Turning crisis into
life upgrade through education & ensured employment
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Grains is a Non-Profit Hospitality School that integrates displaced people into new communities and secures employment
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We serve
Displaced People
Grains offers tuition free education, free transfers, meals, accommodation and employment
Governments
We create a product that helps governments decrease the unemployment rate among displaced people
Hospitality Industry
We collaborate with hospitality leaders to train displaced people for top-tier hospitality 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.
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Chefs
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Waitstaff
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Front office
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First Course
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Current track record in Ukraine
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Built 2 school buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine
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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
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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Grains is the first non-profit hospitality school that integrates Displaced People into new communities and secures their employment.
Launched in Ukraine with the aim to empower Displaced People globally in the future.Empowering IDPs
Millions of Ukrainians had to relocate from the dangerous areas, but stayed within the country. Finding a well-paid job is one of the first priorities of starting a new life from scratch in a new place of living.
The Ukrainian Hospitality Industry grows on average
15% yearly amidst the war
The concentration of people in the most protected cities created a lot of demand for hospitality businesses. People keep creating new businesses to support the economy, but finding skilled labor remains the main issue. There is a severe staff shortage due to the recent pandemics, martial state, and the outflow of skilled labor.
The hospitality industry is an essential contributor to the Ukrainian economy. Grains was created to support people in need, the hospitality industry, and the Ukrainian economy as a whole.
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 app 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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Ukrainian Investment Fund Concorde Capital
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