Projects in Ukraine

Education

Peace Corps’ Ukraine Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) project provides opportunities for teachers’ professional development, promotes students’ academic achievement, and enhances communication and critical thinking skills in the classroom and daily life. By promoting English education, the TEFL project fosters cultural understanding, exchange, and collaboration.

Presently, the project is implemented through the Virtual Service Pilot. Ukrainian teachers and students further their academic learning and personal growth through online communication with American educators. Virtual Service (VSP) Participants and Ukrainian counterparts co-facilitate English clubs for students and teachers. They create an engaging and effective learning environment in order to improve speaking and presentation skills of participants. All activities take place online and VSP Participants affirm the value of the deep collaboration, support, and engagement they share across the ocean.

Peace Corps Ukraine’s Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) project aligns with the Ministry of Education and Science priorities such as improving English proficiency of teachers and students to meet international academic standards and enrich Ukraine’s global connections.

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Community Economic Development

The goal of this project is to assist Ukrainian communities with their sustainable community development efforts. These focus on strengthening organizational capacity, enhancing project design and management, and building effective partnerships. Presently, the project is implemented through the Virtual Service Pilot.

Primary host country partners are local governments and civil society organizations, and occasionally a local college or university, if requested. Examples of previously impactful assignments include skill-building in a wide range of areas key to Ukraine’s future prosperity. These include strategic planning, fundraising, leadership, change management, entrepreneurship, partnerships, communication with stakeholders, veteran support, civic engagement, and business English.

As many Ukrainians are currently involved in the effort to bring lasting peace to their communities, the Virtual Service Pilot offers a chance for VSP Participants to serve remotely from the U.S. for as many weeks as requested by partners, with the agreement of the VSPP. These impactful assignments bring true meaning to the Peace Corps’ mission of world peace and friendship.

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Youth in Development

The primary goal of the Youth in Development program is to support young Ukrainians as they transition into adulthood, equipping with the tools they need to lead healthy, productive, and civically engaged lives. These activities are implemented through the Virtual Service Pilot. The program is also focused on strengthening the capacity of youth service providers to effectively implement youth development program activities.

Program objectives are:

1. Strengthen the life skills of Ukraine’s youth through clubs and activities that incorporate life-skills development.
2. Increase youth’s community engagement skills through clubs and civic education sessions.
3. Strengthen youth capacity for employment by promoting employability skills and teaching conversational English through clubs and workshops.

Participants are youth and counterparts from schools, vocational technical colleges, universities, youth centers, extracurricular centers, and youth-focused non-governmental organizations. Engagements co-facilitated by Virtual Service Participants and Ukrainian counterparts help young people feel confident in their future as strong professionals and community leaders. Overall, the program supports Ukraine in building stronger youth-development practices and positive sustainable change in Ukraine as part of global society.

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President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in Peace Corps Ukraine focuses on supporting adherence to anti-retroviral treatment therapy among children and youth living with HIV in Ukraine as well as supporting populations living with and directly affected by the HIV epidemic in Ukraine.