There are already over 1.5 million veterans in Ukraine, and that number is growing. According to international estimates, 25–30% of them may experience PTSD symptoms. At the same time, most support programs focus on individual interventions, while the adaptation process takes place within the family and daily environment.
Veterans Recovery Hub fills this gap by working with the system, not just the symptoms.
We view recovery as a process that happens through interaction.
The program includes:
Key principle: sustainable change happens not in isolation, but within the environment.
The model has a clear participant pathway:
Needs assessment and group formation
Adaptation and basic recovery
Work on trust and communication
Mutual support and self-regulation practices
Referral and support after program completion
This approach ensures not just short-term effects, but long-term change.
One camp brings together about 60 participants:
The camp creates a safe space where the family can restore contact and interaction.
The model works not only with direct participants but with their environment:
reduced tension and stress levels
improved family communication
increased readiness to seek help
strengthening the family as the main resource for recovery
Pilot veteran camps have confirmed: working with the family significantly enhances reintegration outcomes.
Women veterans return to civilian life balancing multiple roles at once — service member, parent, partner, and professional. This creates additional burdens and requires a separate, safe space for recovery and meaning-making.
We incorporate into the program:
This approach enables the creation of separate programs for women veterans and their families, where family support is combined with a safe space to process women's experiences.
We do not create a model from scratch — we scale what already works.
The Veterans Recovery Hub model is designed as a replicable system:
Unified methodology
Local community partnerships
Adaptation to regional context
Post-program participant support
This allows launching the program in different regions of Ukraine without loss of quality.
By supporting Veterans Recovery Hub, partners receive:
This is an investment not in a single activity, but in long-term recovery through the family.
