Vzayemopomich

NGO “Vzayemopomich” is youth organization, which established in 2012 from idea and desire of "mutual help" to other people, by group of initiative young people from Poltava, Ukraine. The mission of our organization - support youth activities and initiatives aimed at creating conditions for the development of civil society, youth involvement in issues affecting its interests, active citizenship among young people, the development of leadership qualities and promotion of healthy lifestyle. Activities of our organisation based on voluntary work and strengths of our volunteers, thus we have several spheres of work, among them are: Active citizenship, Sport, Healthy Lifestyle, Environment protection, Social integration, Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance, Cultural diversity, Anti-discrimination, Working with young people with fewer opportunities, Employment, Social Entrepreneurship, Mobility opportunities for Ukrainian youth, Cooperation between different institutions, etc. Our target groups are: young people aged 16 – 35 without any professional skills; young people with fewer opportunities; organisations working with children and young people with special needs (orphanages, special schools, etc.); internally displaced people (migrants inside the country, who moved from East of Ukraine, where conflict arise); school children and students; international students; youth workers and alumni of international programs. From 2014, we started to be actively involved in Erasmus+ programme, our members have been co-creators of more than 20 projects, on which we sent more than 190 young people/volunteers/youth workers from all over Ukraine. In November 2017, "Play for Human Rights!" campaign was recognized as best practice of youth work of 2017 in Ukraine, in the field of Human Rights education and promoting of equality and non-discrimination among young people, according to the national program "Youth Worker" of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine