Construction of Olena Zelenska Foundation's family home

Rebuilding Ukraine

Ukraine

Timeframe 01.01.2023-31.12.2024 Aktiivne

Target group Ukraina inimesed

Budget 376 000 EUR

Funders

Eesti Välisministeerium

Partners

At least 80 small group homes have been destroyed in the war. Although the families have moved to safer areas in Ukraine, they live without a fixed address. Currently, there are more than 1,300 small group homes in Ukraine, and each houses 5-10 orphans. According to the Olena Zelenska Foundation, 40 of these foster families have an acute need for new housing.

The construction of small family-type group homes is Estonia’s third major project aiding the reconstruction of Ukraine. In early summer 2023, Estonia built a kindergarten in the town of Ovruchi, and in October, the Malyn Bridge was reopened thanks to Estonian support.

Project objectives

Cooperate in the implementation of the project for the construction of family-type children´s homes in Ukraine and the provision of housing for families who lost it as a result of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation.

Actions and results

The home is being built according to the Olena Zelenska Foundation’s “Room for Childhood” initiative. Estonia will provide approximately 370,000 euros in financing for a six-bed, five-bath, fully accessible home in Zhytomyr. The house itself encompasses 285 square metres and includes an underground concrete bomb shelter in the yard of the house. Construction is scheduled to begin by the end of this year. The house will be completed in 2024.

News

ESTDEV receives funding from the Taipei Mission in Latvia to build a permanent home for a displaced Ukrainian foster family

The Taipei Mission in the Republic of Latvia will finance the construction of one family home in Ukraine with €1.1 million as part of the Estonian Centre for International Development’s initiative to provide housing for Ukrainian foster families.

News

The foundation of a new future: construction begins on two more family-style small group homes in Ukraine

A delegation from Estonia and representatives from the city of Zhytomyr, Ukraine, laid the cornerstones for two family-style small group homes on Saturday, June 1st.

News

Estonia and the Olena Zelenska Foundation celebrate opening of new family-style small group home in Ukraine

Estonia and the Olena Zelenska Foundation (OZF) opened the family-style small group home in Ukraine’s Zhytomyr today. The home was built as part of OZF's “Room for Childhood” initiative, with Estonia providing €376,000 in funding for the project.

Contacts

Margus Gering

Head of Cooperation and Development for Ukraine

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Tarmo Needo

Programme Manager for Infrastructure Development

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