: The project expands access to psychosocial support in hospitals—which is currently very limited—by providing low-intensity group psychosocial support in the form of hospital clowning and music therapy, offering individual counselling in complex cases, and creating safe spaces for children and young people within hospitals. We are also bringing together students, psychologists from partner organisations and hospitals, and establishing referral systems and channels of cooperation within hospital premises so that, in collaboration with hospitals, we can reach as many children as possible who require professional care.
Results: Access to psychosocial support has been improved in two hospitals; 2,300 people in hospitals have received psychosocial support; 558 group sessions and individual consultations have been conducted to strengthen the mental health and resilience of children in hospital; – two safe spaces for children have been created in hospitals; – 65 people have enhanced their knowledge in the field of psychosocial support; 40 supervision sessions, 2 training courses and 1 seminar on professional capacity building in the field of psychosocial support were organised; 2 training courses were organised for 50 students; – 1 professional seminar for 15 participants.
Budget: 130000 EUR
Implementation period: 10/2023-09/2024
Partners: Ukrainian School of Playback Theatre
Donors: SlovakAid
Надання психосоціальної підтримки в дитячих лікарнях м. Харкова та м.Львів в умовах війни
Objective: improving access to psychological support and psychosocial services in hospitals in the Kharkiv and Lviv regions, and enhancing the capacity of local professionals in the area of psychosocial support, which is vital for safeguarding the mental health of hospitalised children during the war
Target audience: children and young people hospitalised as a result of military attacks, short-term and long-term illnesses, including incurable conditions; their parents; children from socially disadvantaged families, children without parental care, or orphans; people with disabilities; girls and women who have suffered gender-based violence; practising psychologists and hospital medical staff; students of medical and psychology faculties
Description: The project expands access to psychosocial support in hospitals—which is currently very limited—by providing low-intensity group psychosocial support in the form of hospital clowning and music therapy, offering individual counselling in complex cases, and creating safe spaces for children and young people within hospitals. We are also bringing together students, psychologists from partner organisations and hospitals, and establishing referral systems and channels of cooperation within hospital premises so that, in collaboration with hospitals, we can reach as many children as possible who require professional care.
Results: Access to psychosocial support has been improved in two hospitals; 2,300 people in hospitals have received psychosocial support; 558 group sessions and individual consultations have been conducted to strengthen the mental health and resilience of children in hospital; – two safe spaces for children have been created in hospitals; – 65 people have enhanced their knowledge in the field of psychosocial support; 40 supervision sessions, 2 training courses and 1 seminar on professional capacity building in the field of psychosocial support were organised; 2 training courses were organised for 50 students; – 1 professional seminar for 15 participants.
Budget: 130000 EUR
Implementation period: 10/2023-09/2024
Partners: Ukrainian School of Playback Theatre
Donors: SlovakAid
Надання психосоціальної підтримки в дитячих лікарнях м. Харкова та м.Львів в умовах війни
Objective: improving access to psychological support and psychosocial services in hospitals in the Kharkiv and Lviv regions, and enhancing the capacity of local professionals in the area of psychosocial support, which is vital for safeguarding the mental health of hospitalised children during the war
Target audience: children and young people hospitalised as a result of military attacks, short-term and long-term illnesses, including incurable conditions; their parents; children from socially disadvantaged families, children without parental care, or orphans; people with disabilities; girls and women who have suffered gender-based violence; practising psychologists and hospital medical staff; students of medical and psychology faculties
Description: The project expands access to psychosocial support in hospitals—which is currently very limited—by providing low-intensity group psychosocial support in the form of hospital clowning and music therapy, offering individual counselling in complex cases, and creating safe spaces for children and young people within hospitals. We are also bringing together students, psychologists from partner organisations and hospitals, and establishing referral systems and channels of cooperation within hospital premises so that, in collaboration with hospitals, we can reach as many children as possible who require professional care.
Results: Access to psychosocial support has been improved in two hospitals; 2,300 people in hospitals have received psychosocial support; 558 group sessions and individual consultations have been conducted to strengthen the mental health and resilience of children in hospital; – two safe spaces for children have been created in hospitals; – 65 people have enhanced their knowledge in the field of psychosocial support; 40 supervision sessions, 2 training courses and 1 seminar on professional capacity building in the field of psychosocial support were organised; 2 training courses were organised for 50 students; – 1 professional seminar for 15 participants.
Budget: 130000 EUR
Implementation period: 10/2023-09/2024
Partners: Ukrainian School of Playback Theatre
Donors: SlovakAid
Unloading
Objective: to facilitate the integration of teenagers and adults who were forced to flee their homes in frontline and occupied territories to escape the war into the host community in Uzhhorod.
Target audience: teenagers and adults with IDP status, and members of the host community.
Description: organising a range of activities that promote integration by fostering new social connections, reducing psychological and emotional stress, and increasing social support (a teenage playback theatre group, games rooms for teenagers and adults, a singing group, and open cultural events)
Results: Members of the target audience with IDP status have established new social connections within the host community in Uzhhorod and are also becoming involved in Ukrainian and international playback communities; to strengthen social support resources for beneficiaries; Adolescents and adults in both categories have taken up a new activity – playback acting; Adolescents and adults in both categories have taken up new hobbies – board games and singing; Reduced levels of psychological and emotional stress among members of the target audience.
Budget: 181 000, 00 UAH
Implementation period: 03-05/2024
Donors: The Wings of Hope Charitable Foundation, with financial support from the Czech Ministry of the Interior (Ministerstvo vnitra) and the ‘Help on the Ground’ programme
Unloading
Objective: to facilitate the integration of teenagers and adults who were forced to flee their homes in frontline and occupied territories to escape the war into the host community in Uzhhorod.
Target audience: teenagers and adults with IDP status, and members of the host community.
Description: organising a range of activities that promote integration by fostering new social connections, reducing psychological and emotional stress, and increasing social support (a teenage playback theatre group, games rooms for teenagers and adults, a singing group, and open cultural events)
Results: Members of the target audience with IDP status have established new social connections within the host community in Uzhhorod and are also becoming involved in Ukrainian and international playback communities; to strengthen social support resources for beneficiaries; Adolescents and adults in both categories have taken up a new activity – playback acting; Adolescents and adults in both categories have taken up new hobbies – board games and singing; Reduced levels of psychological and emotional stress among members of the target audience.
Budget: 181 000, 00 UAH
Implementation period: 03-05/2024
Donors: The Wings of Hope Charitable Foundation, with financial support from the Czech Ministry of the Interior (Ministerstvo vnitra) and the ‘Help on the Ground’ programme
Unloading
Objective: to facilitate the integration of teenagers and adults who were forced to flee their homes in frontline and occupied territories to escape the war into the host community in Uzhhorod.
Target audience: teenagers and adults with IDP status, and members of the host community.
Description: organising a range of activities that promote integration by fostering new social connections, reducing psychological and emotional stress, and increasing social support (a teenage playback theatre group, games rooms for teenagers and adults, a singing group, and open cultural events)
Results: Members of the target audience with IDP status have established new social connections within the host community in Uzhhorod and are also becoming involved in Ukrainian and international playback communities; to strengthen social support resources for beneficiaries; Adolescents and adults in both categories have taken up a new activity – playback acting; Adolescents and adults in both categories have taken up new hobbies – board games and singing; Reduced levels of psychological and emotional stress among members of the target audience.
Budget: 181 000, 00 UAH
Implementation period: 03-05/2024
Donors: The Wings of Hope Charitable Foundation, with financial support from the Czech Ministry of the Interior (Ministerstvo vnitra) and the ‘Help on the Ground’ programme
Підлітковий хаб "Халабуда"
Підлітковий хаб “Халабуда” (2018- 2022) простір для соціалізації, спілкування, розвитку та творчої реалізації підлітків.
Проєкт працював на базі кризового центру ГО ХФПД і народився з занять підліткового плейбек-театру “Дороги” ( 2016 – 2022 рр.), включав в себе різноманітні творчі заняття для підлітків та молоді (плейбек-театр, арт-терапія, комунікативні ігри) та безкоштовні індивідуальні психологічні консультації.
З 2020 року в хабі працювала Студія інклюзивного театру, в якій займались театром підлітки та молодь з різними формами інвалідності.
Підлітковий хаб "Халабуда"
Підлітковий хаб “Халабуда” (2018- 2022) простір для соціалізації, спілкування, розвитку та творчої реалізації підлітків.
Проєкт працював на базі кризового центру ГО ХФПД і народився з занять підліткового плейбек-театру “Дороги” ( 2016 – 2022 рр.), включав в себе різноманітні творчі заняття для підлітків та молоді (плейбек-театр, арт-терапія, комунікативні ігри) та безкоштовні індивідуальні психологічні консультації.
З 2020 року в хабі працювала Студія інклюзивного театру, в якій займались театром підлітки та молодь з різними формами інвалідності.
Підлітковий хаб "Халабуда"
Підлітковий хаб “Халабуда” (2018- 2022) простір для соціалізації, спілкування, розвитку та творчої реалізації підлітків.
Проєкт працював на базі кризового центру ГО ХФПД і народився з занять підліткового плейбек-театру “Дороги” ( 2016 – 2022 рр.), включав в себе різноманітні творчі заняття для підлітків та молоді (плейбек-театр, арт-терапія, комунікативні ігри) та безкоштовні індивідуальні психологічні консультації.
З 2020 року в хабі працювала Студія інклюзивного театру, в якій займались театром підлітки та молодь з різними формами інвалідності.
Арт-центр підтримки та інтреграції внутрішньо переміщених осіб із зони АТО
В 2014 році в нашому кризовому центрі були організовані мобільні бригади для надання психологічної допомоги в таборах переселенців Харківської та Донецької областей. За 5 місяців підтримку та професійну допомогу отримали більше 400 осіб.
З 2016 по 2018 рік був реалізований проєкт “Арт-центр підтримки та інтреграції внутрішньо переміщених осіб із зони АТО”. Проєкт здійснювався за допомогою та за підтримки польської організації “Хьюман Док” та фінансування програми “Польська допомога” від Міністерства іноземних справ Польщі. В межах проєкту діяли індивідуальні та групові творчі та терапевтичні заняття для дітей та дорослих. Центр працював з ранку до пізнього вечора шість днів на тиждень. Для психологічного супроводу родин загиблих та вдів організована програма “Родинне коло”.
Арт-центр підтримки та інтреграції внутрішньо переміщених осіб із зони АТО
В 2014 році в нашому кризовому центрі були організовані мобільні бригади для надання психологічної допомоги в таборах переселенців Харківської та Донецької областей. За 5 місяців підтримку та професійну допомогу отримали більше 400 осіб.
З 2016 по 2018 рік був реалізований проєкт “Арт-центр підтримки та інтреграції внутрішньо переміщених осіб із зони АТО”. Проєкт здійснювався за допомогою та за підтримки польської організації “Хьюман Док” та фінансування програми “Польська допомога” від Міністерства іноземних справ Польщі. В межах проєкту діяли індивідуальні та групові творчі та терапевтичні заняття для дітей та дорослих. Центр працював з ранку до пізнього вечора шість днів на тиждень. Для психологічного супроводу родин загиблих та вдів організована програма “Родинне коло”.
Арт-центр підтримки та інтреграції внутрішньо переміщених осіб із зони АТО
В 2014 році в нашому кризовому центрі були організовані мобільні бригади для надання психологічної допомоги в таборах переселенців Харківської та Донецької областей. За 5 місяців підтримку та професійну допомогу отримали більше 400 осіб.
З 2016 по 2018 рік був реалізований проєкт “Арт-центр підтримки та інтреграції внутрішньо переміщених осіб із зони АТО”. Проєкт здійснювався за допомогою та за підтримки польської організації “Хьюман Док” та фінансування програми “Польська допомога” від Міністерства іноземних справ Польщі. В межах проєкту діяли індивідуальні та групові творчі та терапевтичні заняття для дітей та дорослих. Центр працював з ранку до пізнього вечора шість днів на тиждень. Для психологічного супроводу родин загиблих та вдів організована програма “Родинне коло”.