The NGO Girls announces the launch of the initiative “Strengthening civil society and small communities: gender-sensitive recovery and reintegration in Ukraine” implemented with the support of Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH.
The initiative was created to empower women-led and women's rights organizations to ensure gender-sensitive recovery and reintegration in Ukraine.
Geographical coverage of the project.All of Ukraine, with a focus on Rivne, Poltava, and Zhytomyr Oblasts.
Duration.From 01.01.2025 to 31.12.2025
Who is this project for?
Local civil society organizations led by women or working on women's rights issues;
Women activists in the field of gender equality aged 18-26;
Local psychologists and community workers seeking to acquire new knowledge and skills to provide psychological support services in communities;
War-affected women, girls, and boys in small or remote communities.
Project aim.Strengthening gender-responsive recovery and reintegration activities in Ukraine by empowering women-led and women's rights organizations, and providing targeted support with a focus on sustainability.
Project objectives.Increase the capacity of local women's organizations and young women activists in the field of gender equality to participate in decision-making, coordination, and humanitarian response activities;
Improve access to psychosocial support for women, children, and returnees in remote communities, as well as improve the skills of local psychologists and social workers to ensure the sustainability of these services.
Project components.The project consists of two components that meet the stated objectives and consist of two activities each:
Capacity building of NGOs and activists:
Capacity building of NGOs: assessment of the organizational capacity of participating organizations, training sessions (strategic planning, project management, financial management, legal support, compliance with donor and government requirements, etc), mentor support;
Travel grants for 12 young women activists (18-26 years old) to participate in international events.
Psychosocial support services:
Training sessions for 50 psychologists and social workers in communities and regular supervision for them;
Individual and group psychosocial support services for women, girls, and boys from small and remote communities.
Benefits of participating in the project
For NGOs: increasing their capacity to implement more influential projects, receive funding, and expand their team; the opportunity to receive a qualitative assessment of the organizational capacity and mentoring support from the experts of the NGO Girls who already have extensive experience in their fields;
For women activists: receiving a travel grant to travel abroad and participate in international events;
For psychologists and social workers in communities: acquiring new knowledge and skills to provide qualitative psychosocial support services to beneficiaries in communities, even in the absence of projects from NGOs or other organizations in the community at the time; supervisory support.
For residents of small and remote communities: individual and group psychosocial support to reduce the negative impact of the stress of living under conditions of war.
How to participate?
Registration for the first component of the project is currently open. NGOs interested in participating are welcome to apply following the competitive procedure:https://www.prostir.ua.
Registration is open until 31.01.2025.
For more information
If you have any questions, please contact the Project Assistant
Olha Medvedieva
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