Humanitarian Response Program

The Chervona Kalyna Project is a comprehensive initiative providing psychosocial, social, legal, and educational support to people who need it most.

Funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) through

the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), and implemented in collaboration with

the Ukrainian Education Platform, Condivisione fra i Popoli, MEDU – Medici per i Diritti Umani, Globa22,

Peaceful Heaven of Kharkiv, and Youth of Ukraine.

The project is implemented in the Dnipropetrovsk and Mykolaiv regions of Ukraine. Its objective is to ensure access to high-quality support services regardless of place of residence, help individuals restore their inner resources, strengthen community resilience, and contribute to long-term recovery.

As part of the project, Psychosocial Support Centres operate in:

Dnipro;
Kryvyi Rih;
Petrykivka Community;
Mykolaiv.

To reach people living in rural and semi-isolated communities, the project deploys mobile multidisciplinary units comprising psychologists, social workers, speech and language therapists, and lawyers. These units provide services directly within communities where access to specialized support is limited.

Through the project, beneficiaries can access:

psychological counselling (individual and group sessions);
social case management for people facing difficult life circumstances;
speech and language therapy services for children and adults;
legal counselling;
comprehensive support for survivors of gender-based violence (GBV);
training sessions and awareness-raising activities on GBV prevention, communication skills, and emotional resilience

All services are provided free of charge, on a regular basis, and in strict confidence.

The services are available to adults and children, including internally displaced persons (IDPs), families experiencing difficult life circumstances, women, adolescents, and anyone in need of psychosocial support.

A dedicated component of the project is implemented in the Dnipropetrovsk region, which has received a significant number of internally displaced families with children.

This component includes:

awareness campaigns;
educational and awareness-raising events;
counselling and comprehensive support for GBV survivors;
increasing awareness of available protection mechanisms and access to support services.

The Chervona Kalyna Project follows an integrated, people-centred approach, ensuring that assistance is tailored to the specific needs of each individual. It combines emergency response with strengthening local service delivery systems, operates in communities where access to specialized services is limited, and is implemented in accordance with international humanitarian standards.

The project's overarching objective is not only to address the consequences of the war, but also to create the conditions necessary for the long-term recovery of individuals and the sustainable development of communities.

Addresses of the Centres:

Mykolaiv

48 Khersonske Shose
Appointment phone: +380 97 221 25 85

Dnipro

111-B Oleksandra Polia Avenue
(behind the Car Monument, 1st floor of the dormitory)

Kryvyi Rih

41A Fedora Karamanytsi Street (formerly Vatutina Street)
2nd floor, Kryvyi Rih Gymnasium No. 4

Petrykivka Territorial Community

Loboikivka Village
86-B Tsentralna Street
(Life Resilience Centre)

Yelyzavetivka Village
9 Tsentralna Square
(Youth Space)

Kurylivka Village
58 Tsentralna Street

Shulhivka Village
102 Tsentralna Street

Chaplynka Village
1 Druzhby Street
(Youth Space, House of Culture)

Appointment phone: 0 800 44 20 22

Providing Multi-Sectoral Assistance: Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance, Psychosocial Support, and Humanitarian Repairs for War-Affected People in the Kharkiv Oblast

The project implemented by the Ukrainian Education Platform in cooperation with the «Myrne Nebo Kharkova» (Peaceful Sky of Kharkiv) Support Center, funded by the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund, and supported by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA Ukraine). The project is being carried out in the Bohodukhiv, Izium, Kharkiv, and Kupiansk districts.

The initiative is structured around three key components:

Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance: War-affected individuals, particularly people with disabilities and the elderly, receive financial support to meet their basic needs.
Psychosocial Support: Affected individuals receive comprehensive assistance to improve their psychological well-being and gain access to protection services.
Humanitarian Repairs: War-affected families receive assistance for light and medium shelter repairs to improve their living conditions.

A Psychosocial Support Center is operational in the city of Izium. At this hub, people can access support from psychologists and social workers, as well as apply for multi-purpose cash assistance. In the communities of other districts, this assistance is provided by mobile teams.

Provision of protection, social-psychological support, MPCA to children and their parents in Zaporizhhya, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Kharkiv, Sumy regions

The project is implemented by the Ukrainian Education Platform in cooperation with organizations belonging to its network of Support Centers and financed by UHF.

The initiative is aimed at humanitarian response in the frontline areas of Ukraine in order to provide basic needs and psycho-social, logopedic and education support for children and their parents, suffering from the war against Ukraine. Taking into consideration multi-vector targets of the project, it is structured into three outputs, according to the activities.

1. Providing emergency multi-purpose cash assistance to the children and their parents suffered from the war to cover their basic needs.

The output covers the cash assistance for families with children that reside in the areas of project implementation and correlate with the vulnerability criteria.

2 609 people

received financial support

27 721 600,00 UAH

overall sum distributed

The support people received enabled them to meet their most urgent needs – such as food, housing, utilities, medication, and other essential expenses.

2. PSS – provision of comprehensive support to children and their parents/caregivers affected by the war in Ukraine, through psychosocial support, speech therapy, and social case management.

This component includes the establishment of Psychosocial Support Centers in each of the six regions where the project is being implemented. These centers are staffed with professionals – social workers, psychologists, and speech therapists – who offer services Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia oblast to beneficiaries.

There are six fully operating centres. In each of the oblasts a mobile brigade, consisting of a psychologist, social worker and speech therapist provide services in different locations.

Within the project 3393 unique beneficiaries received free services from case-managers, speech therapists and psychologists. Among the available services there were: individual consultations, group sessions, trainings on PSEA and positive parenting.

15 rayons in 6 oblasts have been covered: Zaporizhzhia, Polohy, Novomoskovsk, Pavlohrad, Synelnykovo, Bashtanka, Voznesensk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Lozova, Okhtyrka, Izium, Kryvyi Rih and Kherson;

6 centres of psycho-social support have been renovated. The centres and mobile brigades were provided with all the necessary equipment.

3. Mine awareness consists in raising awareness among Ukrainian children and their parents about the danger of mines.

This output covers training sessions to raise children and their parents’ awareness on the danger of mines and not exploded ammunition. The project aims to improve the situation for children and their parents who suffered from the war in the areas by providing a complex cash, psychosocial and education assistance.

We managed to cover
2 500 beneficiaries in six oblasts

Mobile teams effectively conducted information sessions even in remote areas, helping communities better understand the risks and improve safety in their daily activities.

Construction of modular housing for internally displaced people in Kirovohrad oblast

The project is implemented in partnership with Stichting World Partners and supported by Kerk in Actie (KIA).

It is part of the broader KIA Emergency response initiative, aimed at strengthening local community capacity to address wartime challenges, especially the integration of internally displaced populations. A house with four apartments was built in Kropyvnytskyi for families who lost their homes. All interior and utility works have been completed, and landscaping is ongoing. Two families have already moved in and are receiving psychosocial support from local project partners.

Improving Protection and Social Cohesion through WASH and Protection-based support to conﬂict-affected population in Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhya and Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

A project to equip drinking water wells in the regions affected by the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. More than 10 thousand people got access to drinking water.

Over 8 months of work, we managed to lay 5 wells in three regions of Ukraine that suffered the most after the explosion of the Kakhovka HPP's power plant. At two locations in Marganets, as well as Pokrovske, Mykolaiv and Ternuvate, our specialists drilled wells, equipped water treatment systems and installed containers for easy water collection. In some places, the drilling depth reached up to 150 meters.

«The situation in the city was critical, there was no water at all. This well solves a big problem now. More than
2 500 people in our neighborhood can now get drinking water from here», says Kateryna, a resident of Mykolaiv.

The Ukrainian Education Platform carries out important humanitarian activities, including evacuations, delivery of food, hygiene kits and medical supplies, support for shelters for affected communities and restoration of houses damaged by enemy shelling.

Since the beginning of the war, UEP has provided
2 617 900 kg of humanitarian aid to 131 000 recipients

About 13 712 people
were evacuated

The evacuation took place from the occupied and frontline territories (Mariupol, Donetsk region, Luhansk, Bakhmut, Kherson, Kostiantynivka)

More than 1500 people
have been assisted

Winterization and restoration of water supply systems in shelters and houses in the frontline areas, and old public buildings («WASH», «Winterization» projects)

Provided 70 500
sets of food

To 73 706 internally displaced persons and residents of the affected areas (Donetsk, Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovs'k, Zaporizhzhia)

17 556 hot meals

19 100 hygiene kits distributed to households

Assistance provided to people affected by the destruction of the New Kakhovka Dam

Humanitarian principles

Adopted by UN General Assembly resolutions (46/182 and 58/114)

Humanity

The Ukrainian Education Platform prioritizes protecting the well-being of the people with whom it interacts. This may include providing educational opportunities, support and assistance to those in need, especially vulnerable groups.

Neutrality

The organization remains neutral on political conflicts and issues. We prioritize educational and humanitarian goals over political debates.

Impartiality

The organization acts objectively and without any form of discrimination, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, gender, or other factors. All people should have equal access to education and care.

Independence

The organization is independent from external influence to ensure freedom of choice and independence in its work.

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