“SINCERE HEART” is a charitable non-profit organization that began its journey in 2014. Its mission is to help build a society in which every person affected by war, regardless of gender, age, or circumstances, has equal access to quality psychological care, adaptation support, and social integration. We believe in a future where women, children, youth, and internally displaced persons can restore their mental resilience, adapt to new living conditions, and realize their potential. By providing comprehensive support to families and paying special attention to children, we contribute to building a strong, united, and inclusive Ukraine.
Our mission is to provide comprehensive support to various population groups, such as women, children, youth, internally displaced persons, and other representatives of vulnerable groups. We help them overcome the consequences of war through psychological rehabilitation, adaptation to new living conditions, and social integration. In our work, we are guided by the principles of gender equality, inclusion, and non-discrimination, ensuring equal access to quality care, support, and opportunities for recovery and development.
Key Areas of Activity:
- Psycho-emotional support:
One of the key areas of activity, aimed at restoring the inner resources, emotional balance, and resilience of women, children, adolescents, and families affected by war.
The Foundation runs Recovery Camp rehabilitation camps for children and mothers who have experienced trauma due to war. The program includes body-oriented and art practices, psychoeducational sessions, PTSD screening, as well as group and individual work with psychologists.
Children and mothers from frontline and de-occupied territories, as well as internally displaced families, participate in the camps. Children in the program are screened for signs of PTSD using the international CATS-2 protocol, and when needed are referred to partner organizations for further work with psychologists and psychotherapists, ensuring continuity of support and an individual approach to each child.
- Educational and awareness-raising activities:
Projects are aimed at developing the educational environment and supporting children from internally displaced families, helping them overcome educational and social losses, and increasing the capacity of professionals—teachers, psychologists, social workers, and community leaders—to provide high-quality support to children and families affected by war.
- Professional training and transfer of expertise:
In 2025, the “Sincere Heart” organization, in partnership with Ukraine Children’s Action Project (UCAP), created its own training platform under the Recovery Camp program, based on many years of experience in running rehabilitation camps. The platform is designed to disseminate the organization’s expertise in psycho-emotional support for children and families affected by war. In October 2025, the Foundation launched training for representatives of other charitable organizations, social workers, and Recovery Camp volunteers to ensure sustainability, quality, and expansion of the initiative’s impact throughout Ukraine.
- Research, analytics, and advocacy:
Implementation of internal and partner research, analysis of the war’s impact on the psycho-emotional state of children and youth, and advocacy of mental health, safety, and human rights issues in Ukrainian and international media. The research results are used to improve support programs and develop new effective approaches to working with affected populations.
- Habilitation programs for veterans and their families:
A comprehensive recovery program for demobilized military personnel that includes psychological, physical, social, and family support, with a focus on building new life strategies after war.
OUR EXPERIENCE:
2025
- March 2025 - publication of the results of official studies and international recognition of the “Recovery Camp” program. The project is implemented jointly with UCAP.
- Creation of the Recovery Camp Academy online training platform under the “Recovery Camp” program - An online educational course for professionals working with families affected by war, developed to disseminate the effective Recovery Camp psycho-emotional support model.
- Capacity development for a community-based support model - A project supported by the Danish organization 100% For the Children, aimed at creating a sustainable psychosocial support system for internally displaced mothers and children by strengthening the capacity of schools and communities as support hubs.
- Successfully completed verification on the Philanthropy in Ukraine platform — a national portal of verified non-profit organizations, confirming the Foundation’s transparency, reliability, and compliance with integrity and accountability standards.
2024
- “Recovery Camp: Veterans with Families” — a psycho-emotional rehabilitation project for demobilized Ukrainian military personnel together with their families; professional psychological and psychotherapeutic support to reduce stress, overcome trauma, and improve overall well-being; family-focused work to restore mutual understanding.
- Provided targeted assistance to more than 500 socio-economically vulnerable families in the form of vouchers, in cooperation with the ChildFund Deutschland charitable foundation.
- “My Friend” — a project supported by Terre des Hommes Netherlands to meet the social-emotional needs of children aged 5–7 and their parents affected by war or displacement.
2023
- Start of data collection for official studies approved by the Ethics Commission of the “Ukrainian Institute of Public Health Policy”: “Analysis of the Presence of PTSD Symptoms in Children from Frontline Areas and Among Internally Displaced Children in Lviv Region” and “Study of the Impact of the Six-Day Recovery Camp on the Psycho-Emotional State of Participants”.
- “School Up” — an initiative to improve the qualifications of school psychologists and develop teachers’ digital literacy.
- “Ucare.me” — together with the Charitable Organization “CF ‘Yuker Foundation’”, a platform for free online consultations with professional psychologists and psychotherapists was established; the main target group is Recovery Camp participants who need further support.
- “Art Care Bag”, in cooperation with the UN (UNICEF) and regional partners with support from USAID — a project to stimulate creativity, emotional self-expression, and support children’s mental and physical health.
2022
- Creation of one of the largest hubs for internally displaced persons in Lviv region, accommodating around 9,000 people.
- Creation of a logistics center to serve 30 similar hubs in the city of Lviv.
- Provision of assistance to internally displaced persons with relocation abroad.
- Development of the program and launch of the “Recovery Camp” project — free family camps for psycho-emotional rehabilitation of children and mothers affected by the war in Ukraine.
2020
EQ.app — co-founded the “Quick Emotional Self-Help” project. 50,000 Ukrainian users, 1,500 grateful reviews.
2017
“People’s Heroes” — support for the concept of “hero” in public discourse amid the war gradually fading from public attention.
2016
“Heroes” — development of an original methodology, provision of inpatient and outpatient care for demobilized servicemen
2014
“Mothers of Mobilized Soldiers” — opening and operation of free psychological rehabilitation centers for family members of the first frontline servicemen
2014
«Матері мобілізованих» - відкриття та робота центрів психологічної реабілітації членів сімей перших фронтовиків
2016
«Герої» - розробка авторської методики, надання стаціонарної та амбулаторної допомоги демобілізованим воїнам
2017
«Народні герої» - підтримка в соціальному дискурсі поняття «герой» на хвилі зникнення війни з фокусу уваги громадськості
2020
EQ.app –стали співзасновниками проекту «Швидка емоційна самодопомога». 50 тис українських користувачів, 1,5 тис вдячних відгуків.
2022
Хаб для біженців на 400 осіб. Створення логістичного центру для 30ти хабів у Львові.
2022
RECOVERY CAMP – проект, який надає системну психо-емоційну допомогу матерям та дітям, працюючи в форматі сімейних таборів.
2022
Ucare.me – платформа надання безкоштовної психотерапевтичної допомоги населенню України – спільнодія семи професійних спілок практичних психологів та 5-ти міжнародних фундацій.
2023
«ПРО здоров’я» - проект, який передбачає проведення базового медичного скринінгу для дітей та матерів, які постраждали від війни, для виявлення та попередження, хворіб, провокатором, яких є стрес.
2023
«Нова робота» - проект для матерів, які переїхали в нові міста і потребують нову роботу. Для них: консультації, навчання, перекваліфікація, допомога з пошуком нової роботи, психологічна підтримка, наставництво.
2023
UARE.Kids – платформа для надання безкоштовної психологічної допомоги дітям та матерям, які перебувають у важкому психологічному стані. Основна цільова категорія проекту – учасники таборів психо-емоційної реабілітації «Recovery camp», які за висновком психологів потребують подальшої роботи зі спеціалістами.
REGIONS OF ACTIVITY:
The Foundation implements nationwide programs and welcomes beneficiaries from all regions of Ukraine, with a special focus on frontline and de-occupied territories, where the need for psychosocial support is the greatest.
