Listen, support, help: results of the Survivor Relief Centres’ work in October
Helping people in wartime is the daily work of our teams in Sumy, Kharkiv and Poltava. Despite Russian attacks, the Survivor Relief Centres continue to…
← All news
Social support
Supporting residents of frontline communities in winter: Rokada launches a new project in three regions
The project, supported by Medair and the Ukraine Humanitarian Fund, aims to help residents of Sumy, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions cope not only with the…
“I hope that one day I won’t have to be so strong” – 18-year-old Nadiia shares how she started a new life
In over a year of work at Rokada’s regional office in Kropyvnytskyi, social worker Alla Andrusevych has supported more than a hundred internally displaced families.…
Rokada helped a large family escape violence
Safe housing, psychological support and legal protection – this is the help Rokada provided in Sumy region to a large internally displaced family that had…
Rental Market Initiative: a new home and a new start for displaced families in Ivano-Frankivsk region
We continue to tell how the regional teams of Rokada are implementing the Rental Market Initiative (RMI) program. In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, 24 internally displaced…
Rokada set up three shelters for displaced people in Sumy
Rokada has equipped more than a hundred additional spaces for internally displaced Ukrainians in the shelters of Sumy. These are three facilities featuring comfortable rooms,…
Rental Market Initiative: dozens of internally displaced families in Khmelnytskyi region receive help with rent and utilities
Almost fifty internally displaced families in Khmelnytskyi region have joined the Rental Market Initiative (RMI). Thanks to the programme, they have been able to move…
Strength through unity: within the EMPOWER project, Rokada scales up aid to Ukrainians affected by the war
Support for Ukrainians, which has been provided in the Sumy, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions for three years under the EMPOWER project, is now expanding to…
In Sheptytskyi, Lviv region, a Resilience Centre renovated by Rokada has started its operations
Three dozen Resilience Centres are currently operating in the Lviv region, including a recently renovated one in Sheptytskyi. This space for comprehensive psychosocial support is…
Rokada has set up another shelter for internally displaced Ukrainians in the Zhytomyr region
Rokada teams in the regions continue to create new places of temporary residence for people who have lost their own homes. In the Zhytomyr region,…
Rental Market Initiative: A program that allows displaced families to settle in independent housing for a new start
The Rental Market Initiative (RMI) program, implemented by Rokada with the financial support of UNHCR Ukraine – the UN Refugee Agency in Ukraine, has helped…
LINK: Over 20,000 Ukrainians received aid from Rokada
Summarising the project which, within the LINK consortium, has helped to support families with children, older people, people with disabilities, single parents and guardians, as…
Community visits, training for colleagues and everyday support: how the Survivor Relief Centres worked in September
The Survivor Relief Centres in Sumy, Kharkiv and Poltava continue their work as part of the cooperation between the Rokada Charitable Foundation and UNFPA, the…
Social adaptation in action: 75-year-old Ivan Palivoda from Zaporizhzhia has found his place in Zaplatyn
We continue to share the outcomes of the social adaptation project implemented in the Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Volyn, Bukovyna, Khmelnytskyi, and Zhytomyr regions. This time,…
Not left alone with misfortune: Rokada supported a family from the Sumy region who lost their home due to a Russian drone
Just over half a year ago, the Rybalchenko family lived in the village of Stetskivka, Sumy region. They had their own house, a car, and…
A Ukrainian family from the US has raised funds for school supplies for internally displaced children supported by the Rokada charity.
In the Zhytomyr region, children from four internally displaced families have received aid from benefactors in the United States. Oleksiy and Nadiya Lisohor donated the…
Rokada continues to help residents of regions suffering from Russian attacks
Air attacks on Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Chernihiv, and other Ukrainian regions show no signs of abating. Every single day, cities and villages are shaken by…
“Respect, not pity”: in Poltava, community specialists learned to work with people who survived captivity
The team of the Survivor Relief Centre in Poltava held the training “Working with People Released from Captivity” for 25 veteran and demobilised person support…
«Social adaptation can be successful when a person has access to comprehensive support and actively participates in solving social issues»
Valentyna Kovardinova and her son moved four times over the past year before they could find safe housing. Due to Russian shelling, the family had…
Professional self-fulfilment during the war: advice for women from VONA Hub career advisers
The war has changed the labour market, and women feel it perhaps most acutely. Some have lost their homes and are starting over in a…
First step to independence: Social adaptation programme helps displaced woman integrate in Ternopil
Normal life in the village of Prosyana in the Dnipro region had to change in a single day. When their home ended up in a…
They left for a few weeks but stayed forever: Rokada helped a family from the Luhansk region successfully adapt to the Rivne region
The story of the Obukhovskyi family from the Luhansk region is tragic yet hopeful. Ostroh, a small town in the Rivne region, became a new…
In Kharkiv, Rokada helps children recover from mine-explosive injuries
Severe injuries, surgeries, and prolonged rehabilitation—this is the reality for children whose lives have been changed by Russian shelling in many frontline regions, including the…
Rokada nearby: the story of help to Maksym Dotsenko from Sumy
Tragic incident, which happened with Maksym Dotsenko 14 years ago, forces him every day to fight for himself and possibility someday to stand on feet.…
In Vilna Spaces, women and girls regularly receive motivational trinkets
In each of the seven Vilna spaces managed by Rokada specialists, women and girls receive not only psychological support, consultations, learning opportunities, and a community…
Dignified living and legal protection: Rokada implements a new project in the Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions
The project, which focuses on supporting internally displaced Ukrainians and communities affected by the consequences of hostilities, is being implemented by Rokada in the Dnipropetrovsk…
Inclusive solutions: Rokada continues to equip shelters for internally displaced Ukrainians in Zaporizhzhia
The Rokada Charitable Foundation has completed the renovation of a living space for people with reduced mobility at a shelter in Zaporizhzhia. The four refurbished…
In Volyn, Rokada helps internally displaced Ukrainians to arrange homes
During two years, the regional office of Rokada in Volyn region repaired and updated more than a hundred houses for internally displaced Ukrainians from among…
Social accompaniment of Rokada in action: daily care for those who lost home
When someone loses their home and documents, finding themselves alone in an unfamiliar city, navigating the new reality can feel overwhelming. That is when social…
Support that helped start over: The story of Mykola, who now lives in the Sumy region
“In life, I have always been used to relying on myself. But there comes a time when you can no longer cope with everything on…
Being in the ‘here and now’: How Rokada psychologists help evacuees return to life
Psychologists are among the first to welcome Ukrainians at transit centres in Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, and Kharkiv. Together with their colleagues, they accompany evacuees at every…
‘I dream of planting an orchard just like in my home village’: The story of Nataliia Demchuk from the Kherson region
Nataliya Demchuk points to a map, where a blue dot marks her home in the Kherson region. Or rather, what’s left of it – the…
‘In Sumy, pharmacies and shops are sometimes closed due to shelling. Therefore, aid with hygiene products for mothers is very important’
Day after day, the Sumy region comes under Russian shelling. Although this reality has become almost routine for many locals, Tetiana Dubovyk says her greatest…
Social adaptation in action: Kherson region family managed to build a new life in Ternopil
Today, Nelia Kalinina’s family lives in Ternopil. This is more than 800 kilometres away from their native home in the Kherson region. From their past…
Support and decent living conditions: Rokada launches a new project for communities in southern Ukraine
Rokada is starting work on strengthening the protection system, mental health, and psychosocial support for residents of Ukraine’s southern regions. The initiative will cover the…
Thousands of Ukrainians supported by Rokada within the LINK consortium
Regional teams from the Rokada Charitable Foundation are continuing to register local residents for multi-purpose cash assistance while simultaneously providing essential supply kits. Nearly 8,000…
Life Under Fire: Rokada Teams in Sumy and Chernihiv Help Man Find Safe Shelter
For a long time, he hid in basements to escape Russian shelling, venturing out only at night to find food. 54-year-old Serhiy Skrypchenko would have…
Rokada helps internally displaced Ukrainians adapt to new communities
Rokada teams in eight regions help internally displaced Ukrainians of all ages integrate as best as possible into new communities to start an independent life.…
What’s new at Survivors Relief Centers this summer: “More and more people are ready to talk about what they’ve been through”
Throughout June and July, the Survivors Relief Centers in Sumy, Kharkiv, and Poltava did not stop their operations for a single day. Multidisciplinary teams were…
Rokada helps internally displaced families cover the cost of renting housing
In five regions – Volyn, Ivano-Frankivsk, Rivne, Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi – the Foundation’s teams are implementing a project that helps internally displaced families cover the…
Need support? VILNA spaces for women and girls are waiting for you
Every week, from Wednesday to Sunday, the VILNA women- and girl-friendly space comes alive. It hosts support groups, consultations with psychologists, trainings, art therapy workshops,…
United in Relief: Rokada deploys mobile teams from Lviv, Khmelnytskyi, and Chernihiv to Vyshneve
For the first time, the Rokada Charitable Foundation has united emergency mobile teams to help the residents of the city affected by Russian shelling. The…
Kyiv under powerful Russian attack: since Thursday morning, Rokada’s teams have been supporting capital residents
On the night of July 2, Kyiv came under one of the largest Russian attacks. Shelters, metro stations, and residential complex parking lots were packed…
Already safe and in the care of Rokada: 70-year-old woman walked for half a day to escape shelling
A cat named Knopka is all that 70-year-old Mariia Tymoshenko has left from her past life. The pensioner was recently evacuated from the frontline town…
Family evacuated from Pokrovsk rebuilds home for children fleeing war
In May last year, 47-year-old Vladyslav and his parents evacuated from Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region to Krasna Polyana in the Kirovohrad region. The village…
Rokada facilitates evacuation of abandoned infants from the Donbas region
The maternity hospital in frontline Sloviansk remains the only operational facility of its kind in the entire Donetsk region. Despite ongoing Russian shelling, it continues…
Crisis room for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence launches in Okhtyrka
Backed by financial support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Rokada has set up a crisis room in Okhtyrka, Sumy region, for survivors of…
Ukraine’s resilience centers mark International day for the elimination of sexual violence in conflict
19 June marks the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict (CRSV). This issue remains one of the most painful for Ukraine,…
Ukraine’s largest integration hub for people who have lost their homes opened in Kyiv
The project of the Kyiv City Centre for Comprehensive Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons (the Integration Hub) was implemented with financial support from the Kyiv…
Two Rokada regional offices team up to help large family reach safety
Coordination between our teams in Dnipro and Khmelnytskyi helped a large family from the Donetsk region find a safe haven. A huge number of bags,…
Comprehensive support and a safe environment: results of the Survivor Relief Centres’ work over two months
Despite the growing number and scale of Russian attacks, the Survivor Relief Centres in Sumy, Kharkiv and Poltava continue to work actively. Multidisciplinary teams provide…
From practice to system: a forum of social facilitators took place in Kyiv
The national forum “From Practice to System: Models of Social Facilitation in Ukraine” brought together international partners, representatives of civil society organisations, social facilitators and…
Why is preventing gender-based violence important for Ukraine today?
According to estimates by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), almost 2.4 million people in Ukraine need services to prevent and respond to gender-based violence.…
Supporting children from frontline regions: the “Girls’ League of Unity” football tournament took place in Kyiv
The Rokada Charitable Foundation and the Ukrainian Association of Football held the fourth annual football tournament for children from socially vulnerable groups. The programme ran…
The first internally displaced Ukrainians have moved into the shelter in Oleksandrivka, Kirovohrad region
Six women from Donetsk region have become the first residents of the shelter that the Rokada team set up last year in the village of…
The Rokada team will create support centres for women
The Rokada team will create socio-economic support centres for women within the Women-Led Community Systems for Recovery and Resilience project. Three regions are currently being…
Strengthening partnerships to protect people affected by the war: what has changed at the Survivor Relief Centres in a month?
As part of the cooperation between the Rokada Charitable Foundation and UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, the Survivor Relief Centres in Poltava, Sumy and…
We dream of a house with a vegetable garden next to it: a large family from Donetsk region is building a life in Kirovohrad region
The Lavryk family, who are raising seven children, evacuated from near Bakhmut in Donetsk region to Oleksandriia in Kirovohrad region in 2022. At the time,…
Legal advice: how pensioners can complete physical identification to receive payments
Dmytro Khanas, Advocacy Adviser at the Rokada Charitable Foundation, has prepared an explanation of how pensioners can complete physical identification to receive pensions and insurance…
Another step towards justice: #RD4U has opened category A1.2
The Register of Damage for Ukraine (RD4U) has announced the start of claim submissions in a new category, A1.2 – Forced displacement outside Ukraine. Millions…
Appeal from human rights and charitable organisations
Human rights and charitable organisations, including Rokada, draw the attention of state authorities, local self-government bodies and national and international partners to the need to…
Consultations, trainings and expert support: how the Survivor Relief Centres in Sumy, Kharkiv and Poltava work
Last autumn, the Rokada Charitable Foundation team, in cooperation with UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, launched a large-scale project to counter gender-based and domestic…
Rokada, in cooperation with the Italian organisation CUAMM Medical Team, is expanding assistance to frontline communities
With the support of the CUAMM medical team, the Rokada Charitable Foundation is implementing the project “SHIELD: Strengthening Health and Protection of Vulnerable Communities in…
Rokada will implement an accessibility and inclusion project in Mykolaiv region
In 2026, accessibility for people with disabilities and other groups with limited mobility remains one of the most acute challenges for Mykolaiv region. In response…
Rokada took part in the presentation of the 2026 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan
On the threshold of the fifth year of the full-scale invasion, humanitarian challenges in Ukraine are only getting worse. Constant shelling, destruction of infrastructure and…
Rokada continues the project to strengthen civil society organisations in frontline regions
The Rokada Charitable Foundation continues implementing a project whose main task is to improve the capacity of the civil society sector in Sumy, Kharkiv and…