From kimchi online-shop to the Korean restaurant in Cherkasy: Oksana’s entrepreneurship journey
Oksana, along with her husband and daughter, left her hometown of Kharkiv due to the war in March 2022. This is how the family ended up in Cherkasy. Before the…
Vulnerable families in Cherkasy region gain new sources of income with ERC’s livelihood grants support
ERC team visited families in the town of Smila in Cherkasy region who received assistance from the Estonian Refugee Council in Ukraine through the Emergency…
"Empowering Women" incubation programme selects 41 top business ideas
On 22–23 November, at Ilmaveere in Setomaa, the final of the "Empowering Women" entrepreneurship programme hackathon, organised in collaboration by the…
AI-Inclusive Employability Programme Enhances Refugees' Competitiveness in Entrepreneurship
The UPBEAT employability programme, launched in the summer in collaboration with the Estonian Refugee Council, Startup Refugees, and Haaga-Helia University of…
Estonian Refugee Council Releases Brochure Marking 1,000 Days of War
Today, as 1,000 days have passed since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Estonian Refugee Council’s Ukraine office has published a brochure…
Estonia, Latvia, and Finland Wrap Up Collaborative Project on Refugee Labour Market Integration
The project, which aimed to map out opportunities for people with a refugee background to enter the labour market, culminated in an Estonian visit at the…
Art for healing and self-development: The story of “Kachur” online school
Ms. Nataliya Kachur comes from the city of Soledar in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Due to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Nataliya and…
ERC supports vulnerable households with livelihoods in the Poltava region: the story of Mykhailo Semesenko
Mykhailo and his wife have been keeping cows for over 30 years. They started with one cow to have milk for themselves. Then they got more cows and delivered…
A third-wave coffee shop in Poltava region as a symbol of the strength of the individual spirit
In the small town of Kobeliaky, Poltava oblast, Iryna (33) opened a coffee shop, which immediately gained the favor of the locals. Iryna tells the story of its…
A Labour Market Cooperation Project Aimed at Refugees Launched with Latvia and Finland
In early September, the Estonian Refugee Council team visited Finland to map out various opportunities for integrating refugees into the labour market as part…