October 5, 2026
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An open grant competition selected eight projects for civil society organisations working in mental health in the Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Zakarpattia regions. Thanks to this support, more than 3,000 people will be able to access psychosocial support.
Successful projects
After the selection process, Caritas Czech Republic awarded the highest scores to eight initiatives. They offer comprehensive approaches to improving the quality and accessibility of psychosocial services for different groups within their communities, including children, adolescents, people with disabilities, veterans, internally displaced people and their families. Caritas Czech Republic will provide a total of UAH 8.5 million (up to EUR 168,280) for the selected projects.
Funded Initiatives:
- ‘Comprehensive Psychological Recovery and Reintegration Programme for Patients with War-Related Trauma and Their Loved Ones’ — Superhumans Charitable Foundation.
- ‘Psychological Support for Children with Cancer and Their Circle of Care During the War’ — Zaporuka Charitable Foundation.
- ‘An Integrative Psychoeducation Programme to Restore Psychological Wellbeing and Strengthen Life Skills among 60 At-Risk Adolescents in Lviv and Mukachevo’ — Chance for Change Charitable Foundation.
- ‘PORUCH+: Psychosocial Support for Children, Adolescents and Educators in the Bativska Community’ (Zakarpattia region) — Tabula Rasa for the Future Generation NGO.
- ‘Resilience Station: Integrated Psychosocial Support in Communities across Zakarpattia’ — Kharkiv Foundation for Psychological Research NGO. The project will combine professional psychological support with creative activities to support vulnerable groups.
- ‘Toy Therapy as a Tool for Habilitation’ — United by Love NGO. The initiative aims to provide psycho-emotional support to children, young people and adults with disabilities.
- ‘A Space of Trust: Comprehensive Psychological Support for Children in the Novoiavorivsk Community’ — Gostynets NGO.
- ‘Places of Care’ — a six-month pilot project in Mukachevo run by the My Tree Charitable Organisation. It aims to establish a safe pathway from an initial conversation in a familiar environment to professional psychosocial support.
Watch our Facebook video to see the monitoring visits conducted during the grant competition in action!
Terms of Support
Each successful project will receive up to UAH 1.3 million in funding, along with institutional support to deliver its activities. More than 3,000 people are expected to benefit from the services and activities provided through the funded initiatives.
‘It was not an easy decision. Every application had its own idea, experience, and reasons why it deserved support. During the selection process, we therefore focused on three things: the substance of the idea itself, the sustainability of the project, and what it would leave behind once the funding ended — a group of people whose lives would be improved’, says Yana Markiv, Project Manager at Caritas Czech Republic. According to her, the selected organisations range from experienced teams with established practices to those needing support to strengthen their organisational capacity.
‘It is important for us to support both experienced organisations and those that are only beginning to build their resilience,’ Yana adds.
The funded initiatives cover three regions: Lviv, Zakarpattia and Ivano-Frankivsk. They will work with diverse groups of people who need psychosocial support, including children facing difficult life circumstances, children with disabilities and additional needs, young people, people with disabilities, internally displaced people, veterans and their loved ones.
‘We see the value of supporting local initiatives precisely in this diversity: different areas of expertise, different communities and one shared goal — ensuring that people who need mental health support can access it,’ shares Yana Markiv.
Applications for the Caritas Czech Republic grant competition were accepted from 1 to 31 July. The competition was open to officially registered charitable organisations and civil society associations actively working in the field of mental health in Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia regions. A total of 106 applications were received.
The selection process involved several stages:
- checking applicants’ eligibility,
- conducting technical assessments of the organisations,
- holding evaluation interviews and carrying out monitoring visits to potential project implementation sites.
More information about the competition is available here.
The grant competition is part of Caritas Czech Republic’s wider programme to improve access to psychosocial services in Ukraine, funded through the Caritas for Ukraine public fundraising campaign.
