The FFU Foundation provided a 4-week adaptation and optimization gait program at the Medical Center Orthotics & Prosthetics (MCOP) in Kyiv for one Ukrainian defender.
Thus, the Government of Iceland, together with EMBLA MEDICAL HF, has provided a grant of a total of USD 11.6 million for prosthetics for Ukrainians, military personnel, and civilians, with 33% funded by the Government of Iceland. The goal of the project “Iceland Supports Mobility in Ukraine” is to restore mobility, dignity, and independence of Ukrainian citizens with amputations by providing modern prosthetics, rehabilitation, and gait training, enabling them to return to active life in their communities, as well as strengthening Ukraine’s prosthetic sector by applying international expertise. The grant received is intended to provide three years of help to 1,000 people in need of prosthetics.
HELPING CHILDREN
Total raised for the direction
UAH 203 244,00 грн
Total expenses of the direction
UAH 725,800.00
Currently, 50 children regularly attend LEVCHYK SPECTRUM HUB in Lviv, 1 child is undergoing therapy under the ‘test drive’ program, and 2 children are on a waiting list.
Methodologist Hrystyna Tkach has joined the LEVCHYK SPECTRUM HUB team in Lviv. At the hub, Hrystyna will assist specialists in testing children, developing and updating correctional programs, streamlining work processes, developing teamwork, and working with parents.
In November, LEVCHYK SPECTRUM HUB provided 539 corrective classes for children on the autism spectrum:
sensory integration — 203 classes;
behavioral therapy — 145 classes;
speech therapy — 54 classes;
sessions with a neuropsychologist — 72 classes;
music therapy — 70 classes;
preparation for school — 33 classes;
art therapy — 34 classes.
LEVCHYK SPECTRUM HUB in Mykolaiv currently provides classes for 30 children, and 42 children are on a waiting list.
The children receive corrective sessions with a speech therapist, sensory integration, and ABA therapy.
The hub currently has a team of six specialists. They are continuing their training in the ABA therapy program under the supervision of Hrystyna Tkach, a methodologist from the Lviv hub.
ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN
Total raised for the direction
UAH 451,880.00
Total expenses of the direction
UAH 260,437.00
In November 2025, 89 sessions with the therapist were held for women:
🌸 64 individual sessions on the CRSV direction, 4 women joined the program, one of the participants, from our partners, the Ukrainian Women Lawyers Association “JurFem”;
🌸 24 individual and 1 group sessions on the Ambiguous Loss direction — 18 of them are for women from Mykolaiv and the region. One new request has been received.
November was the final month of GIDNA’s work in Mykolaiv and the Mykolaiv region, supported by a grant from Dan Church Aid and Norwegian Church Aid in Ukraine (DCA-NCA) as part of the “Comprehensive Humanitarian Response for Conflict-Affected Ukrainians and Citizens of Other Countries in Ukraine, Poland, Romania, and Moldova” funded by the Auswärtige Amt in partnership with the Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe.
Throughout the project, a team of qualified psychologists worked with women who were experiencing ambiguous loss due to the captivity or disappearance of loved ones: from July to November 2025, the GIDNA project provided help to 27 women from Mykolaiv and the region. A total of 401 psychological sessions were held. Therapy helped women talk through their pain, learn to regulate their emotional state, regain a sense of support, and live a full life.
Cooperation with the Hansen Ukrainian Mission has been initiated, within which women who have found shelters for victims of CRSV will receive information about getting help from the GIDNA project.
Preparations are underway for FFU participation in inter-sectoral round table discussion entitled “16 Days Against Violence: Security and Defense Sector — Effective Measures to Protect Against Various Forms of Violence” which is aimed to bring together experts from various fields — lawyers, psychologists, medicals, representatives of law enforcement agencies, and the public — for open dialogue, sharing experiences, and developing practical mechanisms for dealing with cases of various forms of violence, including physical and sexual violence.
A handbook on the topic of CRSV is currently being written, and the stories are being collected from women who are willing to share their experiences.
We continued to improve the skills of the GIDNA project psychologists through 2 group and 4 individual supervisions, during which specialists expanded their knowledge and analyzed cases of working with women in the CRSV and Ambiguous loss directions.
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