Who we are

Labor and Health Social Initiatives (LHSI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO), established in 2002 and based in Kiev, Ukraine.

LHSI Mission

Promote sustainable human development by enhancing access to social services for at-risk populations, address public health challenges, ensure child protection and youth empowerment, and contribute to gender equality for a better future.

LHSI strategic objectives 2023-2024

1. Child Protection and Youth Empowerment: Create and execute comprehensive programs dedicated to safeguarding the rights of children and empowering youth, nurturing their growth and active participation within society.

2. Enhanced Access to Health and Social Services: Enhance the availability of essential health and social services for affected by the war communities, including internally displaced people, affected families, and particularly vulnerable children, especially those affected by the war in Ukraine. Introduce and incorporate best international practices while bolstering the capabilities of local stakeholders.

3. Partnerships for Economic Stability, Resilience, and Gender Equality: support socially responsible collaborations among employers, employees, affected communities and government entities. Improve workplace safety initiatives and programs that advance gender equality, fostering a supportive and inclusive work environment for everyone, provide coherence and economic stability for affective communities and people.

LHSI is a member of the Stop TB Partnership, the International Step-by-Step Association (ISSA) and the Ukrainian Child Rights Network.

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:

Code of Ethics (in Ukrainian)

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

Child Protection Policy