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The Foundation's team
Thanks to the partnership between Kormotech and the Voices of Children Charitable Foundation, more than a thousand children and adults have received psychological and psychosocial support at the Foundation’s center in Lviv. Since May 21, 2024, the company has contributed more than $128,000 to support the center’s work. Kormotech continues its partnership with the Voices of Children Charitable Foundation by supporting the operation of its Lviv center.
Over the course of the partnership between Ukraine’s largest producer of pet food and the charitable foundation, more than a thousand children and parents have received or continue to receive support in various formats.
In particular, specialists at the Lviv center have provided:
In particular, specialists at the Lviv center have provided:
- 1,840 individual psychological sessions for children;
- 988 individual sessions for adults;
- 99 psychological groups for children and 46 for adults;
- 539 psychosocial groups for children;
- 77 psychosocial groups for adults;
- 13 psychosocial groups for families.
Voices of Children centers operate as safe and welcoming spaces where children and adults can receive individual counseling and group support, as well as take part in art therapy, sandplay therapy, and other therapeutic and recovery activities. In Lviv, the Foundation’s center is located at 45A Viacheslava Chornovola Street, Building 8.
“For Kormotech, supporting children and families living with the experience of war is a long-term responsibility. It is important for us not only to respond to urgent needs, but also to help create sustainable opportunitiesfor professional psychological support. The results of the Lviv center’s work show just how much this kind of support is needed and how many families need a safe space where they can be heard and supported,”
Voices of Children has been providing comprehensive psychological support to children affected by the war for more than ten years. The Foundation also supports their families, works with local communities and children’s institutions, and advocates for changes aimed at protecting children’s rights. The Foundation’s goal is to create conditions in which every child is heard, and their rights are protected.
One of the children whose story has become part of the story of this center is Kira, who was eight when Russia’s full-scale invasion began. Together with her family, she lived through the occupation of Kherson and traveled through Russian checkpoints to reach the west of Ukraine. During her first months in Lviv, the rumble of cars would frighten her and make her grab her mother’s hand. She would watch passers-by warily, expecting danger, her mother recalled.
“The city has welcomed thousands of families like Kira’s. Air raid alerts are less frequent here, but even moving to a calmer place does not erase the impact of war. The word ‘safer’ always comes with an asterisk. Children and parents face new challenges: adapting to a new environment, making new friends and finding support, worrying about loved ones who remain closer to the fighting, and seeking ways to cope with what they have been through. Kira shared that after attending the sessions, she found it easier to meet and talk to new people. Our Lviv center exists precisely for families like hers. Here, children take part in creative activities, play board games, and learn to better understand themselves and their feelings in psychological groups led by our specialists,”
After individual counseling sessions, 94% of parents and 93% of children reported an improvement in their psychological well-being. 100% of beneficiaries surveyed said they were satisfied with the support they receivedand that it had helped improve their life circumstances.
The partnership between Kormotech and the Voices of Children Foundation aims to ensure that children and their families are not left alone with the war experience and can access professional support when they need it.
The partnership between Kormotech and the Voices of Children Foundation aims to ensure that children and their families are not left alone with the war experience and can access professional support when they need it.
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