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East Europe Foundation announces seven additional civil society organizations selected as winners of the grant competition under the “Capable and Resistant: Sumy” project. They have received grants to support the recovery of territorial communities in Sumy oblast in the areas of healthcare, education, and housing/shelters, including renovation works.
In total, 12 organizations have received grant support within the project. Information about the first five winning projects is available at: https://eef.org.ua/competition_result/5-grantiv-proyektu-spromozhni-ta-sylni-sumy/
Below is the list of seven additional organizations and brief descriptions of their initiatives:
The project aims to support preschool and primary school children who have experienced educational and psychological losses due to the full-scale war. It seeks to mitigate the consequences of distance learning, provide psychological assistance to children and parents, and create a safe, inclusive space for social adaptation and communication skills development.
The project will offer free classes for preschool and school-age children, corrective and developmental sessions for children with special educational needs, consultations with psychologists and speech therapists, and group activities focused on emotional intelligence, fine motor skills, and cognitive development. Mobile teams will operate to reach a larger number of children in Sumy city and surrounding communities.
Project geography: Sumy City Territorial Community, Sumy region.
The project aims to ensure physical safety during shelling and provide proper living conditions for residents of the Voronizh Residential Care Home—elderly people and persons with disabilities—during power outages.
Within the project, solar power systems, functional beds, drinking water fountains, and boilers will be purchased and installed, and the facility’s windows will be covered with protective armored film.
Project geography: Voronizh settlement, Shostka Territorial Community, Sumy region.
The project is aimed at strengthening the resilience of the healthcare system in Yampil Territorial Community, ensuring uninterrupted medical services, improving medical staff capacity to work with war-affected populations, and raising community awareness of available social services and basic psychological support skills.
The hospital’s autonomous operation will be ensured through the installation of additional solar panels. Trainings will be conducted for hospital staff on working with vulnerable groups, providing psychological first aid, and preventing professional burnout. Information sessions will also be organized for residents affected by the war.
Project geography: Yampil settlement, Yampil Territorial Community, Sumy region.
The project aims to ensure continuity of learning during energy crises, develop digital skills among young people, and create a model of a resilient, energy-independent school.
An energy-autonomous shelter, PowerED Hub, will be established at the Lyceum of Boromlia Rural Council. It will serve as a safe digital educational space for students and young people. During air raid alerts and blackouts, the hub will provide lighting, ventilation, water, and connectivity. In the post-war period, it will function as a center for education, development, and innovation.
The project includes installing a mini solar power plant and energy storage systems, implementing smart air quality monitoring, equipping the space with computers and VR equipment, and conducting trainings on IT literacy and energy efficiency. A SmartCommunity Hackathon will also be held to develop innovative solutions for community development.
Project geography: Boromlia Rural Territorial Community, Sumy region.
The project aims to restore and modernize access to healthcare services in communities located in areas of potential hostilities—particularly for elderly people, low-income families, persons with limited mobility, and internally displaced persons—by developing a comprehensive support model for local primary healthcare centers in Svesa and Berezivka communities to deliver telemedicine services.
The project will procure medical and telecommunications equipment and furniture for telemedicine locations, train primary healthcare staff, and introduce telemedicine services, including consultations, diagnostics, and medical documentation processing. Sustainability measures will ensure continued service provision after the project’s completion.
Project geography: Svesa and Berezivka Territorial Communities, Sumy region.
The project aims to improve access to healthcare services for persons with limited mobility in Sumy region by removing physical barriers in three medical institutions:
Konotop Central District Hospital named after Academician M. Davydov;
Lypova Dolyna Hospital.
The project will create a barrier-free environment in the ninth chronic psychiatric department in Romny and improve accessibility and functionality in therapeutic and palliative departments of Lypova Dolyna Hospital. It will also enhance accessibility in the rehabilitation department and common areas of Konotop Central District Hospital to ensure safe and comfortable movement for persons with disabilities and limited mobility.
Project geography: Romny, Konotop, and Lypova Dolyna Territorial Communities, Sumy region.
The project aims to create safe and comfortable conditions for learning and leisure for students of the Bilkivska branch of Lyceum No. 2 in Trostianets during martial law.
A functional space will be arranged in the shelter to improve students’ conditions during air raid alerts, reduce learning losses, and enhance teachers’ readiness to work with children under stress and in emergency situations.
Additional educational classes, group psychological trainings, art therapy sessions, and first aid and safety trainings are planned. Project activities will be regularly covered in social media and local media outlets.
Project geography: Trostianets City Territorial Community, Sumy region.
The “Capable and Resistant: Sumy” project is implemented by East Europe Foundation.