Stories
Veteran Serhii Kanash: a story of psychological rehabilitation
“My first session was with my wife. It was four days after I got wounded, and I was scared of how she’d see me.” That’s how veteran Serhii remembers where it all began. Thirty…
EU4Recovery: how the EU is helping to restore Ukrainian communities
The European Union and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are helping Ukrainian communities restore healthcare and social services, strengthen security, support veterans and young people…
How Ustyluh municipality helps veterans navigate a difficult journey
After her son was wounded in action, this mother was left to face a host of problems on her own. The paperwork needed to be sorted out urgently, yet she had no idea where to start or who to turn to…
How the “iHELP” Foundation Brought Cinema to Frontline Communi…
How It All Began Anatoliy Dziubenko, co-founder of the “iHELP” charitable foundation, explains that in the first days of the full-scale invasion he decided to help a local volunteer initi…
How is the European Investment Bank helping to protect energy infrastructu…
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is one of Ukraine’s key financial donors, continuing to provide multi-billion euro assistance throughout the full-scale war. Today the EIB is already directly…
Thirty kilometers from the border. How a border village is building the fu…
How It All Began The village of Vykhvostiv in Chernihiv region is located thirty kilometers from the border with two countries — Belarus and Russia. Although many people left the village back in 2022…
Where the lights are always on: how a solar-powered Point of Invincibility…
Shostka, a city of around 70,000 people in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, lies just a few dozen kilometres from the Russian border. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, its residents have learned…
Healthcare close to home: how EU support is making life more comfortable f…
For residents of small communities, access to quality medical care often means long journeys to large cities, and the time lost can be decisive. Thanks to support from the European Investment Bank (E…
Starting from scratch: how EU support helps communities welcome people who…
The full-scale war forced hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to leave their homes, and communities to search rapidly for solutions. Thanks to support from the European Investment Bank (EIB) — the ba…
Igniting the desire to live: adaptive sports give war veterans a new purp…
When Artem Peredereiev, 36, woke up after the amputation of both his legs, he could not imagine a future outside the hospital walls. A volunteer who joined the army in 2024, from a small se…
“You won’t know until you try.” A specialist from a yout…
The “Recovery and Development Consultants” programme is a training initiative by ISAR Ednannia, implemented with support from the European Union. It prepares specialists who help communit…
Fruit Pastila, Microgreens, and Upcycling: Youth in Bukovyna Launch Eight…
A project by the NGO “Bukovyna Innovative Foundation,” implemented with support from the EU and UNDP in Ukraine, helped young people, including displaced persons, launch social enterprise…