Help Localisation Facility in Ukraine
HLF Partner Organisations in Ukraine
The Help Localisation Facility (HLF) has been active in Ukraine since the end of 2024. Since April 2025, the HLF Grants Committee Ukraine has decided on the allocation of funding to local organisations. To date, the following HLF partner organisations have been selected.
Our partners
Project description: 100% of Live Rivne supports vulnerable populations through mobile consultations, legal aid, restoration of documents, and distribution of food, hygiene products, medicine and improving equitable access to essential services and protection.
Project location: Rivne, Volyn, and Kirovohrad
Project duration: 12 months
Target group: 10,720 people
We are working with the Avalyst organisation in the Donetsk region. Avalyst provides drinking water, hygiene products and multi-purpose cash assistance to vulnerable populations, while also carrying out building repairs.
Project description: Blagomay operates five community centres for children, youth and families. The aim is to improve access to safe learning environments, mental health services and essential resources, and to promote resilience, inclusion and long-term community development.
Project location: Sumy, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Kyiv
Project duration: 12 months
Target group: 3,117 people
Project description: Common Cause for People provides medical, rehabilitation, and hygiene support to vulnerable and displaced populations. Key activities include medical vouchers for essential medicines, provision of rehabilitation equipment, and distribution of gender-sensitive hygiene kits.
Project location: Kharkiv
Project duration: 8 months
Target group: 5,600 people
Project description: ECOCLUB strengthens the resilience of eight facilities: four municipal water utilities and four long-term care/medical boarding institutions by installing solar energy systems and building local capacity. The goal is to ensure uninterrupted access to safe water, energy, and essential medical and care services during power outages or crises.
Project location: All regions (under government control)
Project duration: 12 months
Target group: 908 people
Project description: Fight for Right strengthens the resilience and protection of populations in frontline areas of Ukraine, with a focus on people with recently acquired disabilities. Key interventions include case management, rehabilitation and medical support, legal and psychological assistance, and tailored consultancy for people with disabilities.
Project location: Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Poltava
Project duration: 8 months
Target group: 1,083 people
Project description: Free Zone strengthens social integration and protection of individuals in and leaving penal institutions in Ukraine by combining humanitarian aid with legal, social, and psychosocial assistance. Key activities include issuing passports to restore access to services, providing pre- and post-release support for reintegration, and distributing hygiene and essential items to women, children, and patients in psychiatric institutions.
Project location: All regions (under government control)
Project duration: 8 months
Target group: 4,681 people
Project description: Frida Charitable Foundation strengthens healthcare access and support in Kharkiv and Chernihiv oblasts by providing primary and secondary medical services to vulnerable populations and mental health support to local healthcare workers.
Project location: Kharkiv and Chernihiv
Project duration: 12 months
Target group: 2,900 people
Project description: As part of the project, INSCIENCE/Berezhy Sebe will establish five local health centres, where regular in-person meetings with doctors and other specialists will take place. The meetings will focus on CVD prevention, blood pressure management, nutrition, physical activity, and the impact of stress on health. Additionally, participants will receive self-monitoring kits containing basic medical equipment and informational materials. The project will help raise awareness about CVD prevention, foster healthy habits, and strengthen a culture of regular health care in communities.
Project location: Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia
Project duration: 6 months
Target group: 1,200 people
Project description: LAMPA provides comprehensive humanitarian support to vulnerable households in rural border areas. The activities combine the provision of material assistance with protection services. The project involves the distribution of family hygiene kits, the provision of universal cash transfers (UCT) to internally displaced persons, and the implementation of measures to prevent and respond to gender-based violence (GBV). In addition, the initiative includes the provision of legal assistance, measures to improve digital and media literacy, as well as physical rehabilitation and recovery sessions for women and girls, with the aim of improving their psychological and emotional well-being and safety.
Project duration: 6 months
Target group: 1,762 people
Project description: The League of the Strong improves well-being, inclusion, and protection for people with disabilities, including IDPs and their families by enhancing accessibility of social infrastructure, providing cash and hygiene support, delivering psychosocial and vocational training services, offering respite care, and establishing inclusive workshops and training opportunities.
Project location: Kyiv, Lviv, Poltava, and Sumy
Project duration: 12 months
Target group: 11,478 people
Project description: New Dawn improves the protection and resilience of IDPs and conflict-affected populations through safe accommodation, winterisation assistance, and better access to essential health services. It includes the rehabilitation of collective centres to meet safe and dignified living standards, provision of NFIs, children’s winter clothing, and cash for heating, as well as voucher support for essential medicines.
Project location: Odesa and Kherson
Project duration: 12 months
Target group: 4,885 people
Project description: Nove Misto improves access to safe drinking water in communities in the Kharkiv region that have suffered from the effects of the war and the deterioration of water supply infrastructure. The project involves the installation and commissioning of eight publicly accessible stationary water treatment systems. The intervention includes conducting laboratory tests, installing and testing equipment, and transferring the systems to the communities. In addition, the initiative involves training designated operators and implementing feedback mechanisms with the population, which will strengthen the communities’ capacity to maintain the installed infrastructure in the long term.
Project location: Kharkiv
Project duration: 6 months
Target group: 11.137 people
Project description: Platform of initiatives Teplycya creates safe, inclusive and hygienic living and learning conditions for vulnerable groups of students in the Drohobych district. The project combines investment in infrastructure with educational initiatives. The intervention involves the modernisation and refurbishment of four WASH infrastructure facilities (sanitary facilities) in educational institutions and halls of residence, furnishing rooms with modern furniture, and adapting the spaces to meet accessibility standards for internally displaced persons and people with disabilities. In addition, the initiative includes the implementation of comprehensive educational programmes on basic hygiene for hall of residence residents and local schoolchildren, fostering a culture of responsible health behaviour.
Project location: Drohobych
Project duration: 6 months
Target group: 11,209 people
Project description: Positive Women supports conflict-affected women in Ukraine, including GBV survivors, IDPs, and women with disabilities, by providing psychosocial, protection, health, and livelihood assistance through safe spaces, online services, mobile outreach, and multipurpose vouchers.
Project location: Chernihiv, Dnipro, Kyiv, Odesa, Poltava, Zaporizhzhzia region (in-person/offline services), all regions (online services)
Project duration: 12 months
Target group: 9,300 people
Project description: Relief Coordination Centre provides rapid emergency response and risk mitigation, addressing the impact of attacks on civilian infrastructure. The project will support the Rapid Response Group in providing emergency shelter repairs, distributing emergency kits, offering psychological support, and coordinating multisectoral assistance. Additionally, blast-resistant films will be installed in health facilities to protect bedridden patients from injury during shelling.
Project location: Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhzia
Project duration: 12 months
Target group: 2,988 people
In the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, we work together with Safe Sky. Safe Sky provides emergency assistance and organises mine safety training for utility company employees.
Project description: Smart Osvita strengthens energy resilience and psychosocial well-being in schools in war-affected areas of right-bank Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. It targets five schools, ensuring they can operate during power outages, and will foster a supportive environment for students and staff.
Project location: Dnipropetrovsk
Project duration: 8 months
Target group: 6,130 people
Project description: Spring of Hope. UKRAINE supports people affected by the war by improving access to protection, psychosocial, social, and legal services. The project operates through stationary hubs and mobile teams that provide consultations, distribute dignity kits, and run support sessions for adults and children.
Project location: Vinnytsia and Sumy
Project duration: 8 months
Target group: 2,590 people
Project description: Zhovto-Blakytni Kryla supports children, youth, and families, focusing on vulnerable groups including children with disabilities, IDPs, and at-risk households. It aims to strengthen wellbeing, resilience, skills, and community participation. It provides access to inclusive support centers offering MHPSS, life skills, and counseling for children with disabilities, along with training for parents.
Project location: Kyiv and Chernihiv
Project duration: 8 months
Target group: 4,620 people
Funded by the Federal Foreign Office
The Help Localisation Facility (HLF) is funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and implemented under the coordination of Help – Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe, in partnership with local and international civil society actors and networks. Aligned with the German Federal Foreign Office’s Strategy for Humanitarian Assistance Abroad, the HLF contributes to the implementation of Help’s Global Strategy and its related policies on empowerment and localisation.
