- Community support
- Legal assistance
- Opportunities
- Psychological support
- Social support
- Strengthened through unity
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 the Poltava region. Internally displaced families who have settled in this area will be able to receive psychological, social, legal, and humanitarian assistance.
Across all four regions, Rokada teams focus on providing comprehensive emergency support to residents, as well as strengthening the organizational capacity of local NGOs. They organize training, offer mentorship, and help establish cooperation with local authorities—all to reinforce resilience.
“Scaling up the project and its overall implementation is, above all, an opportunity to ensure the continuity of support for war-affected people, as well as to strengthen the capacity of communities to respond to their needs. Expanding the project’s geography to the Poltava region is an important step that will allow us to reach more people in need of psychosocial, social, and legal support. Our goal is to ensure that people can receive the necessary assistance in a timely manner, tailored to their needs.”
project manager
What assistance is provided?
Psychosocial support: individual consultations for adults and children, group psychosocial support sessions, and activities to prevent professional burnout.
Social case management: individual support tailored to the specific needs and circumstances of each person.
Raising awareness on social rights: information and awareness-raising sessions on social rights and available support opportunities.
Legal aid: individual legal consultations, training sessions for the public, and training for specialists.
Humanitarian assistance: distribution of non-food items to designated categories of recipients based on their needs.
Who can receive assistance?
Internally displaced Ukrainians, people with disabilities, single mothers (women raising children on their own), large families, older persons, low-income families, and others.
Kharkiv and Dnipro
Poltava
Sumy
The project Strength through Unity: Supporting Capacity Building of Local NGOs in the Sumy, Kharkiv, and Dnipropetrovsk Regions is implemented within the EMPOWER project, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) together with the European Union and implemented by GIZ Ukraine.
