UKRAINE

The NGO neemiya Ukraine is strongly committed to the development of the whole region. The main focus is on children and young people, especially orphans, children from poor backgrounds or with special needs, Roma and currently also fugitives.

The website of the Ukrainian nehemia team can be found here:  

www.edu4life.org 

Capital: Kiew
Size: 603,700 sq qkm
Population: ca. 46 Mio.
Location: Uzhgorod
Team Leader Tetiana Machabeli
Language: Ukrainian

Aid Projects of NGO neemiya Ukraine

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Resilience Centre for War-Affected Families

In September 2025, the signing of the project contract marked the official launch of the four-year ‘Resilience Centre’ project in Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
Resilience – mental fortitude – is essential for survival, especially in times of war.
Our project partner, the NGO Neemia, is further developing and expanding existing services: trauma-sensitive training, psychological first aid, crisis intervention, and legal and financial counselling.One focus is on the further training of skilled workers.
The project is partly funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

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Center for Child-Centered Education, Inclusion and Social Services

Training courses for teachers, social workers, administrative staff and foster parents on the topics of ‘inclusion’ and ‘child-centred education’ by international experts. In addition, model curricula for schools and corresponding teaching and learning materials are developed and made available.

Inclusive Primary School and Montessori Kindergarten

The first Montessori kindergarten in the region not only promotes the spiritual and social development of the individual children, but also focuses on early character training and the individual support of individual interests and talents.

With the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the first inclusive primary school in the region was established, based on the methods of Montessori education. Children with special educational needs receive only limited state support in Ukraine. The team in Uzhgorod helps affected families by providing support and training and promotes the inclusion of children in everyday social life

Aid for Orphans

"Transcarpathia without orphans" is the name of the project that is working to make orphanages superfluous in the region. Instead, orphans are integrated into foster families, which are accompanied, trained and supported over the years. 

Integration

Many war refugees from the east of the country come to the region around Uzhgorod. Their accompaniment, support and integration have become increasingly important in recent years.

Competence Training

The nehemia center is used all year round for training courses and seminars. We focus on offers for parents of children with an increased need for support, training for foster families and people who work or live with orphans. There are also pedagogical training courses and advanced training courses for employees and leaders of church congregations.

Events

Every year, over 1,400 children take part in the multi-day Explorer Camps in summer, where children and young people are supported in their personal development and encouraged in a playful way.

News from Ukraine

MIT INKLUSION GEGEN AUSGRENZUNG

MIT INKLUSION GEGEN AUSGRENZUNG

von Tetiana Machabeli In meiner Jugend hatte ich im Kindergarten oder in der Schule niemals ein Waisenkind oder ein Kind mit Behinderung zu Gesicht bekommen. Auch auf der Straße oder anderswo sind sie mir nie begegnet. Ich hatte über sie nur in Büchern gelesen. Als...

Hilfstransporte aus Franken

Hilfstransporte aus Franken

Auch in diesem Sommer starteten mehrere Hilfstransporte aus Franken Richtung Ukraine. Wir sind sehr dankbar, dass immer wieder Avid & Hanni Feldhoff von der „Oase Hersbruck“ und Friedrich Dorsch von „Lasst uns gehen“ in Heiligenstatt mit ihren Mitarbeitern diese...

Inklusive Grundschule entsteht

Inklusive Grundschule entsteht

Uzhgorod/Ukraine: Das nehemia team unterstützt das Projekt des ukrainischen nehemia teams, in Uzhgorod 2018 eine auf Montessori-Pädagogik basierende Modell-Grundschule zu errichten. Die Zielgruppe sind vor allem Kinder aus Randgruppen: Roma-Familien, Waisen-Kinder,...

Entwicklung und Engagement der NGO Neemia Uzhgorod

Entwicklung und Engagement der NGO Neemia Uzhgorod

Entwicklung und Engagement der NGO Neemia Uzhgorod - Ein etwas ausführlicher Bericht um euch an dem Anteil nehmen zu lassen, was sich in der Ukraine seit unseren ersten Aktivitäten 1992 bis heute im Rahmen des nehemia teams alles entwickelt hat. Entstehung Durch das...

Montessori-Kindergarten überfüllt

Montessori-Kindergarten überfüllt

Es gibt jetzt zwei Altersgruppen, inzwischen werden auch Kinder mit Handicap integriert. Man denkt schon intensiv über eine Ausweitung des Programms nach. Vom Entwicklungsprogramm der Vereinten Nationen (UNPD) wird erfreulicher Weise die Ausbildung weiterer...

Explorer Kinder Camps in der Ukraine

Explorer Kinder Camps in der Ukraine

So waren allein von den 1.100 Kindern, die in diesem Jahr die nehemia-Sommercamps besucht haben, etwa 170 Flüchtlingskinder und Kriegswaisen, dazu kamen 160 Waisenkinder aus Pflegefamilien und Familien-Wohngruppen. An dieser Stelle vielen Dank für jegliche finanzielle...