About us
The international NGO "Labour and Health Social Initiatives" (LHSI) was founded in August 2002.
The organization implements technical assistance projects in all regions of Ukraine and cooperates with partners abroad in four main areas:
- Social policy
- Health & Wellbeing
- Protection of civil rights, including the right to decent work
- Child & Youth Development
Vision
Improving the situation of the most vulnerable people and children in Ukraine, based on their needs and living situation.
Mission
Promote sustainable human development by increasing access to social and health services for at-risk groups, ensuring the protection of children's rights and youth empowerment, and promoting gender equality for a better future for Ukrainians.
LHSI's statute tasks include:
- implementation of educational and scientific projects and programs aimed at changing personal behavior, improving public health;
- promoting the development of social programs in the field of health and labor, preservation of labor resources and ensuring gender equality;
- assistance in monitoring the solution of social and labor problems of vulnerable groups of the population, protection of their rights;
- promoting the practical implementation of national, regional, local and international projects and programs for the prevention of tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, drug addiction and other socially dangerous diseases, promotion of a healthy lifestyle;
- promoting social initiatives on labor protection and health, improving people's lives and health, solving social problems;
- promoting cooperation with youth leaders, representatives of local communities, government agencies, local governments, public and international organizations, establishing cooperation with foreign specialists and scientists, promoting interaction and exchange of experience between organizations of different countries and Ukraine's integration into the European Union;
- implementation of programs aimed at the development of children and youth;
- provision of social services to persons in difficult life circumstances.
- implementation of programs aimed at the development of children and youth;
- provision of social services to persons in difficult life circumstances.
LHSI cooperates with a wide range of specialists and experts in the field of child and youth development, protection of children's rights, combating violence against children online, protection of labor rights of citizens, combating tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and other socially negative phenomena, implements models for the adaptation of socially maladjusted groups of the population, as well as develops social and medical services, introducing a human-centered approach based on respect for human rights.
The organization's activities are in line with the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular:
More information about our activities can be found in the organization's annual reports and on the www.lhsi.org.ua website.
Organization Code of Ethics and Policies
With the drafting and adoption of the Code of Ethics, LHSI aims to clearly explain the model of organizational responsibility that it pursues in the performance of its activities, in internal relations and in relations with the different stakeholders. This is in order to orient their own action and that of their collaborators according to a perspective of ethics and the prevention of illegal and irresponsible conduct. This document, approved by the Board of LHSI, declines the ethical principles that must guide the actions of the members, staff, service providers; it also establishes indications and commitments of behavior expected by the entire organization, by those who work there and by those who collaborate with it at a general level and in the different areas of intervention. These principles, indications and commitments of behavior are assumed to supplement the ethical constraints of the different professionalisms operating, the regulatory provisions in force and the contractual agreements established.
The full text of the Code of Ethics can be consulted by downloading the file published below:
Taking into account that LHSI implements projects focused at child protection and development, we have adopted a separate Policy specifying and explaining further the Code of Ethics and Conduct with Children in all our initiatives
Current projects for January 2024
Live Without Limits, UNDP donor
"Play Hub Center in Ukraine", donor ICDI (the Netherlands)
"You Should Know About TB", donor Alliance for Public Health, GFATM
"Empowering Law Enforcement to Address Online Violence Against Children", EU donor
See more here