Environmental recovery
We survey hromada water systems, assess their condition against EU standards and prepare investment projects for restoration. A network of six hromadas in Kharkiv and Kyiv oblasts.
In brief
We restore for hromadas an environment fit to live in: water, soils, land released from explosive ordnance, and access to rehabilitation. These are the four areas of a single section.
The beneficiaries are the civilian population of hromadas affected by hostilities, primarily in Kharkiv oblast. Each hromada sets the priority for works on its own territory, and we work to it.
Financial segregation and compliance
Funds for each project are held and accounted for separately: a separate budget, a separate financial report, separate analytics in the accounts. The audit opinion for 2025 is in preparation and will be added to the document package.
The compliance management system is certified to ISO 37301:2021. Certification covers fraud prevention in charitable activity, protection of donors' personal data, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, and sanctions compliance.
Areas
Ukraine Plan · section 15
section 7
section 9
section 12 · CRS 15250
Four areas, one section
The tags on the cards show where each area sits in the Ukraine Plan. The documents place them in different sections, but in a hromada these four things hold each other up: land, water, access to rehabilitation, and the hromada's own decisions. The full mapping to CRS and SDG targets is in the table below.
Inclusion and rehabilitation
Adaptive clothing and support for people with disabilities, veterans among them.
Community development
We work to the hromada's own priorities rather than to our idea of its needs.
Humanitarian mine action
Civilian land, civilian beneficiaries, IMAS standards, a certified operator. Non-technical survey, land release, and explosive ordnance risk education for the population.
demining contributes to green objectives as it helps prevent the war-related pollution of land and water areas
Mapping to the framework
| Area | CRS | Ukraine Plan | SDG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental recovery | 41010 | Green transition | 6.6, 15.1 |
| Inclusion and rehabilitation | 16010 | Human capital | 10.2, 8.5 |
| Community development | 43040 | Decentralisation | 11.3, 16.7 |
| Humanitarian mine action | 15250 | Agri-food | 16.1 |
For inclusion the correct construction is CRS 16010 plus disability marker 2. The reference list has no separate "disability" code.
Our approach
What holds up reconstruction besides buildings
Post-war recovery covers destroyed infrastructure, natural ecosystems, water resources and environmental safety, and the capacity of the hromada itself. These things do not come apart: a hromada that has lost its water and soils will not carry any construction plan.
From local solutions to systemic change
Every hromada has its own natural resources, its own environmental challenges and its own potential. So we do not replicate one solution everywhere; we build models that can be transferred to another region. The work combines field research, scientific expertise, environmental monitoring, strategic planning and international experience.
Why we look beyond the project
Environmental restoration and community development are one process. Investment in natural capital returns as quality of life, jobs, and somewhere for people to come back to. That is why we place environmental measures in the hromada's strategy rather than in a separate report at the end of the year.
Portfolio
Project reports
Projects and grants
| Project | Donor | Period | Budget | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tsyrkuny 2030: a community plan for ecosystem restoration Environmental recovery |
to be confirmed | 2025 - 2026 | USD 25,000 | Completed |
| Assessment of hromada water systems against EU standards Environmental recovery |
to be confirmed | 2026 | USD 22,000 | Completed |
| A network of hromadas for managing natural assets Community development |
to be confirmed | 2025 - 2026 | USD 18,000 | Completed |
| Restoring natural capital and building the environmental resilience of hromadas Environmental recovery |
to be confirmed | 2025 - 2026 | USD 22,000 | Completed |
| Networked management of water ecosystems: six hubs across eight oblasts Environmental recovery |
GEF Small Grants Programme, CSO Challenge (IUCN) | 01.2027 - 06.2028 | USD 300,000 | Concept note submitted |
The concept note was submitted on 07.08.2026 for the first stage of the competition; the full application is in preparation. Partners are contributing co-financing in kind: NHE Tech Ltd provides a rapid assessment platform and engineering time, and V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University provides laboratory facilities and expert time.
Case
Tsyrkuny: from surveying water bodies to a portfolio of investment projects
Boreholes, water mains and treatment facilities put out of service by the war. Together with the village council we surveyed the hromada's water systems, established a baseline environmental profile and inventoried over 270 ha of water bodies.
The hromada set the priorities itself. The result is a community ecosystem restoration plan to 2030 and a portfolio of 15 investment projects the hromada can take to donors.
How it works
News
All publications
Where we have been, and what it means for hromadas
Environmental data as a condition of sustainable reconstruction finance
Government, banks, business and civil society discussed ESG reporting and why reconstruction cannot be assessed without verified environmental data.
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Winter 2026-2027: what the Food Security Cluster discussed
The winter priority is front-line hromada farms keeping livestock. A separate topic: where to store the harvest when exports are restricted.
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35 years of independence: what the economic record means for reconstruction
A study of 35 years of the Ukrainian economy. Its hardest finding is demographic: rebuilding housing makes sense where people will stay.
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International expertise for recovery: partnership with the Ukrainian Refugees UAPT Association
A joint expert community with the Portuguese Association: projects for European reconstruction programmes and the adaptation of standards for hromadas.
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Procedure
From identified need to published report
The order of the steps carries information, which is why they are numbered. Each step answers a separate donor question about how control works.
Needs assessment
Together with the hromada or a partner on the ground.
Agreement
Scope, budget and the hromada's contribution are fixed in writing.
Procurement
Contract, payment on delivery, verification of supplier details.
Handover
Handover act signed by the parties.
Report
A public report page with documents and photographs.
Partners
Who we work with, and who is responsible for what
Instead of a grid of logos, the role of each partner in the project. A logo without a role proves nothing.
In projects on the ground
Tsyrkuny Village Council
Partner hromada
Sets the priority for works, accepts completed facilities, signs handover acts.
Mine action operator
Certified implementer
Non-technical survey and land release to IMAS standards.
Operator to be selectedCO CCF "Golden Union"
Partner on joint projects
Joint funding and delivery of specific interventions.
Memoranda and research base
Ukrainian Refugees UAPT Social Association (HELPUA.PT), Portugal
International partner
The Association has convened an international expert community as a think tank: researchers, educational institutions, certification bodies, lawyers and civil society activists. The shared aim is projects for European reconstruction programmes.
Cooperation since 22.08.2024 Memorandum being agreedNHE Tech Ltd (Neo Hydro Energy Tech), Kharkiv
Technology partner
Water treatment, clean energy and turnkey engineering design: from feasibility study to commissioning. In the GEF SGP concept note it contributes a rapid assessment platform, engineering time and equipment in kind.
Memorandum being agreedV. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Faculty of Biology
Scientific expertise
Field research and ecosystem condition assessment in the territories where the foundation works. In the GEF SGP concept note it contributes laboratory facilities and expert time in kind.
Memorandum being agreedM. P. Semenenko Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Ore Formation of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Scientific expertise
Research and technical partnership under a memorandum being prepared by the Association: environmental monitoring, bioremediation, environmental risk assessment and ESG support for donor projects.
Memorandum being agreedThe register holds six memoranda. The first is bilateral, between the Association and the foundation. The rest are being prepared as trilateral, with a research institution or a technology company as the third party. Signature dates will be entered once signed copies are returned.
Organisation profile
Registration details
- Legal name
- CHARITABLE ORGANISATION "CHARITY FUND "INTERNATIONAL UNITY MOVEMENT"
- Name in Ukrainian
- БЛАГОДІЙНА ОРГАНІЗАЦІЯ «БЛАГОДІЙНИЙ ФОНД «МІЖНАРОДНИЙ РУХ ЄДНОСТІ»
- Legal form
- charitable organisation
- EDRPOU
- 44797809
- Registration number
- 1000731020000047168
- Date of registration
- 03.10.2022
- Register status
- registered
- NACE code
- 88.99 other social work activities without accommodation
- Director
- Vladyslav Spiridovych, Director of the Foundation
- Address
- Office 202, 34 Vasylkivska St, Kyiv, 03022, Ukraine
- Working languages
- Ukrainian, English
- Audit
- annual reporting; the opinion for 2025 is in preparation
- Compliance
- ISO 37301:2021 · No. SIC.MS.062.ISO37301.3824 · valid to 18.04.2027
- Sustainable development
- SIC.SDGs:2022, SDG 17 · No. SIC.CB.124.062.SDGs.3870 · valid to 05.05.2027
- Certification body
- S.I.C. Global Inc, Ontario, Canada · accreditation GAS.CB.124.062
For institutional partners
Vladyslav Spiridovych
Director of the Foundation
- [email protected]
- Time zone
- Europe/Kyiv
- Response time
- two working days
Часті питання
Can you act as a sub-grantee?
Yes. The foundation is registered in Ukraine, holds non-profit status, keeps its accounts in licensed accounting software and files annual reports.
Does the foundation have a certified compliance system?
Yes. The compliance management system is certified to ISO 37301:2021, certificate No. SIC.MS.062.ISO37301.3824 issued by S.I.C. Global Inc, valid to 18.04.2027. The scope covers fraud prevention, protection of donor data, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, and sanctions compliance. Initial certification was completed on 19.04.2024 and the cycle is confirmed by an annual surveillance audit.
How do you account for project funds?
Each project has its own budget and its own financial report, and funds are accounted for separately. This can be verified against the reports for individual projects. The audit opinion for 2025 is in preparation.
Which currencies do you accept funding in?
Hryvnia, US dollars and euro. The account name matches the registered name of the organisation.
Who are the beneficiaries of mine action?
The civilian population of hromadas. Works are carried out on civilian land to IMAS standards by a certified operator.
Documents
Available to download
- Foundation statute
- Extract from the Unified State Register, as of 05.05.2026
- Annual report for 2025
- Audit opinion for 2025
- ISO 37301:2021 certificate, compliance management system
- SIC.SDGs:2022 certificate, SDG 17 "Partnerships for the Goals"
The rest of the due diligence package is sent on request: write to [email protected]. We reply within two working days. Bank details, the Register extract and the non-profit status extract are on the Documents.
We work with institutional partners
Bank details, the Register extract and the non-profit status extract are on the Documents page. The statute, certificates and the rest of the due diligence package are sent on request; we reply within two working days.
