Projects - STAN

Young diversity ambassadors. Going on visits

09.05.23

The second stage of the Young diversity ambassadors program is ongoing. In the framework of the program, participants will travel to meet their peers in Volyn, Zakarpattya, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi regions. First visits have already taken place. Young people have met strong...

From the Smallest to the Largest

18.04.23

In the fall of 2022 STAN NGO started implementing the “Ukraine crisis response – 2022” project. The project is realized in a partnership with the Czech organization “People in need” with the financial support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada. Child-friendly spaces or ...

Kolomyya. Knock, and the door will be opened

30.03.23

Child-friendly spaces were established by STAN NGO together with the Czech humanitarian organization People in need with the financial support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Canada. The spaces have been operating for five months. They have already proved themselves as pl...

Together – laughing, playing, arguing, and reconciling

10.03.23

Psychological support and integration activities in Lukavtsi shelter child space in the Chernivtsi region. In our previous publication, we told about creating child-friendly spaces (CFS) in Kolomyya, Vorokhta, Burshtyn, and Nadvirna in the Ivano-Frankivsk region and the villa...

Youth for an anti-racist Europe

10.03.23

How can we combat racism in Europe? And how can youths play a role in the anti-racist work and EU politics? With the upcoming European elections in 2024, we want to open up the discussion between civil society and the politicians in the European Parliament on how we can achieve a...

Young Diversity Ambassadors. The Beginning

09.03.23

In January 2023, STAN NGO launched a Young Diversity Ambassadors program. What is it about, for whom, and what will come out of it, – in this article. People and waves Sometimes we say phrases like “historical wave”, “country’s dynamic growth”, or “democratic transformation”. ...

Child Spaces: Entertaining and Safe

08.02.23

STAN Youth NGO is creating five child-friendly spaces – four in the Ivano-Frankivsk region (Kolomyya, Vorokhta, Burshtyn and Nadvirna) and one in Lukavtsi of the Chernivtsi region. Those are places where kids and teenagers can make good use of their time with pleasure. Why are th...

Side by side. Psychological and social support

25.01.23

STAN NGO together with an Austrian organization Hilfswerk International is providing psychosocial support for people who suffered from war. The teams have already been working in Ivano-Frankivsk, Zakarpattia, Volyn and Zaporizhzhia regions. We will tell what exactly and how exact...

Small Initiatives For a Big Purpose

23.12.22

In the fall of 2021, STAN Youth NGO celebrated the International Peace Day with events in 15 Ukrainian cities. Workshops and theater plays were followed by discussions, and most importantly – the Open Dialogues, where STAN members applied their methodology for the first time. ...

Talking to Your Folks: Open Dialogues for Peace

20.12.22

Fleeing the war, millions of Ukrainians came to Europe where they got an unprecedented, as for refugees, help. At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, one could expect it was going to end soon and people just needed to wait for some short time in a safe place. Now we see it ...