Protect Her Together

Protect Her Together: Strengthening Communities, Saving Lives

ICF “"Ukrainian Foundation for Public Health"“ and the International organization Corus International thanks to the financial support of the Humanitarian Fund for Ukraine are jointly implementing Project “"Protect Her Together: Strengthening Communities, Saving Lives"“aimed at supporting women and girls affected by the war in Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions. This project aims to facilitate access to psychosocial assistance for women in thefrontline regions after the start of russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 

Project objective: To enable women and girls in war-affected communities, o receive quality support and access to safe spaces to receive psychological, social, and targeted assistanceand develop skills to overcome crisis situations. It will help and teach our clients how to overcome crisis situations. 

As of March 1, 2026 the project has achieved the following. :

• Ensuredthe operation of teams of specialistsproviding services in Women and Girlsах in Women and Girls Safe Spaces (WGSS) (Women and Girls Safe Spaces – WGSS)  including 2 social workers,, a psychologist, a psychogymnastics of trainer, a language specialist (English and Ukrainian), and a driver.;

• Ensured weekly awareness-raising activities on the prevention of and response gender-based violence and other forms of gender discrimination.. A total of 1137 eventswere conducted... 

• Engaged new beneficiaries in recovery and empowerment activities.. A total of  4459 beneficiarieswere reached, receiving 15 212 services in Safe Spaces. 

• • Ensured access to services for women and girls living in remote settlements.  he mobile WGSS office made outreach visits to the starosta districts of . Koryukivka, Mena, ,, Lozova and Izium communities.. . 

• Collected 2,080 feedback responses from beneficiaries.. 

In the Safe Space, clients can receive:

• Professional support from a psychologist and social workers; 

• quality access to information and resources; 

• therapeutic support groups; 

• awareness of violence and assistance to survivors; 

• Support for women and girls in addressing their challenges with various institutions; 

• Knowledge in digital, financial, and historical-cultural literacy; 

• Weekly consultations with specialized doctors (gynecologist, therapist, endocrinologist, etc.); 

• Participation in psychogymnastics sessions and Ukrainian/English language classes; 

• Dignity kits.  

All services are confidential and free of charge!

Safe Spaces are located at the following addresses:
Koriukivska city territorial community in Chernihiv region,

2 Vokzalna St., Koryukivka

(e-mail: WGSS.Koriukivka@healthright.org, phone: +38 (066) 131 25 16);

2. Menska city territorial community of Chernihiv region,

13 Troitska St., Mena

(e-mail: WGSS.Mena@healthright.org, phone: +38 (066) 131 23 18);

3. Lozivska city territorial community of the Kharkiv region,

Lozova, 10-a Oleh Kutsyna St., 1st floor

(e-mail: WGSS.Lozova@healthright.org , phone: +38 (093) 059 98 20);

4. Iziumska city territorial community of Kharkiv region

18 Pokrovska St., Izyum

(e-mail: WGSS.Izyum@healthright.org, телефон: +38 (098) 807 06 02)

ICF "Ukrainian Foundation for Public Health" coordinates all project activities and
еnsures interaction with local communities of Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions and partners to
achieve common goals.

Results of the activities  

As of March 1, 2026, a total of 4,459 individuals has sought support from the specialists of the Safe Spaces.   

1137 activities were conducted, covering psychosocial support, educational sessions, recreational activities, and mobile outreach work with beneficiaries in community settlements. 

 The main activities included:  

281 psychogymnastics sessions 

19 group film screenings 

307 art therapy sessions  

7 financial literacy lessons  

41 historical and cultural literacy sessions 

144 Ukrainian language lessons  

148 English language lessons  

26 digital literacy lessons  

69 thematic sessions within the “School of Safety” format  

95 mobile Safe Space outreach visits 

Project «PROTECT Her TOGETHER: Strengthening Communities, Saving Lives‘» is being implemented in cooperation with Corus InternationalICF ’Ukrainian Foundation for Public Health‘, NGO ’League of Modern Women‘, Chernihiv Public Committee for Human Rights Protection, NGO ’Infection Control in Ukraine" тand with the financial support of the Humanitarian Fund for Ukraine. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION 

For more information about the project or if you are interested in partnership, please contact Olena Vykhor, project coordinator (e-mail: olena.vykhor@healthright.org)