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:
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
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).
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
Official Launch of the Project “Resilience Center”
At the end of September 2025, a four-member team from nehemia team e.V. in Fürth travelled to Uzhgorod. The focus of the trip was the official launch of the four-year ‘Resilience Centre’ project.Resilience – mental fortitude – is essential for survival, especially in...
Victims Turned Winners
In August 2024, Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska visited the centre in Uzhgorod to learn about trauma-informed education work with children, young people and women. Olena Zelenska describes the Nehemia Centre as a kind of resilience centre for the Transcarpathia...
A Summer Full of Light
Nehemiah Explorer Camps –
In the summer of 2025, nestled among the green hills and quiet forests of Uzhhorod, a girl named Zhenya—Yevehniya—found something she hadn’t felt in a long time: Joy.
Providing a Home for Traumatised Children
Many children in Ukraine suffer from severe developmental disorders, which are often due to a lack of or inadequate care in orphanages and the consequences of the current war. For 25 years, we have been working tirelessly with the team in Uzhgorod to offer these...
neemia Center for Child-Centered Education, Inclusion and Social Development
The NGO Neemia (Ukrainian nehemia team), in cooperation with the German nehemia team and the BMZ (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development), is has expanded and developed the nehemia Centre in Uzhgorod into a ‘Centre for Child-Centered Education,...
Oasis of hope
The educational center in Uzhgorod/Ukraine is a bustling place. Over the past year hundreds of people have found comfort and rest here. Children's laughter fills the air. Early May Elke Feld (project manager) traveled to Uzghorod accompanied by Claudia Köhler...