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Advancing the Skills and Knowledge of Psychotherapists Practicing Cognitive Processing Therapy: A Crucial Need for Ukraine Today
«Our goal is to build a strong community of professionals ready to work with trauma and help people rebuild their lives»
04.12.2024
Community Self-Help NGO at the Center of Change Forum "Resilience of Individuals – Resilience of Systems"
The team from the "Community Self-Help" NGO participated in the Second All-Ukrainian Mental Health Forum, titled "Human Resilience – System Resilience"
02.12.2024
“I did - so can YOU” project of social adaptation for veterans with amputations is launched in Ukraine
On November 06, 2024, the Media Center Ukraine hosted a presentation of the “I did - so can YOU” project aimed at social adaptation of people with limb amputations.
06.11.2024
Opportunities for Establishing Connections Between the Ukrainian Government Sector and International Organizations Through a Cluster Mechanism
03.06.2024
Developing Effective PTSD Therapy in Ukraine: Training Military Psychologists in Prolonged Exposure Therapy.
01.06.2024
Strengthening the Capabilities of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine
31.05.2024
A new level of collaboration between the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine and the NGO "Community Self-Help "
Our goal is a healthy, fulfilled Ukrainian veteran who has every opportunity for personal development, family growth, and contribution to the country!
30.05.2024
A week-long training session on intensive group therapy was held for military psychologists: "You Are Not Alone. Support is Nearby."
From May 13 to 18, 2024, an Intensive Group Therapy training titled "You Are Not Alone. Support is Near" was held for military psychologists in Velyatyno, Zakarpattia region.
22.05.2024
Resumption of cooperation between the Ministries of Veterans of Ukraine and the VA United States
On 16 May 2024, senior officials from the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine and the US Department of Veterans Affairs met internationally.
21.05.2024
To find hope and love to move forward
Intensive group therapy focuses on overcoming trauma, finding hope and love to move forward.
16.05.2024
The Intensive Group Therapy "You Are Not Alone. Support is Near" training was funded by the NGO "Friends of Chervonohrad."
14.05.2024
Intensive Group Therapy Training: 'You Are Not Alone. Support Alongside
10.05.2024
In 2023, the NGO "Community Self-Help" implemented 12 projects
24.04.2024
"Community Self-Help" Collaborates with Health Cluster
12.04.2024
Advocating Veteran Journey Maps: Building New Partnerships for Effective Advocacy
The NGO "Community Self-Help" continues its advocacy for "Veteran Journey Maps", seeking new partnerships to ensure quality and efficiency.
08.04.2024
Presentation of MBAT (Mindfulness Based Attention Training) - a training program for mindfulness and attention
Dr. Amishi Jha (https://amishi.com/about ) is a psychology professor at the University of Miami.
02.04.2024
Meeting Highlights Challenges and Support for Veterans' Reintegration
It is very difficult for people who have just been released from captivity to rebuild their future.
25.03.2024
Collaborative Advocacy Meeting between Ukrainian Minister of Veterans Affairs and Quality Assurance for MHPSS Services Expert of CSH
21.03.2024
Activity and Impact Map of the NGO 'Community Self-Help'
18.03.2024
Reporting on the Year 2023 and During the Full-Scale Invasion
14.03.2024
Reporting press conference of the NGO " Community Self-Help"
11.03.2024
Equipment for firefighters
07.03.2024
Stronger together
24.02.2024
Delivering Life-Saving Aid to Frontline Medics: Community Self-Help Provides Specialized Medical Backpacks
16.02.2024
Functional Neurology Method: A Promising Approach for Brain Injury Rehabilitation
11.02.2024
Addressing Urgent Concerns: Publishing Research Findings by Ukrainian Experts in Psychology and Military Training in Light of Global Partnerships for Effective Security Mechanisms
31.01.2024
Strengthening Ukraine's Defense Capabilities through Educational Partnerships
28.01.2024
Roundtable Discussion on Expanding Access to Medical Care for Servicemembers, Veterans, and Their Families
23.01.2024
Advocating for Mental Health: Insights from Martha Pyvovarenko's Exclusive Training Session
21.01.2024
Strengthening Support Networks: Empowering Psychological Resilience in Crisis Response
16.01.2024
Advocacy for Veterans: Building Bridges through International Cooperation
03.01.2024
Reality and Legislation: Bridging the Gap
28.12.2023
Veteran Journey Map
21.11.2023
Paths of Self-Help
10.10.2023
NGO "Community Self-Help" Contributes to WHO Workshop on Enhancing Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Ukraine
15.09.2023
Strengthening Civil Society: Building Capacity and Advocacy for Democratic Progress
24.08.2023
Uniting Now is Key to Victory: Insights from Community Self-Help
24.08.2023
UNDP-supported Partnership Presents Innovative Practices at International Veterans Forum
23.08.2023
Community Self-Help Provides "Unbreakable Mothers" with Vitamins and Smartphone Devices
22.08.2023
Community Self-Help Collaborates with Olena Lehka to Support Hospitals in Mykolaiv
06.08.2023
Empowering Veterans: Participation and Storytelling for Healing
10.06.2023
Empowering Chernihiv Communities: Cognitive Processing Therapy Training Continues with Marta Pyvovarenko
30.05.2023
Breaking Down Complexity: Understanding Depression and Media Support for Psychological Hotline
27.05.2023
Navigating Challenges: Supervisory Support in the Operation of the Psychological Support Hotline for Families Affected by Trauma
27.05.2023
Insights from the Frontlines: Challenges and Outcomes of the Psychological Support Hotline for Families Affected by Disappearance, Captivity, Torture, or Sexual Violence
27.05.2023
Unveiling Results: Insights from Vitaliy Kharechko, Communications Manager of the Hotline, on the Social Media Campaign
21.05.2023
Aid to Ukrainian Firefighters from Middletown Firefighters
Great thanks Middletown firefighters 🚒 for helping 🇺🇦Ukraine!
13.05.2023
Call for Event Agencies: Assistance Needed in Organizing a One-Day Event
12.05.2023
Medications for Mykolayiv hospitals.
09.04.2023
“We have implemented 24 projects during 10 months of work” – Marta Pyvovarenko.
04.04.2023
Tactical medicine for the Bakhmut direction.
03.04.2023
“This connection enhances activities“ – Lorraine Mishchuk.
26.03.2023
Tactical first aid kits for Ukrainian chaplains
25.03.2023
"Information is a weapon, but this weapon can be used in a positive way" – Michael Radigan
12.03.2023
Surgical suture material for the Dnipro Ophthalmological Hospital
10.03.2023
"Local Ukrainian civil society organizations, such as the 'Community Self-Help' NGO, are key to effective humanitarian work and Ukraine's recovery during and after the war." - Katja Kolcio
Local Ukrainian organizations, such as the NGO "Communities of Self-Help," are key to effective humanitarian work, the viability of Ukraine, and recovery during and after the war.
02.03.2023
It seemed to me that I was watching a movie about the Second World War..." – memories of a paratrooper
When this story began, Oleksandr had just finished his studies. He trained as a cook and moved from Poltava to Dnipro in search of work and self-discovery.
27.02.2023
Two pallets stocked with medical supplies have been sent to hospitals in Mykolaiv.
27.02.2023
Katja Kolcio – "Local Ukrainian organisations are the key to effective humanitarian work, Ukrainian vitality and recovery during and after war."
27.02.2023
A generator for Ukrainian defenders in the Donetsk region.
25.02.2023
NGO "Communities Self-Help" sent a generator (for Starlink) to our defenders in the Donetsk region.
24.02.2023
24 projects and targeted assistance in 10 mounths 2022
18.02.2023
The NGO "Community Self-Help" has raised more than UAH 2.8 million in 10 months
17.02.2023
Report and goals of the NGO Community Self-Help. Anonse of press conference
16.02.2023
Supervisory Support: The Vital Emotional Lifeline and Professional Development Tool for Hotline Psychologists
05.02.2023
Vitamins for a pregnant women, lactating women and young children
31.01.2023
Medicine for the burn department of Mykolaiv hospital
30.01.2023
NGO "Communities Self-Help" announced Fundraising for Medicine for Bakhmut
23.01.2023
Dr. Chrystyna Rakoczy – an optometrist from the USA, a volunteer of the NGO "Community Self-Help"
20.01.2023
Wheelchairs for people with disabilities for the Dnipro Ophthalmological Hospital
19.01.2023
Supervisory Support: The Vital Emotional Lifeline and Professional Development Tool for Hotline Psychologists
16.01.2023
Operator of Psychological Hotline: A Personal Mission Amidst Crisis
10.01.2023
The innovative application "Psychologist's Package" from the NGO "Community Self-Help" is a digital solution supported by UNDP to help specialists working with people affected by the war
08.01.2023
Infographic: results of donations to the NGO "Community Self-Help" for 10 months
04.01.2023
Merry Christmas! Dear Friends of Ukraine and NGO "Community Self-Help"
25.12.2022
War changes us: the effects of prolonged stress on the body
21.12.2022
NGO "Communities Self-Help" continues to provide vitamins for a long period of time to IDPs in Lviv: pregnant women, lactating women and young children
17.12.2022
The NGO "Communities Self-Help" bought expensive regenerating ointments for our defenders
15.12.2022
Warm shoes, tasty chocolate and psycho-emotional support for better recovery of the defender
13.12.2022
NGO "Communities Self-Help" announced Fundraising for the recovery of Ukrainian defenders
05.12.2022
The box of necessary medicine goes to the hospitals of Mykolaiv
04.12.2022
Sleeping bags were sent by the NGO "Communities Self-Help" to the city of Kryvyi Rih
03.12.2022
Students of the Vienna Business School donated to the projects of the NGO "Community Self-Help"
01.12.2022
Lesya: Providing Vital Psychological Support for Families Affected by Conflict
30.11.2022
Began to distribution vitamins for a long period of time to IDPs in Lviv: pregnant women, lactating women and young children in the "Unbreakable Mothers" center
30.11.2022
Larissa Babij – a creative person, a bright human, a volunteer of the NGO "Community Self-Help"
20.11.2022
Protective suits sent by NGO "Communities Self-Help" for Mykolaiv-brigades are used in the Kherson region
19.11.2022
Training on cognitive-processual therapy for specialists who work with safety service providers was conducted by Marta Pyvovarenko, a specialist from the NGO "Community Self-Help"
14.11.2022
Vitamins for pregnant mothers, mothers of newborns, infants and breastfeeding children
13.11.2022
Living in Occupation - How Women Can Preserve Their Lives and Health
11.11.2022
An expert from Harvard held an event on psychosocial support
10.11.2022
Сommunity Self-Help, NGO in Canada together with Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, at the XXVII Triennial Congress of Ukrainian Canadians.
01.11.2022
Representatives of the NGO "Community Self-Help" visited the Child Center "Unbreakable Mothers"
27.10.2022
Kevin Cohen is a volunteer with a capital letter
16.10.2022
In recent months the NGO "Communities Self-Help" sent several tons of medical and humanitarian supplies
29.09.2022
Psychological support for volunteers working with forcibly displaced people
29.09.2022
«Jinriki» auxiliary sets for wheelchairs were handed over to the Lviv Center for Disability and Rehabilitation
16.09.2022
The face of peace is a volunteer of the NGO «Community Self-Help»
15.09.2022
Medicines for hospitals in the Dnipro and Kharkiv regions
13.09.2022
Professional Psychological Support for Victims of Russian Military Aggression in Ukraine
11.09.2022
Tactical medicine course for civilians
08.09.2022
A new manual drill and bits for the Mykolaiv Hospital
06.09.2022
Medicines are sent to Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Mykolaiv regions
05.09.2022
A volunteer of the NGO "Community Self-Help" continues to treat about 15-20 veterans with acupuncture every day
02.09.2022
The workshop for fixers and journalists was conducted by the emergency aid advocacy officer of the NGO "Community Self-Help", psychologist Marta Pyvovarenko
30.08.2022
Systematic training instructions for volunteers
18.08.2022
Medicines for hospitals of the Mykolaiv region
17.08.2022
Medications for the hospital in Borodyanka
11.08.2022
Equipment for rescuers of the Mykolayiv region
09.08.2022
Necessary medicines were transferred to hospitals in Kharkiv, Mykolaiv and Dnipro
05.08.2022
Equipment and supplies for rescuers of the Lviv region
04.08.2022
Understanding and Coping with Emotions During Occupation: Insights from a Podcast Episode
03.08.2022
New Ambulance for the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine
03.08.2022
Humanitarian aid for children from the shelter in Sokilnyky
02.08.2022
Medicines for the Borodyansk Rebcenter, with an emphasis on women's health
26.07.2022
A series of trainings on cognitive-processual therapy for school psychologists who work with with displaced Ukrainians and other vulnerable groups was conducted by the advocacy specialist of the NGO "Communities Self-Help", psychologist Marta Pyvovarenko
25.07.2022
Dressing materials, first aid kits and charms are made by children for our protectors
22.07.2022
Medications for Kharkiv Regional Children's Infectious Clinical Hospital
21.07.2022
Supporting and strengthening the rehabilitation system for victims of a full-scale military invasion
20.07.2022
Medical equipment for the Pershotravenska Central City Hospital in the Dnipropetrovsk region
19.07.2022
NGO "Communities self-help" provided the "village of container houses" for forcibly displaced people with medical and humanitarian means
14.07.2022
17 boxes with medical preparations were transferred to Odesa
04.07.2022
Delegation from French cities spoke with NGO Community Self-Help
08.05.2022
Medicines for the hospitals of Kharkiv and Dnipro
13.03.2022
Support for shelters and humanitarian headquarters in Lviv
10.03.2022
Ukrainian volunteer dubbed 'Angel of Lviv' helps thousands flee country
09.03.2022
Advocacy officer Community Self-Help, Marta Pyvovarenko on CNBC
05.03.2022
Russia launches massive invasion of Ukraine — live updates
The Ukrainian military is fighting in the direction of Sumy
24.02.2022
The project utilizes Storytelling as a method of recovery.
05.01.2022
Self-Organization Skills for Civil Society Organization Leaders in Donbas
29.06.2020
Video recording of "oral stories" of veterans and volunteers
20.08.2017
PFA Mobile Ukraine Application for rescuers
08.12.2016
The volunteer platform volonter.org
10.10.2016
The "Community Self-Help" project has been launched.
02.02.2015
Establishment of rehabilitation centers
16.03.2014
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