Rebuilding Ukraine,
One Family at a Time
Our mission is to help Ukrainians return to their homes, regain economic stability, and to rebuild their lives with dignity.
Our mission is to help Ukrainians return to their homes, regain economic stability, and to rebuild their lives with dignity.
Celtic Aid International has been established by an experienced management team from Ireland and Ukraine, who have decades of humanitarian experience with leading international organizations and who have a proven track record of delivering successful projects in Ukraine.
The core values of Celtic Aid International are as follows:
We ensure that donations are used effectively and report regularly to donors on our impact.
We work directly with our Ukrainian partners to maximize our impact on the ground.
We focus on forward-thinking humanitarian solutions that create lasting change.
Celtic Aid International has been established by an experienced management team from Ireland and Ukraine, who have decades of humanitarian experience with leading international organizations and who have a proven track record of delivering successful projects in Ukraine.
Celtic Aid International is a newly established Irish NGO dedicated to delivering life-saving humanitarian aid to the people of Ukraine, with a particular focus on the Kharkiv region. Through innovation, strategic partnerships, and a commitment to rapid response, we aim to support displaced populations, rebuild lives, and foster resilience in communities impacted by war.
We deliver critical aid in Kharkiv, prioritizing food, shelter, medicine, and essentials for displaced people.
Collaborating with our trusted Ukrainian partner, Splina Sprava Dlia Liudey, we deliver critical humanitarian aid to displaced populations in Kharkiv and the surrounding region. Our emergency response efforts prioritize providing food, shelter, medical assistance, and essential supplies to those in urgent need.
Power infrastructure destroyed; partnering on sustainable solar and wind solutions for essential emergency electricity.
The destruction of power infrastructure has left many communities without reliable energy sources. In partnership with green energy innovators, we are developing sustainable emergency energy solutions, including solar and wind-powered systems, to provide essential electricity to homes, hospitals, and shelters.
Rehabilitation of social infrastructure objects, shelters.
In response to the ongoing attacks on public housing in Ukraine, we collaborate with our local partner to support affected families. We provide emergency housing materials for basic repairs and, when necessary, assistance for more significant house reconstruction.
Celtic Aid International is an Irish NGO that helps displaced Ukrainians return home safely, achieve economic stability, and rebuild their lives with dignity and respect.
The war has shut down many schools, so we’re transforming underground shelters into safe, equipped classrooms where children can continue learning during air raids.
The ongoing conflict has resulted in the closure of many schools, leaving children without access to education. To address this, we are rehabilitating and furnishing underground schools in former nuclear air raid shelters, allowing teachers and students to safely continue their studies despite the ongoing threat of air raids.
We support clinics and hospitals to provide prosthetics, physiotherapy, and rehabilitation for war-injured individuals.
War-related injuries have created a significant demand for specialized medical care. We support orthopaedic hospitals and specialized rehabilitation clinics to ensure access to prosthetics, physiotherapy, and long-term rehabilitation services for individuals affected by conflict-related disabilities.
Launching pilot program for Ukrainian veterans’ families: support, aid, legal help, training, and business development
Recognizing the sacrifices made by Ukraine’s fallen heroes, we are launching a pioneering pilot program to assist widows and families of deceased veterans. This initiative offers psychosocial support, humanitarian aid, free legal assistance, vocational training, and business development programs to help families regain stability and rebuild their futures.
Mark has spent the last 18 months working in Ukraine, where he managed a large-scale humanitarian response in Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine.
He began his humanitarian career in Africa in the 1990s, leading missions for the United Nations and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) in Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In 2018, Mark took on the role of head of mission for a Swiss NGO in Syria, where he was recognized for his significant contributions and was nominated for the Irish Humanitarian of the Year award in 2019. Additionally, in 2019, he ran as a candidate in the European Parliament elections for the Dublin constituency.
Mark is a recent MA graduate from the National Film and Television School in the UK.
Oksana has extensive senior managerial experience working with international organizations and NGOs in Ukraine. Most recently, she served as the Head of Administration for a Swiss NGO, where she played a key role in establishing their humanitarian programs in Eastern Ukraine. This involved helping develop local operational partnerships and programs and administrating a network of offices that employed 30 full-time staff.
Prior to that, Oksana worked for three years as the Team Leader for Contracts and Procurement in the U-LEAD with Europe program, which is part of the German International Cooperation (GIZ) country program in Ukraine. She also spent two years as the Head of the Administration team at the International Charity Fund “Alliance for Public Health.”
Oksana holds an MBA in Economics and a BA in Ukrainian Philology Economics from Taras Shevchenko National University of Ukraine.
Kateryna has held senior financial manager roles in a number of international organisations with humanitarian and development operations in Ukraine. Most recently Kateryn was the head of finance for a Swiss INGO with programs funded by UNHCR in eastern Ukraine. Prior to this, she was a coordinating accountant specialist lead for the U-LEAD with Europe program implemented by the German International Cooperation (GIZ).
Kateryna holds a Masters in Economics from the National Transport University, Institute of Economics and Management of Enterprises and a BA in Ukrainian Philology from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Ukraine.
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