Providing Leaders of Humanitarian NGOs free access to high-quality coaching to achieve better leadership, better organizations and a better world whereby paying participating coaches a fair fee for their valuable work.
NGO teams in crisis regions are often directly impacted by the very emergencies they seek to address. Ongoing exposure to stress and trauma can leave leaders and their teams vulnerable to exhaustion and burnout.
Professional coaching offers vital support in navigating these challenges, strengthening resilience and leadership capacity.
The Cosmikk Foundation supports leaders of humanitarian NGOs in crisis areas by providing funding for coaching, leadership and resilience workshops, as well as organizational development initiatives.
Humanitarian NGOs in crisis areas by
providing their members free access to high-quality coaching and resilience development
whilst paying local ICF-certified coaches for their valuable work
Our dedicated team of ICF-certified coaches in Ukraine shares a strong focus on resilience and trauma-sensitive coaching. They are deeply committed to supporting leaders and teams in highly challenging environments. To sustain their own wellbeing and effectiveness, they regularly engage in professional supervision to reflect, recharge, and stay grounded.
Uwe Achterholt and Karsten Drath founded the Cosmikk Foundation in 2022 to close a critical gap: leaders of humanitarian NGOs in crisis zones often face extreme stress without access to professional support.
With their background in leadership and resilience development, they wanted to provide exactly that.
Under the banner "We Help the Helpers", the foundation offers funding for coaching, resilience workshops, and organizational development, empowering those who bring stability to the world's most fragile regions.
Guided by the belief "Better Leadership – Better Organizations – Better World the Cosmikk Foundation strengthens leaders where it matters most.
The charitable Cosmikk Foundation offers support exclusively through financial contributions. Legally, it operates as a trust within the "Stiftung für Stifter" foundation based in Munich, Germany.
One coaching mandate costs €500. As a Cosmikk Foundation Ambassador, you commit to funding one or more of these mandates each year.
Your contribution allows us to build long-term support partnerships with carefully selected NGOs and provide sustained, high-quality coaching to leaders where it is needed most.












