ISTR Fourth International Conference Dublin, Ireland / July 5-8, 2000 The Third Sector: For What and For Whom?

Oksana Boyko

In post communist Ukraine, numerous non-governmental civic organizations have been developed. Now the civic movement is addressing burning social problems that cannot be solved by the government alone. A common way is to establish self-help groups in local areas that at certain stages of development turn into self-help organizations; these groups and organizations assist in the psycho-social rehabilitation of patients. The particular focus of the research is the needs of survivors of breast cancer and how these might be met by self-help organizations that are developed from self- help groups. Case studies of local cancer centers and their activities in Kiev and Chrnigiv are described within the context of other NGOs in Kiev, Ukraine.

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