Stories
How merch became a tool for change in the community: the story of the ‘LEЛ…
“The constant waiting wore me out: you apply for a grant and then wait to see if you’ll get it or not,” recalls Inna Nemerovets from the ‘LEЛЕ’ team. “We wanted more stability and the chanc…
From firefighting to strategy: how a Ukrainian NGO learned to build while…
Institutional development accompanies the growth of any organisation: it helps to streamline internal processes, ensure stability, and maintain transparency in operations. The need for institutional…
Rebuilding Under Fire: How Ukrainian Businesses Are Sustaining Growth with…
For Ukrainian businesses, survival has become inseparable from adaptation. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, companies across the country have faced repeated shocks – from missile strikes and damag…
Ukrainian Scholars, EU History and Cartoons Against Dictators: What Blogge…
In 2025, the International Renaissance Foundation and the EU supported eight Ukrainian bloggers who create educational content about history, culture, science, and fascinating stories about Ukraine a…
Echoes of Hope: The Kalush English school helping veterans find their voice
No one flees shelling with a business plan. You pack the kids, the papers, and a life that fits in one trunk. After days on the road, Daria Skachko arrived in Kalush in the Ivano-Frankivsk region on…
Simulating a disaster to practice rescue lessons
SVITYAZ LAKE (Ukraine) – As the lake breaks its boundaries, the alarm siren pierces the air. Within moments, a command van becomes the operational centre: its doors swing open, antennas rise, screens…
The occupation of childhood: deported children and how Ukraine is fighting…
In 2022, 11-year-old Sasha Radchuk was living with his mother Snizhana in Mariupol. When Russian forces occupied the city, they separated Sasha from his mother, put him through a so-called filtration…
The power of community: how Tepla Gora heals souls in the Ukrainian Carpat…
In the heart of the Carpathian Mountains, between Kosiv and Verkhovyna, lies Tepla Gora (‘Warm Mountain’ in Ukrainian), a five-hectare sanctuary and eco-centre. During one of the most difficult perio…
A Safe Place to Be a Child Again: How EU Support Is Helping Ukrainian Chil…
Life under occupation, injury, evacuation, and then another injury. This is the story of a family from the Kharkiv region whose life was forever changed by Russia’s full‑scale invasion. The Sloviansk…
How EU Support Helped a Volunteer Establish a Community Centre for Older…
At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, confectioner Olena Chaika realised that her new priority was to help people who had been forced to flee their homes because of the war. This is how a shel…
How social entrepreneurship in educational institutions shapes a new gener…
Social entrepreneurship in educational institutions turns schools into spaces of real action, where students learn by creating, deciding, and taking responsibility for their communities. In Europe, s…
Freedom Fit: How Adaptive Clothing Restores Dignity, Comfort, and a Sense…
When simply putting on a T-shirt or a pair of trousers takes dozens of minutes and is accompanied by pain, it is no longer a matter of style. It becomes a matter of dignity, independence, and quality…