A New Home for a Foster Family: Construction Nears Completion in Mykolaiv

Construction of a new home for a family-type children’s home in Mykolaiv is nearing completion. The Mykolaiv City Council reported on the progress on November 12, 2026. The house is still being prepared to welcome its new residents.

The home is being built as part of the “Address of Childhood” project by the Olena Zelenska Foundation, in cooperation with the city authorities. The project aims to provide large foster families with new homes offering safe, stable, and dignified conditions for raising children.

The initiative began in 2025, when the Mykolaiv City Council approved the necessary decisions at a council session and allocated a plot of land for construction. Preparatory work included:

• Specialists from the Central District Administration assembled a complete set of land management and urban planning documents.
• Once the documents had been finalized, all utilities were connected to the construction site: gas, electricity, water supply, and sewerage.
• A section of the road was repaired.

The Olena Zelenska Foundation is responsible for building and equipping the house. It has taken on the entire construction and finishing process, as well as furnishing the home with all the necessary furniture and household appliances.

“This project is a vivid example of how creating one social facility can bring about comprehensive infrastructure improvements. As part of the preparations for construction, specialists completely replaced the dilapidated water pipe along the entire lane, repaired the road surface, and built a new container site for household waste collection,” said Oleksandr Bereza, head of the Central District Administration.

According to the Mykolaiv City Council, the work is now in its final stage. The fully equipped house is expected to welcome its new residents soon.

We previously reported:

• A fresh start: family from Kherson region receives a home in Mykolaiv
• There is a house, but not enough parents: the reality in Mykolaiv
• As the war destroys homes, Mykolaiv residents create another family-type children’s home
• “No Child Alone”: the state is looking for homes for hundreds of children—and buying houses!
• Estonia gives new homes to two families from Kherson region who lost their homes in the war