A recovery center in Ukraine

A place where lives and families recover.

Help complete a residential recovery center in the Rivne region for Ukrainian veterans, service members, their families, children and women who have survived violence.

Fedorivka, Rivne region, Ukraine
≈ €612K / $700Kestimated value already built
100guests at one time
14–21days per recovery program
1,500–2,000people supported yearly

Why this matters

Recovery is more than treatment.

War leaves physical, psychological and family wounds that do not disappear when service ends. This center is being created as a safe, structured environment where veterans and their loved ones can recover together — with professional support, nature and community.

Restoring people, strengthening families, building a more resilient Ukraine.

Planned programs

Whole-person, family-centered care

The planned 14–21 day residential programs bring several forms of support into one coordinated recovery journey.

01

Medical & physical recovery

Rehabilitation, therapeutic exercise, massage, physiotherapy and planned access to a pool and recovery equipment.

02

Psychological support

Trauma-informed counseling, PTSD support, family therapy and tools for healthy reintegration.

03

Family programs

Time and structured support for veterans, partners and children to reconnect and recover together.

04

Spiritual & social care

Optional spiritual counseling, peer community, social support and restorative retreats.

05

Children & development

Safe recreation, creative activities and development programs designed around children’s needs.

06

Long-term follow-up

Post-program contact and guidance to help participants carry recovery into everyday life.

The project

A recovery campus designed around dignity

The center is planned near Lake Bam in a quiet natural setting. The campus combines private accommodation, treatment and community spaces, recreation, sport and family infrastructure.

Progress to date

The foundation is already in place.

Facilities and infrastructure worth approximately $700,000 — about €612,000 at the ECB reference rate of 17 July 2026 — have already been built through volunteer and community support.

Read the latest construction update

Already completed

  • Four residential houses
  • Dining hall and conference room
  • Electricity connection
  • Water well and water supply
  • Stadium
  • Asphalt access road
  • Sports ground preparation
  • Hostel under construction

Funding will complete

  • Treatment building with a pool
  • Six additional residential houses
  • Chapel, gazebos and landscaping
  • Medical and rehabilitation equipment
  • Sports and children’s infrastructure
  • Annual support programs
  • Site lighting
  • Wastewater treatment facilities
  • Gas supply
  • Boiler house

Expected annual impact

Up to 2,000 people supported every year

800–1,000veterans
300–400family members
200–300children of service members and orphans
100–150women who have survived violence

Transparency

Built for lasting, accountable support

The initiative is led by the Ukrainian Church of Evangelical Christian Faith ‘Living Water’ in Klesiv. The project has an architectural concept, completed works and a budget by direction. Fundraising totals and project updates will be published as the campaign develops.

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Project materialsProject letter and architectural presentation

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Component-basedPartners can support a specific building, service or program

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Report-drivenCampaign totals and progress updates will be published

Veterans, chaplains, volunteers and community members at the center
Veterans, chaplains, volunteers and community members at the center

Public coverage

The center in the media and online

Media materials and the center’s Instagram page show how the initiative began, what is being built and how the project is progressing.

Video interview

Interview with the project leaders

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Project construction

Responsible for construction

The people responsible for turning the Recovery Center project into a real, functioning place.

01

Project founder and visionary

Vasyl Pekhotin

Vasyl Pekhotin

Born in 1960, Vasyl trained as a gas and electric welder and later qualified as a construction technician-technologist at Rivne State Agrarian College. He began his career in 1976 and has led Topaz Ltd since 1992, serving as its director since 1994.

He is the author and visionary of the Recovery Center project in Fedorivka and a four-term member of the Sarny District Council. Since the full-scale invasion, the company under his leadership has helped build defensive and engineering structures and supported vehicle transfers to the Armed Forces through the Dobrota charity.

His honors include the Order of Will and Honor (2025), the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine medal For Assistance to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (2023), and a 2025 certificate recognizing his active contribution to regional life.

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Project leader · Pastor · Chaplain

Mykola Vasylevych

Mykola Vasylevych

Born in 1962 into a Christian family whose parents endured religious persecution and exile to Siberia, Mykola has served as pastor of the local church since 2003. He is a father of eleven and grandfather of twenty-one.

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, he has actively supported service members, displaced families and people affected by the war. After specialized training and examinations at the Zhytomyr Police Academy, he qualified as a chaplain with the Chaplain Patrol of Ukraine’s Western Region.

He continues to provide spiritual care and support for the recovery of service members and their families, and publicly advocates for the center’s mission.

Project biography and SarnyNews.City

Project initiators

People behind the initiative

The project team has provided these biographies for partners and supporters. Links to sources are included where available.

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Head of the Klesiv church

Serhii Zaiets

Born in Klesiv in 1980, Serhii completed compulsory service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine from 1998 to 2000. In 2003, he graduated from Rivne Cooperative College with a qualification in accounting.

He was baptized in 2001 and ordained as a minister on 27 January 2008. Since then, he has continued his spiritual ministry and has worked as a registered private entrepreneur since 2014. He is married and has two children.

Serhii is listed in public registry data as the current head of the Klesiv religious community.

Project biography and registry entry
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One of the project leaders

Andrii Pekhotin

Andrii Pekhotin

Born on 23 December 1987 in Klesiv, Rivne region, Andrii graduated from Klesiv Lyceum with honors in 2005. In 2010, he earned a degree in International Law from Ivan Franko National University of Lviv and completed studies at Lviv Theological Seminary as a Christian minister and Bible teacher. In 2023, he earned a master’s degree in Public Management and Administration from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.

From 2010 to 2020, he worked as an entrepreneur in construction materials, logistics, food service, freight transport, metalworking and forged products. From 2011 to 2021, he was a Nova Poshta partner responsible for eighteen postal branches. Since 2021, he has headed the municipal enterprise Property Complex Management of the Rivne Regional Council.

Andrii served as a deputy of the Klesiv Settlement Council from 2010 to 2015 and of the Klesiv amalgamated territorial community from 2015 to 2020. Since 2020, he has been a deputy of the Rivne Regional Council and chairs its standing commission on economic affairs and communal property.

Since 2014, he has volunteered in support of Ukrainian service members, veterans, internally displaced people and others in need. In 2022, he completed chaplaincy education and began serving as a volunteer chaplain of the Ukrainian Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith. In 2026, he was elected Senior Chaplain of Rivne region for the Chaplain Patrol civic formation. He has received state and local honors as well as commendations from ten military units and defense forces divisions.

In 2019, he was elected deputy head of the Department of Christian Entrepreneurs of the Ukrainian Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith. He speaks Ukrainian, English at an intermediate level and Spanish at an elementary level. He is married to Zhanna, and they are raising two daughters, Bozhena and Dana.

Rivne Regional Council profile

Organization & giving

Ukrainian Church of Evangelical Christian Faith ‘Living Water’, Klesiv

Information for partners

ChurchUkrainian Church of Evangelical Christian Faith ‘Living Water’, Klesiv
Project leaderMykola Fedorovych Vasylevych
Contact phone+380 66 802 00 34

Budget priorities

01Construction
02Equipment
03Rehabilitation program

Planned donation options

Account holder
Church account
Bank
Monobank
International transfers
SWIFT — details will be published
Donations within Ukraine
Payment details are being finalized
Currencies
UAH, EUR, USD and cryptocurrency
Collection period
Approximately 1 year
Monthly giving
Required; technical setup is in progress
Refunds of mistaken payments

A mistaken payment may be refunded upon request after the donor provides proof of payment.

Use of donations after construction

After the construction goal is met, further donations will support the center’s ongoing operation, including staff, meals and utility services.