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Turning crisis into

life upgrade through education & ensured employment

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Grains is a Non-Profit Organisation that secures employment of displaced people through education.

in cooperation with

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We serve

Displaced People

Grains offers tuition free education and employment support in Germany, Ukraine and Switzerland

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Governments

We create a product that helps governments decrease the unemployment rate among displaced people

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Hospitality Industry

We collaborate with industry leaders to train displaced people for top-tier teams

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Grains School

  • The school building is located in the Kyiv region, on the territory of SHELEST hotel, surrounded by pristine woods, a lake, and a river. It can accommodate 80 students.

    ​Facilities: two study rooms, event hall, natural surroundings, canteen, bomb shelter, inclusivity compliant

  • We offer students tuition free professional education with a certificate, free transfers from/to Kyiv, meals and coffee breaks, direct employment and (possibly) free accommodation.

  • Students can leave their kids under the attention of nannies at Grains childcare unit. The children will have their own activities program while their caregivers are studying.

  • Grains courses prepare students for the most demanded roles in the Hospitality Industry. Depending on the course subject, the duration is from 2 weeks to 4 months. Lecturers are chosen among the Ukrainian leaders of hospitality industry.
     

    • Chefs

    • Waitstaff

    • Front office

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First Course: Hospitality

80%

Mothers

95%

Got employed after graduation

In cooperation with the State Employment Service of Ukraine

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Current track record in Ukraine

  • Built 2 school buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine​

  • Developed a system that is aimed to reduce the unemployment period amongst Internally Displaced People from 22 to 6 monthsCollaborating with:

Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine

State Employment Service of Ukraine

Temporary Special Commission of the Parliament of Ukraine on the Protection of Property and Non-Property Rights of IDPs 

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Global impact

Around 2b people are projected to be displaced by 2050 due to climate change and armed conflicts.

Grains shall become a solution that helps governments integrate displaced people into the new societies and secure their employment.

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Hear our students

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Olena, 47

IDP from Crimea and Kherson

"My life will certainly change after this course"

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Oksana, 45

Student at Grains

"This feels like a spiritual revolution for me"

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Tetiana, 41

IDP from Donetsk

"I could not believe that such training is for free"

Want to make a change?

Grains is a collective non-profit organization that relies on the know-how of its partners worldwide. We are open to co-creation to bring better solutions for the future of education. 

Discover more

  • Grains is a non-profit organisation that integrates displaced people into new communities and secures their employment.

    Launched in Ukraine with the aim to empower displaced people globally.

  • 1.2 billion people are projected to be displaced by 2050 from climate change alone. Source

    To date, no government has a clear solution of how to integrate such amount of people into new communities economically and socially.

     

  • Grains is a collective project that unites the expertise of tech and hospitality professionals from the European Union and Ukraine. It was founded in 2023 by SHELEST Hotel and Madina Katter as part of their social mission to empower the people affected by the war and create a solution that solves the migration crisis.

  • Grains is meant to become a tool that helps Displaced People globally to integrate into a new place of living and find a well-paid job.

    We will do that by creating a solution that connects government institutions, displaced people and hospitality players and tackles their issues.

  • Apart from grants and individual donations, the school is largely funded by:
     

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