About Us

The Charitable Organization "Medical Aid Committee in Zakarpattia" has been operating since 2000. The scope of our activity includes active participation in the reforming of state institutions for children and adults with disabilities as well as contribution to the civil society development in Ukraine.

Our main principles: Impartiality, Apoliticism, Tolerance, Non-indifference.

In practice, this means that we:

1. Work to prevent racism and xenophobia through media monitoring and public awareness.
2. Work in orphanages and help to improve the life situation of children and adults with disabilities (Projects: "Parasolka", "Monitoring", "Vilshany Orphanage Follow-Up and Support").
3. Help and involve others in assisting refugees, migrants, asylum seekers, and internally displaced persons.
4. Strongly support all active people in building civil society institutions.

We strive to develop projects in such a way that in the future they exist independently. Our experts establish theoretical, practical instruments, and other documentation. It will be of benefit to anyone involved in the support of socially vulnerable groups of Ukraine's population.

Our Awards

• 2006 – Award of the Government of the French Republic for the Contribution to the Development of the Vilshany Orphanage for Children and Assistance to Children with Disabilities.
• 2011 – Swiss Open Frontier Human Rights Award for active participation in the protection of the rights of refugees, migrants, socially vulnerable groups and minorities in need of protection in Europe.

Our Team

All the activities of the CO "Medical Aid Committee in Zakarpattia" are the work of people to people, which is carried out by:

Nataliya Kabatsiy – director of "CAMZ"; a person with an unsurpassed strategic vision, powerful motivational potential, and perfect French.

Nadiya Danch – project coordinator; the main intermediary between the initiative and those for whom it is most needed, she moderates and accompanies projects, keeps the organization's reports under control.

Lesya Levko – project coordinator; recognized diplomat; she has an impeccable sense of tact and the same level of German, organizer and motivator of both work discipline and leisure.

Eugenia Melesh – lawyer; an expert who oversees the most important areas of human rights protection, upholding social justice, raising the level of legal literacy of the population.

Anzhelika Klayzner - PR manager who can describe and summarize the whole spectrum of the Committee's work without being confused.

Tetyana Kozel – doctor or Dr. Tanya as our refugees from Somalia, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Pakistan call her.