Reporting press conference of the NGO " Community Self-Help" on the results of activities in 2023. The event will take place on March 12, 2024, from 15:00 to 17:00 at the ISAR Ednannia hub
Join the event in zoom:
Zoom link to pre-conference report,
March 12,
15:00- 17:00 Kyiv time:
https://ednannia.zoom.us/j/89505646582
ID: 895 0564 6582
The agenda includes:
Welcome speech from Volodymyr Sheyhus, Executive Director of ISAR Ednannia
Report on the work of the NGO "Community Self-Help" for 2023 and the period of full-scale invasion and discussion of ways to strengthen Ukraine with the help of the public sector with partners, donors, friends of Ukraine:
Vitaliy Kharechko, Chairman of the Board of the NGO "Community Self-Help"
Marta Pyvovarenko, Head of the Department of Quality Assurance of Mental Health and Psychosocial Services, MHPSS, at the NGO "Community Self-Help"
Lorraine Mishchuk, O.T. Reg. (MB), CEO of Maximize Human Capabilities (Manitoba, Canada), representative of the NGO "Community Self-Help" in Canada;
Olha Onyshko, expert of the NGO "Community Self-Help", author of the method of recovery through StoryCreation "My Story is My Strength" (Washington, USA)
Andriy Barchyshyn, initiator of a volunteer group in the UK
Marina Dubrova, head of the NGO "Ukrainians in Colorado" (Denver, USA)
Invited partners and donors:
Zhanna Chmut, UNDP representative
Maxim Kovalchuk, Ukrainian Canadian Youth Association (CYMK, Canada)
Victor Burlaka, Ph.D., LMSW (Wayne State University School of Social Work, Detroit, USA)
Bjarne "BJ" Mikkelsen, founder of the non-governmental organization Hudson Valley Helps Refugees, Inc. and representative of the Highland Rotary Club (USA)
Invited government officials:
Oleksandr Porkhun Acting Minister of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine
Uliana Tokareva Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine
Ihor Bezkaravaynyi Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine
Community Self-Help, as an initiative group, started its activities in 2015 by implementing the Community Self-Help project. The Community Self-Help was registered as a non-government organization on January 31, 2022.
The mission of the Community Self-Help is to defend the interests of the Defenders of Ukraine, IDPs, and their families and to develop self-reliance skills in the civil society community.
NGO "Community Self-Help":
- Provides medical support to hospitals and Defenders of Ukraine;
- through educational and advocacy campaigns, ensures the resilience of Ukrainians in the "information warfare";
- advocates for the medical and psychosocial component of the "Veteran's Journey Map"; implements scientifically based, internationally recognized advanced methods of psychological assistance in Ukraine;
