Author:
Yuliia Didenko
For Voices of Children, every annual report is an opportunity to look back, take stock of what we have achieved, and thank everyone who has stood alongside children. That is how the Foundation’s Chair of the Board, Olena Rozvadovska, describes the purpose of these pages. The 2025 report was created together with teenagers who took part in our art labs. They conducted real interviews with the Foundation’s team members, asking about their daily work, challenges, and what inspires them.
Everyone who has joined us shares a common goal: to be a source of support for children and give them a chance to grow up differently than we did. Especially now, in times of war,
That goal can be measured in specific numbers — in the number of people we have been able to support. Over the past year, the Foundation provided support to 25,000 children and adults across Ukraine. Since the Foundation was officially established in 2019, that number has reached 162,000 children and parents. The year included work in regional centers and through the online psychological support helpline, as well as camps and intensives, CAMP+, art labs, humanitarian assistance, and support for families raising children with ASD.
The year 2025 also revealed how people’s needs are changing. In the spring, the online helpline most often received requests related to children’s fears and anxiety. By December, however, requests from parents about exhaustion and depleted energy had become the most common. Throughout the year, regional centers and two mobile teams provided support to children and adults. In 2025, specialists from the mobile teams conducted more than 10,000 individual consultations.
The year 2025 also revealed how people’s needs are changing. In the spring, the online helpline most often received requests related to children’s fears and anxiety. By December, however, requests from parents about exhaustion and depleted energy had become the most common. Throughout the year, regional centers and two mobile teams provided support to children and adults. In 2025, specialists from the mobile teams conducted more than 10,000 individual consultations.
The Foundation’s network continued to grow. This year, a center in Kropyvnytskyi has welcomed its first visitors, the Truskavets center has been transformed into a community hub, and the mobile team in Sumy has been expanded into a permanent regional center. The Foundation also joined the PULSE consortium and became part of the initiative of Ukraine’s President, Bring Kids Back UA, which supports the reintegration of Ukrainian children who have returned home from occupation or Russian deportation.
During the summer, the Foundation organized 13 residential camps for children. At the same time, the team continued to develop CAMP+, a program for the families of Ukraine’s defenders. Last year, the Foundation held five CAMP+ sessions, two more than the year before, providing rehabilitation support to 108 children and 80 adults. In October, Voices of Children presented the program at the EPPC 2025 international conference in Málaga.
During the summer, the Foundation organized 13 residential camps for children. At the same time, the team continued to develop CAMP+, a program for the families of Ukraine’s defenders. Last year, the Foundation held five CAMP+ sessions, two more than the year before, providing rehabilitation support to 108 children and 80 adults. In October, Voices of Children presented the program at the EPPC 2025 international conference in Málaga.
When I arrived at the camp with my children, I was completely broken, lost, and in an incredibly severe psychological state. What happened next, without exaggeration, was an unbelievable feeling of safety, support, and love. Thanks to CAMP+, I found amazing people I still keep in touch with today,
Voices of Children also held six art residencies involving 80 participants. During one of them, teenagers worked together with writer Kateryna Mikhalitsyna to create a poetry collection titled Oxygen. They recorded an audiobook version in their own voices and translated it into English to share it with international audiences.
My perception of creativity changed drastically. Before, it seemed like something unattainable. But after the residency, I realized that creativity is that very ‘sixth breath’ that opens up new meanings,
The Foundation’s biggest milestone of the year took place on June 5. On that day, the team symbolically launched the construction of the Childhood Center, the first space in Ukraine providing long-term psychological rehabilitation for children and parents. At the future site of the Center, guests, friends, and partners of the Foundation placed a time capsule filled with wishes for future generations of children.
Every year, Voices of Children asks families how the support they received has affected their lives. More than 95% of respondents said that the assistance met their expectations and had a positive impact on their well-being. The qualities people value most are humanity, a child-centered approach, and a sense of safety. To mark the Foundation’s sixth anniversary in December, the team invited children, parents, and partners to share a few words about what the Foundation means to them. Within just a few days, more than 160 positive messages were received.
You brought my son back to me. You brought back his smile and laughter. I’m writing this through tears, remembering how bad things were for him, and how, as a mother, I couldn’t help until we turned to your specialists,
The Foundation manages donor funding responsibly and strives to direct as many resources as possible toward direct support for children and families. At the same time, as Chair of the Board, Olena Rozvadovska explains, high-quality and safe support for children is impossible without strong administrative and operational systems behind it.
Administrative costs in our organization are a necessary part of the system that enables us to provide high-quality, safe, professional, and continuous support to children and families affected by war. The work of a psychologist is made possible by many specialists and internal processes that ensure quality, safety, continuity, and compliance with professional and ethical standards,
In 2026, the Foundation plans to launch the first phase of the Childhood Center, open a dedicated children’s room in the office as the team has had its own little baby boom, hold new art labs, and launch a National Support Hotline.
Olena Rozvadovska says that the team is ready “for any weather.” And that means they will continue to stand alongside children, whatever challenges the coming year may bring.
Read more about the Foundation’s achievements in 2025 in the full report.
Olena Rozvadovska says that the team is ready “for any weather.” And that means they will continue to stand alongside children, whatever challenges the coming year may bring.
Read more about the Foundation’s achievements in 2025 in the full report.
In 2025, 25,000 children and parents received support from the Foundation:
- 8,369 children and 2,779 adults received psychological and psychosocial support;
- 3,421 online counselling sessions were provided by our online support team;
- 2,700 internally displaced people and 13 communities received assistance from the Foundation;
- 350 families received individual humanitarian aid.
This Report Was Prepared By
Halyna Kaplenko, 17 years old, from Bakhmut, Donetsk region; Tymofii Nebykov, 19 years old, from New York, Donetsk region; Polina Starenka, 16 years old, from Vilshany, Kharkiv region; Oleksandra Nehovska, 15 years old, from Chernihiv; Hanna Bulhakova, 16 years old, from Kharkiv; Hanna Shevchenko, 17 years old, from Zaporizhzhia; Anna Kriuchkova, 17 years old, from Rozivka, Zakarpattia region; Oleksandra Taranukha, 15 years old, from Hola Prystan, Kherson region; Anhelina Yehorova, 15 years old, from Zaporizhzhia; Veronika Pidpaniuk, 16 years old, from Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi region; Sofiia Dubykivska, 17 years old, from Kyiv; Kseniia Fertak, 16 years old, from Kherson; Daria Larionova, 16 years old, from Melitopol/Zaporizhzhia; Veronika Pryss, 16 years old, from Melitopol/Zaporizhzhia; Yelyzaveta Zakharchenko, 18 years old, from Kyiv region
and the Voices of Children Foundation team
Halyna Kaplenko, 17 years old, from Bakhmut, Donetsk region; Tymofii Nebykov, 19 years old, from New York, Donetsk region; Polina Starenka, 16 years old, from Vilshany, Kharkiv region; Oleksandra Nehovska, 15 years old, from Chernihiv; Hanna Bulhakova, 16 years old, from Kharkiv; Hanna Shevchenko, 17 years old, from Zaporizhzhia; Anna Kriuchkova, 17 years old, from Rozivka, Zakarpattia region; Oleksandra Taranukha, 15 years old, from Hola Prystan, Kherson region; Anhelina Yehorova, 15 years old, from Zaporizhzhia; Veronika Pidpaniuk, 16 years old, from Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi region; Sofiia Dubykivska, 17 years old, from Kyiv; Kseniia Fertak, 16 years old, from Kherson; Daria Larionova, 16 years old, from Melitopol/Zaporizhzhia; Veronika Pryss, 16 years old, from Melitopol/Zaporizhzhia; Yelyzaveta Zakharchenko, 18 years old, from Kyiv region
and the Voices of Children Foundation team
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