Voices of Children and Poltava City Council Join Forces to Support Children

Author:

Yuliia Didenko

The Voices of Children Foundation and the Poltava City Council have signed a memorandum of cooperation. The document formally establishes a partnership between the Foundation and the city in the areas of child rights protection and psychological support for families affected by the war.

The memorandum was initiated by the Acting Mayor of Poltava, Kateryna Yamshchykova, and we are sincerely grateful for her leadership in this process. It was her clear understanding of the critical importance of psychological support for children in times of war that made this partnership possible.

Anxiety, fears, sleep disturbances, and difficulties with concentration are symptoms we encounter daily in our work with families. That is why the partnership includes several key areas of cooperation:

First, providing individual and group psychological support to children who have experienced war-related trauma.
Second, preventing violence and bullying through educational activities in schools and local communities.
Third, strengthening the professional capacity of educators, social workers, and child protection specialists who work closely with children and are often the first to notice emerging difficulties.
The Foundation and the City Council will also jointly develop and distribute materials to help families better understand and respond to children’s needs during this challenging period.

In addition, the Foundation and the City Council have agreed to share data on the situation in the community, children’s needs, and the outcomes of implemented activities. We plan to launch age-specific psychological support groups for children, conduct training sessions for educators and social workers, and organize cultural and artistic activities as part of psychosocial rehabilitation.

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We believe that systematic work with children and their families delivers real results, especially when it is supported at the municipal level. Poltava is becoming another region where children can access professional psychological support more quickly and more easily.

If needed, anyone can reach out to our free psychological support helpline for children and parents: 0 800 210 106 (free of charge within Ukraine, operating hours: 9 a.m.–8 p.m.).

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