HOPE HOME – НАДІЯ

A pilot project for a radically different way of building in Ukraine

MATERIAL BOOK
now online OPEN ACCESS
FREE DOWNLOAD
trilingual

we proudly present:

MATERIAL BOOK

Compiling the knowledge and research findings of the German and Ukrainian experts from HOPE HOME • НАДІЯ into a book was an ambitious undertaking. We thank all those involved for their support and patience, and the Federal Agency for Civic Education for its funding.

The MATERIAL BOOK is finished.

Designed as a workbook, it is available for download as an open access product in three languages: German, Ukrainian and English.

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Donate for further repairs with hemp-straw-clay in Pervomaiske

Pervomaiske resists! Repair with hemp-straw-clay.

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Dear donors,
Dear donors,
HOPE HOME • НАДІЯ is a German-Ukrainian pilot project for a radically different –ecological– construction in Ukraine; Under the umbrella of Be An Angel e.V., we have been asking for donations since December 24 for public and private houses in Pervomaiske that were destroyed by early Russian attacks. From this community in the Mykolaiv district we want to stand up to the global cartel of the concrete industry with the residents, using the renewable, CO₂-free building materials hemp, straw, wood, clay and reed, fungi and sheep’s wool, and thereby show that building without CO₂ emissions is possible!
Pervomaiske wants to become a pilot region for research into ecological construction using renewable, hybrid and recycled materials. Create jobs. We have set this out in a memorandum with the district government. Due to the provisional budget in Germany, not even the slightest public support can be expected before September 2025. But we know from all the news channels what the situation is regarding the energy supply in Ukraine, the many uninhabitable houses and the exhaustion of the people, not least due to the misguided US policy.
With the donations from HOPE HOME • НАДІЯ so far, we have renovated a room in the community centre and created new perspectives for young people in Pervomaiske. Where once 9.000 people lived, only 2.500 remain today – among them only 300 young people. The school destroyed; no bakery, no snack bar, no restaurant, no room for young people. In a workshop for walls and stones made of straw/clay and hemp/lime compounds, we worked with local young people to prepare a 150 m² youth club using these natural, climate-friendly materials.
The impact of the workshop is enormous: the conviction that “Concrete is better, more modern.” turned into “Now we can repair my grandma’s house.” and “Can’t we start a small eco-building business in the village?” In the process, the precious feeling of self-efficacy and community became reality. The room is to be completed with funding from a UN organisation as part of a youth exchange programme.
Challenge: International aid organisations continue to rely on concrete – cheap, fast, harmful to the climate. We show that there is a different, more sustainable way.
Our vision: to establish a permanent pilot project for “Healing Architecture” in this community – with local resources, transdisciplinary knowledge and genuine participation.
What we could achieve now, following this positive experience, with an additional 3.000 EUR in donations: We could enable hands-on training for more young people in hemp and clay construction. Thanks to the previous donations, we still have materials available, tools have been purchased, and mentors have been trained! All of this would take place through the concrete example of the “Grandmother’s House”, who has returned to her animals and roses in to her heavily damaged home. This could create a visible sign, an “example to follow!”.

Video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35nRnbTGNTY

HOPE HOME • НАДІЯ has quickly become the center of a transdisciplinary network for the use of renewable building materials, dealing with the entire spectrum of sustainable construction: from the necessary soil decontamination, the cultivation of biological building materials, the reuse of materials from destroyed houses, and model house construction, as well as questions of certification and scalability. The residents from Pervomaiske appreciate the sign of our support and empathy, and the experience that we are not just making promises for an indefinite future but are putting the memorandum into practice is encouraging them.
Thank you for supporting us in this endeavor, and please share this appeal! ANY small or large AMOUNT WILL HELP!
Unfortunately, we were unable to persuade GoFundMe to change their donation buttons to the suggested amounts of 10-20-50-100-200-500 euros, nor to stop displaying any of the “recommended amounts” from GoFundmMe. Please do not worry about these “recommendations”!
In case you wish to be informed about the progress via a newsletter, please send us your email address.
Please remain supportive of HOPE HOME • НАДІЯ and our efforts in Pervomaiske,
warmly and grateful
Adrienne Goehler, Sofia Galat, Anastasia Zhuravel, Fee Dutombé, Anastasiia Melnyk
This video reports on the progress we’ve already made with your help. As of June 1, 2025, 3:08 minutes, Language: Ukrainian
















Images of the reconstruction, made possible with your donations!


Picturecredits © Adrienne Goehler, Sofi Halat, Natalie Kashuba, Alexandra Pavlenko























NEWS 












Project in Novomykolaivka featured in House of No Waste


Youth exchange the Ukrainian-German NGO ‘HOPE HOME’ within the program for engaging young people in Ukraines recovery through the ‘VidNOVA:UA’ youth exchanges, held in the village of Novomykolaivka, Mykolaiv region.


International Ideas Competition – House of No Waste


Want to know more? Here is the link: House of No Waste – Online Exhibition




The project implemented within the VidNOVA:UA youth exchange by the NGO HOPE HOME, in partnership with Hempire UA and Mykolaiv District Military Administration, has been featured in the international online exhibition House of No Waste and received an Acknowledgement Prize.


Gratitude is expressed to the organizers and the jury for their recognition and attention to the initiative.


The project was implemented in the village of Novomykolaivka (Mykolaiv region, Ukraine), a community de-occupied in 2022 and currently undergoing recovery. As part of the initiative, an inclusive youth space was created with the participation of young people from different regions of Ukraine, including local residents, internally displaced persons, and people with disabilities.


The implementation combined hands-on construction with an educational component, integrating ecological solutions and circular economy principles. Natural materials such as hemp-based plaster and clay paint were used, alongside the reuse of timber and structural elements. This approach contributed to waste reduction and promoted responsible resource use.


The project demonstrates the potential of sustainable and inclusive recovery based on collaboration, youth engagement, and long-term environmental approaches.

































Press Information HOPE HOME • НАДІЯ 
















Ukrainian.Media, 28. November 2025 – englisch
Olena Solodovnikova


Home is like a second skin.


A House Is the Third Skin. 
Adrienne Goehler Proposes Ecological Reconstruction That Heals Trauma























Artikel taz, 21. Juni 2025 – Wiederaufbau in der Ukraine


Hier hat jede Fuge Sinn


Das deutschukrainische Pilotprojekt „Hope Home“ im südwestukrainischen Perwomaischke versucht den Wiederaufbau in Schönheit und Würde. Ein Ortsbesuch.


Von  Elke Schmitter






Schon sehr viel Himmel hier.


Perwomaiske, „Erster Mai“, liegt im Südwesten der Ukraine, inmitten enorm flacher Felder. An Tagen wie diesen, zu Anfang des Juni, sieht es hier tatsächlich aus wie die Fahne; unten der gelbe Weizen, oben das Blau. Hin und wieder ist es so still, dass sogar die Hunde Langeweile haben. Drei offensichtlich nicht verwandte liegen gemeinsam an einer Kreuzung und warten darauf, dass wenigstens ein Fahrrad kommt. …


Article in german.















Die russischen Soldaten ließen bei ihrem Vordringen Ruinen und verminte Felder zurück. Foto: Projekt Hope Home  














Artikel MAZ Wittstock/Dosse


Hanf, Stroh, Lehm: Wie ein bombardiertes Gemeindehaus in der Ukraine neu aufgebaut werden soll.


Read the article on our page – in german!











Baustoffentwickler Norbert Höpfer. Quelle: Björn Wagener















Artikel suspilne-media online von  | 


Half a year after russian shelling – how the former front-line village lives in the Mykolaiv region














This video reports on the progress we’ve already made with your help. As of January 20, 2025, 2:16 minutes, Language: Ukrainian


















Mapping of Pervomaiske


Research Seminar Winter 24/25












The village of Pervomaiske in Mykolaiv Oblast is currently the focus of the HOPE HOME – НАДІЯ project, a pilot project for the ecological reconstruction of Ukraine. In the HopeHome seminar, students from the TU Berlin were involved in mapping the site for the first time in order to establish a basis for continuing the project and simplifying communication between project partners. 


With: Bela Mohr, Karim Touhtouh, Malte Heesen, Moritz Henes, Sofi Halat


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The phases of HOPE HOME • НАДІЯ – January 2024 until 2026



















HOPE HOME • НАДІЯ Materialshow in KYIV 























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Deutschlandfunk,  (in GERMAN)


Radikal anders: Künstler testen den nachhaltigen Wiederaufbau

















Deutschlandradio,  (in GERMAN)


„Hope Home“ – Nachhaltiger Wiederaufbau in der Ukraine
























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