Seed Programs International is working with several organizations and schools in Ukraine and Poland to support Ukrainians and their communities as they experience the effects of Russian hostilities. Here is a summary of some of the programs:

•  School Resiliency Gardens in Poland: SPI is partnering with Resiliency Gardens in Poland to create school gardening programs in 7 schools. This program was founded by SPI Board member June Lavelle.

•  School and Urban Gardens in Ukraine: SPI is partnering with SURGe for their Victory Gardens (Сади Перемоги) program. This program will to create a community garden in Volochysk and school gardens in Kyiv, Kamyanets-Podilskyi, Zhytomyr, and Zorivka. The program will develop a toolkit for urban gardening and a pathway to promote urban gardening in city planning and policy creation.

•  Fruit Tree Planting in Ukraine: SPI is partnering with UCare to purchase 1,000 fruit trees for planting in the de-occupied territories of Ukraine. A portion of each harvest will be donated to food relief efforts.

•  Therapeutic Gardening in Ukraine: SPI is partnering with UCare and Recovery Camp to create a therapeutic gardening program for Ukrainians that are experiencing the trauma of war. Recovery camp provides a secure location, education, and rehabilitation for children.

•  Vitamin Donations: SPI is partnering with Nova Ukraine and MAP International to provide 10,000 bottles of vitamins to UCare and Recovery Camp.