About Us

NGO "Community Self-Help" was officially registered on January 31, 2022, to support Ukrainian hospitals, defenders, and first responders. We were founded in 2015 as a similar project supported by the US Embassy in Ukraine.


The mission of the NGO Community Self-Help is to represent the interests of the Defenders of Ukraine, IDPs, their families, and to support of civil society actors in developing skills for self-reliance.

Today, the NGO "Community Self-Help" defends, protects, and responds to the needs of Ukraine by:

Providing medical and humanitarian support for hospitals and Defenders of Ukraine
Fighting the Information War against russian disinformation through newsletters, oral histories, and storytelling videography– from those most affected by the War
Strengthening civilian and veterans' psycho-social support services, giving psychologists and cohorts the necessary training, tools, and access to the "Vitality" application

Community Self-Help has the status non-profit organization, ua tax ID 44418077. Donations may be tax deductible

Map of Impact:

We help in different regions of Ukraine by

- Hospital support

- Medical support of defenders and IDPs

- Firefighter support

- Psychosocial support


Your donations turned into:

20 hospitals

supported with Medicines and suplies

2+ tons of medicines

sent

4+ tons of equipment

sent to firefighters and defenders

10+ shelters

supported in Lviv by SCH

10+ military units

supported by tactical medicine

200+ newsletters

CSH sent for the Ukrainian diaspora and for international mass media
FINANCIAL & IMPACT REPORT 10 MONTH OF WAR
Thanks to your support we are able to assist more refugees; deliver more medical aid to hospitals around Ukraine that need them most; and fight disinformation. You can read about our work in detail in the Report:
Read the Report

About Community self-help

Community Self-Help was launched in 2015 (after Maidan 2014, Revolution of Dignity) with a project promoting the development of civic organizations, supported by the US embassy in Ukraine. Vitalii Kharechko and Marta Pyvovarenko traveled to 6 regions of Ukraine to help local NGOs and volunteer initiatives articulate their missions, structure their organizations, and connect with the communities they aim to serve. These workshops and subsequent activities of Community Self-Help facilitated the creation of numerous new independent organizations all over Ukraine (in Berdiansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Rivne, Ivanofrankivsk).


In January 2022 we registered as NGO Community Self-Help.




Today Community Self-Help is putting all its efforts into defending Ukraine from Russia’s brutal assault on our people, our territory and our freedom. We understand that the networks and relationships between people and organizations forming through concerted efforts to aid our fellow citizens and defenders are also the civic foundations of the new Ukrainian nation that will emerge from this war. Therefore we are committed to supporting the resilience of individual Ukrainian people, the development of community organizations, and the public voices of Ukrainians telling the world about their experience. This means caring for Ukrainian military personnel and Ukrainians forced to leave their homes, as well as telling the world what is actually happening each day in the country.

PAST PROJECTS 24 projects and targeted assistance in 10 mounths 2022

2020 — How Can Your NGO Keep Working and Providing Services during Lockdown? 6-week online course for community organizations in Ukraine’s eastern regions, supported by the UN Recovery and Peacebuilding Program and the European Union 2019 — Entrepreneurial Skills Training Program in Eastern Ukraine supported by the UN Recovery and Peacebuilding Program and the governments of Poland and Japan 2017 — Public Oral History Archive, with Polish Foundation Dobra Wola - https://oralhistory.com.ua/aui.html 2016 — Volonter, online platform for volunteer initiatives in Ukraine - https://volonter.org/ Marta Pyvovarenko and Vitalii Kharechko, members of Community Self-help, are also co-founders of Development Foundation, an organization of mental health specialists devoted to advancing the field in Ukraine and especially providing psycho-social support to veterans, civic activists, and people affected by the war in eastern Ukraine that has been ongoing since 2014.


Community Self-Help Rapid Response Headquarters:

  • Chairman of the Board of the Community Self-Help, NGO - Vitalii Kharechko, Ukraine@communityselfhelp.org

  • Head of Department Quality Assurance for MHPSS services of the Community Self-Help, NGO - Marta Pyvovarenko, advocacy@communityselfhelp.org

  • Communication Department of the Community Self-Help, NGO, coordination of volunteer activities in cooperation with the Ukrainian Catholic University - Dr. Michael Radigan, +17203271374, +380500650493; michael@communityselfhelp.org

  • IT support of the Community Self-Help website, Roman Svystun, roman.svystun@communityselfhelp.org.


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Vitalii Kharechko
Chairman of the Board
Marta Pyvovarenko
Head of Department "Quality Assurance for MHPSS Services"
Roman Svystun
IT support
Dr. Michael Radigan
Communication Department
Tim Evseev
designer
Kateryna Buchko
psychosocial support officer
Marta Kovalova
MHPSS consultant
Ihor Zhyvytsky
Communication Department video prodaction expert
Zoya J Stadnyk
Lawyer
Karina Kolodiy
Communication Department
Ulyana Tkachuk
Communication Department
Mykola Stravnyak
Psychological Support Technologies Specialist
Vitalii Kharechko
Chairman of the Board
Marta Pyvovarenko
Head of Department "Quality Assurance for MHPSS Services"
Roman Svystun
IT support
Dr. Michael Radigan
Communication Department
Tim Evseev
designer
Kateryna Buchko
psychosocial support officer
Marta Kovalova
MHPSS consultant
Ihor Zhyvytsky
Communication Department video prodaction expert
Zoya J Stadnyk
Lawyer
Karina Kolodiy
Communication Department
Ulyana Tkachuk
Communication Department
Mykola Stravnyak
Psychological Support Technologies Specialist

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