Micro-Humanitarian Instant Impact

The Small Projects Team

Ukraine has a huge number of humanitarian micro-projectsThese are often set up by individuals, sometimes victims themselves, in response to an emergency or a specific need. These projects are often not structured as organisations and have little access to funding outside their first circles of acquaintance. 

Si aujourd’hui les réseaux sociaux peuvent aider ces initiatives à acquérir une certaine visibilité, il reste très difficile pour eux de se faire connaître et de recevoir de l’aide, notamment dû à la volonté des donateurs de s’assurer que leurs fonds servent sur le terrain. 

The Small Projects Team a pour mission de créer des projets à impact immédiat directement avec les bénéficiaires. Nous collectons des dons financiers et en nature, et nous gérons l’ensemble de la logististique, jusqu’au dernier kilomètre. Nous garantissons à nos donateurs un reporting précis et transparent sur l’utilisation des fonds sur le terrain.

66%

Your donations entitle you to an income tax reduction in France of 66 % of the amount paid.

100%

As TSPT relies solely on volunteers, 100% of donations are used on the ground.

The Small Projects Team was set up by Charles Tiné and Magda Masquelier as a result of meetings between international volunteers in Ukraine, Poland and France. Its mission is to have a direct and rapid humanitarian impact by creating and running field projects and providing donors with detailed monitoring and reporting on the impact of their donations. These projects can cover a wide range of sectors (children, evacuations, medical, etc.) and can also involve entrepreneurial projects as part of the reconstruction of affected areas. In all our actions, we subscribe to the fundamental values of humanitarianism, and are non-religious, independent and non-political.

We aim to bring speed and transparency to humanitarian financial flows. Our project selection process is strict and we ensure the legitimacy of the projects to avoid any form of scam. Once the funds are received, they are sent to the field as quickly as possible. We then obtain the expenditure tables with supporting documents, which we integrate into illustrated reports communicated to our donors.

We guarantee project leaders a detailed study of their needs, and sympathetic support throughout the application process. Once the application is complete, we guarantee a decision within 3 days. In the same spirit, we guarantee our donors that their funds will be sent to the field as quickly as possible to maximise their impact, if necessary with the help of partners that we have carefully selected. Our organisation is 100% voluntary and all funds raised are paid back to the beneficiaries. 

Let's get to know

Our team

Charles Tiné

Montreal, Canada

Charles is French, an entrepreneur and lives in Montreal. He became involved in supporting Ukrainian refugees at the beginning of March 2022, in Przemysl, at the Tesco refugee centre, and then in Lviv. He is the founder of The Small Projects Team. Find out more about his background in the interview he gave to LDaily (click on the orange link above).

Magda Masquelier

Peillonnex, France

Magda is co-founder of The Small Projects Team. She is actively involved in the association's humanitarian mission, and trained as a lawyer. The mother of three boys and a keen hiker, she is active, tenacious, committed and optimistic, with a real faith in human beings.

Nataliia Piskova

Kyiv, Ukraine

Nataliia is our Kyiv-based coordinator. She is Ukrainian and speaks perfect French and English. She plays a key role in managing our projects and liaising with our local partners. Reliable, ultra-energetic and always smiling... as long as she has some Dragibus to hand!

Matthias Baptista

Paris, France

Matthias is an undergraduate student at the University of Montreal, pursuing a degree in International Studies. Currently completing his final internship, he recently returned from an exchange program in Brazil and is now focusing on issues related to associations and non-profit organizations.

Tomek Loch

Katowice, Poland

Tomek has a Master's degree in Economics and has been working as a volunteer for several humanitarian projects since 1990. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, he has been helping refugees and victims in both Poland and Ukraine and organising humanitarian transport for injured people to receive treatment in the EU.

Help us make a difference in the field

The Small Projects Team is a non-profit humanitarian association registered in France.

RNA NUMBER : W781009595

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