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Our Activities

For the Foundation, the purpose is to rebuild or support the construction of safe housing and important community infrastructure in areas affected by the war, and to help families regain stability and create a secure everyday life.

Housing support prioritises particularly vulnerable groups, including families without adequate housing, single mothers, elderly citizens and people with disabilities.

Visualisation of new housing developments in Masany near Chernihiv
Visualisation of a housing development with courtyard and playground in Masany
Aerial visualisation of a residential area with apartment buildings and terraced houses
Foundation with reinforcement for a new housing development under construction
Reinforcement and formwork on the construction site for new homes
Visualisation of a neighbourhood with prefabricated wooden houses
Crane placing prefabricated wooden houses
Construction site with groundwork in front of new apartment blocks
Prefabricated wooden house being installed
Playground under construction by the new homes
New playground with slide under construction

Ongoing investments: Housing and reconstruction of local communities

The Foundation's primary focus is to finance the design and construction of seven new residential buildings of 8-10 storeys with a total of approximately 410 apartments, basements that can be used as civil defence shelters, and the construction of a kindergarten with space for 200 children.

All located in Masany, a suburb of Chernihiv, approximately 150 km north of Kyiv.

Planned Donations

In the Mykolaiv region, a project has been launched to build approximately 25 timber houses for families in need of housing. The houses are being built in: Domanivka, Novy Buh, Kryve Ozero and Bashtanka.

In addition, 15 other prefabricated timber houses, as well as 4 public buildings, are under construction in Pervomaisk.

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Completed donations

The first 25 family homes have already been built in four towns: Domanivka, Novy Buh, Kryve Ozero and Bashtanka in the Mykolaiv region, approximately 400 km south of Kyiv. The homes are prefabricated timber houses.

In addition, 4 medical houses have been built – one for each town – with equipment donated by NOVO Nordisk, and furnishings donated by GRZ.

Furthermore, 15 houses, as well as 4 public buildings, are under construction in Pervomaisk.

In addition to these construction projects, the foundation has donated DKK 29 million (approximately EUR 4 million) to various forms of emergency humanitarian assistance, including:

  • Diesel generators (DKK 20 million)
  • Tents and industrial heaters (DKK 1 million)
  • School buses for the city and region of Chernihiv (DKK 2 million)
  • Contributions to IUG, Engineers Without Borders, working in Ukraine (DKK 3 million)
  • Boiler systems for residential buildings where heating systems have been damaged (DKK 2 million)
  • Building materials for housing for orphaned children through the Olena Zelenska Foundation in various cities across Ukraine (DKK 0.5 million)
Family in front of their new wooden house donated by GAUFONDEN
Boiler system installed to heat homes
Yellow school buses donated by GAUFONDEN to Chernihiv
Completed prefabricated wooden house for a family in the Mykolaiv region
Newly built wooden house for a family in the Mykolaiv region
New wooden house built in the Mykolaiv region
Diesel generators delivered by truck to Ukraine

Criteria for allocation of housing

  • Internally displaced families ( IDP's)
  • Families without access to suitable housing
  • Single mothers in need of housing
  • Elderly individuals and elderly couples in need of housing
  • People with disabilities

The allocation of housing takes place through a steering committee consisting of representatives from the municipality and the Foundation, with support from representatives of the government in Kyiv and the Danish Embassy.