NEST

NEST is a project of the Humanitarian Division of Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation for Ukrainian families in de-occupied territories whose private houses were destroyed during the Russian invasion.

All initiatives of the Humanitarian Division are united by one mission: to return decent living conditions to Ukrainians in the liberated territories. NEST fulfills this mission by providing families with fully-equipped temporary modular homes. For them, it is an opportunity to stay at home and continue to work on their own land, rebuilding their life and community.

The problem and impact of the project

Most of the government’s current recovery programs target major infrastructure facilities such as energy, communications, logistics, hospitals, schools, etc.

But many families, despite the loss of their homes, want to stay at home: to work on their land, rebuild the community and support the economy.

Providing these families with temporary housing reduces the scale of forced emigration and economic decline within de-occupied countryside communities in Ukraine.

Our intention is to return Ukrainians a decent life on their own land

That’s why we launched the NEST project. It is about the construction of modern environmentally friendly modular houses of local production for families who lost their homes due to the Russian war on the territory of Ukraine.

The idea is to set up a temporary one next to the destroyed house, where the family can live for a few years while they rebuild their permanent home. Families need these few years to stabilize their emotional and financial situation and regain resources to rebuild their home, community and country.

Modular house

The house consists of modules: "kitchen", "bathroom" and "bedroom", the number of which increases according to the number of family members.

$5 000

the cost of one module

It is installed without a foundation

Ready to move in: fully furnished and equipped with appliances

It is connected to engineering communications on the site

Suitable for life both in summer and winter

It has heating and air conditioning

Service life of 10+ years

Produced in 4 weeks

It is mounted on the site within 5 days

To select a contractor, we held a tender with the following requirements for the winners:

Ukrainian company with its own production of modular houses

Availability of a solution suitable for year-round residence for 10+ years

Provides a fully equipped house with everything necessary for living

Can produce up to 100 houses per month

As a result of the tender, three companies approached the project:

avangard

zibrano

Vsimdim

For the project in the Makariv community, the NEST project started cooperation with AVANGARD, which offers an effective solution for scaling the number of modules for large families.

How families are chosen

Verification of families is handled by the local government (currently it is the Makariv Territorial Community). They shared with us the database of families who have returned or would like to return to the community, and whose private housing is only subject to demolition, according to the assessment of the expert commission.

First of all, we help those who clearly do not have financial or physical means.

The NEST team works through this list on a first-come, first-served basis and meets and communicates with families in person. Before offering a family participation in the project, we take into account the following criteria:

The conclusion that the housing is not subject to restoration

The family does not own any other real estate

The family plans to stay in this community

How a family gets a house

Stage 1

The NEST team interviews several families on the list and begins fundraising.

Stage 2

When the necessary amount is raised to contract the house, the team contacts the family again to see if they have solved the problem of housing with the help of other projects or on their own, and if they confirm the purchase of the house.

Stage 3

We conclude a tripartite agreement between the Fund, the Contractor and the Recipient - a family representative. After establishing the house, the representative of the family signs the deed of acceptance and transfer. This means that the owner cannot sell or give it to someone else for 5 years.

About the Makariv community

The territory of the Makarov OTG unites fifty settlements that were badly affected in the first weeks of the full-scale russian offensive. 585 private houses were completely destroyed. The Russians randomly fired at houses and drove tanks into residents’ yards. We signed a memorandum of cooperation with the head of the Makariv territorial community.

Some apartment buildings, a dispensary, a household building, shopping and office centers and shops have already been rebuilt in Makarov. Makarov came back to life. This is all thanks not only to charitable organizations and the state, but also to the people who physically rebuilt it all. That is why Ukrainians should return to the Motherland, and not remain in forced evacuation.