The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)is a global intergovernmental organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights, and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced persons, and stateless individuals.

For the past 20 years, since 2003, Charitable Foundation Rokada has been an implementing partner of UNHCR. With the support of UNHCR, Rokada provides assistance to refugees, individuals in need of additional protection, those seeking refuge in Ukraine, internally displaced persons, and populations affected by the armed aggression of the Russian Federation.

The Center for Disaster Philanthropy (CDP)– The CDP Foundation operates in the United States and worldwide. Its mission is to harness the power of philanthropy to mobilize a full range of resources that strengthen communities’ ability to withstand disasters and recover equitably from them.

Since February 2023, CDP has been supporting Charitable Foundation Rokada in establishing Advisory Boards for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The project covers 7 regions in Ukraine. The project’s goal is to assist in addressing issues related to the implementation of state policies regarding the protection of the rights of internally displaced persons, support, and protection of business entities that have relocated to the territorial communities’ territories.

The Oxford Committee for Famine Relief (United Kingdom)is an international coalition of 15 organizations operating in more than 90 countries worldwide. The aim of this coalition’s activities is to address issues of poverty and the associated injustice on a global scale. In all Oxfam projects, the primary goal is to provide people with the opportunity to exercise their rights, personally manage their lives, receive fair compensation for their work, and more.

Since December 2022, with the support of Oxfam, Charitable Foundation Rokada has been implementing the project “Providing support and services to vulnerable populations among internally displaced persons and affected communities” in the Kyiv and Chernihiv regions.

The International Renaissance Foundation (IRF)is one of the largest Ukrainian charitable foundations, which has been working since 1990 to create an open society in Ukraine where everyone feels dignified, citizens are engaged in the state-building process, and the government is transparent and accountable. The foundation was founded by philanthropist George Soros and is part of the international network of Open Society Foundations.

Charitable Foundation Rokada has a long history of collaboration with the IRF:

• 2010-2012: A joint project was implemented to continue the operation of the Integration Center for refugees and to organize summer activities for their children;
• 2019: A project was carried out to support refugee women and their family members by establishing a sewing workshop at the Temporary Accommodation Centre for Refugees (TACR) in the city of Yagotin;
• 2023-2024: Support and capacity-building for the Charitable Foundation Rokada in implementing effective mechanisms for the integration of internally displaced persons;
• 2024 – 2025: Support and capacity-building for the Charitable Foundation Rokada in the implementation of effective mechanisms of comprehensive support and advocacy of the interests of internally displaced persons, refugees and other vulnerable categories (the project is ongoing).

Activities within the current project include strengthening the team of the Rokada Charitable Foundation for the implementation of effective mechanisms for the integration of IDPs, providing timely and qualified legal support to the beneficiaries of the Foundation, carrying out advocacy activities aimed at helping to solve problematic issues in communities. An important area of work is also support and activation of the activities of IDP Councils in Chernivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnytskyi, Lviv, Rivne, Ternopil, Volyn, Sumy, Zhytomyr and Kyiv regions.

The Ukrainian Humanitarian Foundation (UHF)was founded in 2019. UHF serves as a strategic and vital tool, available to donors, for pooling their contributions into unified non-targeted funds, enabling humanitarian partners to provide timely, coordinated, and principled assistance.

In 2023-2024, Charitable Foundation Rokada is implementing two projects with the support of UHF:

• Organizing events aimed at reducing discrimination and barriers faced by people with disabilities in the villages of Chernihiv region. This includes collaboration with communities and providing direct assistance to individuals with disabilities to strengthen their physical and mental well-being;
• Monitoring community-level protection and protection activities in the Sumy region. The project’s goal is to provide comprehensive assistance to internally displaced persons (IDPs), affected groups, returnees, and non-displaced individuals in need of assistance. Special attention is given to activities in border communities near Russia.