Assistance for Children and Parents

We respond to children's diverse needs, listen to them, and provide timely, professional help tailored to their requests.

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Together with communities and local businesses, we create inclusive spaces, playgrounds, sensory rooms, and hubs for children and teenagers.

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We strengthen international connections and initiate our own initiatives aimed at amplifying children's voices and participation.

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Advocacy

We amplify the voices of children through social campaigns, research and analytics.

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Childhood Center

The Foundation will build a large-scale rehabilitation center for children and parents affected by the war.

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Our camps are, first and foremost, psychosocial support for children — delivered as a residential program.

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Children's stories

Here we have collected only a small part of the children's stories, because most of the stories have not yet been told.

We want there to be more children's smiles next to the war, so we try to respond to each child's problems individually. Thanks to charitable contributions, we conduct art therapy classes for some, and provide individual psychological assistance for others. We help some with PTSD treatment, others with problems of education, etc.

“A Place of Fear Became a Place of Hope”: How Yaroslav from Sumy Overcame Fear After a Russian Missile Strike

“A Place of Fear Became a Place of Hope”: How Yaroslav from Sumy Overcame Fear After a Russian Missile Strike

Yaroslav is not afraid of Shahed drones. Not only when he hears them, but also when he sees them in the sky. If they are flying high, they will keep going. If they are low, it is time to take shelter. He knows the two-wall rule well—staying where two walls separate you from an explosion, and, at just 11 years old, reacts to air raid alerts with a calmness beyond his years. You might think he has simply grown used to them in his hometown of Sumy. But that is not actually the case.

A Snail in a Shell of Dreams: How Mykhailyk from Mykolaiv Is Learning to Live Without Fear

A Snail in a Shell of Dreams: How Mykhailyk from Mykolaiv Is Learning to Live Without Fear

Eleven-year-old Mykhailyk’s more immediate dream is not to be afraid of the night. Because it is at night that Russian Shahed drones fly loudest over his hometown of Mykolaiv, and the whistles of Russian missiles can be heard. And that always scares him. Psychologists from the Voices of Children Foundation are helping Mykhailo Pasiechnyk, affectionately known as Mykhailyk, overcome his fears so he can dream freely.

Valeriia: The Girl from a City That Smells of the Sea

Valeriia: The Girl from a City That Smells of the Sea

Half of Valeriia’s life has been packed into suitcases. By the age of ten, she had already moved at least five times—more than many adults do in a lifetime. Her childhood has been shaped by roads, new schools, and unfamiliar homes... and by learning how to start over again and again.

Fear Comes When the Day Ends: Alina’s Story, for Whom Nighttime Became a Challenge

Fear Comes When the Day Ends: Alina’s Story, for Whom Nighttime Became a Challenge

Alina loves to draw. People and animals, houses filled with tiny details, flowers and trees. She colors her drawings in bright shades, and when she invents new stories, lets her imagination wander, and escapes into her own world, it becomes easier for her to cope with the everyday realities. In those moments, Alina relaxes and seems to forget, if only for a while, everything happening around her.

The World Can Be Kind: How Psychological Support Helped Six-Year-Old Hlib Regain Confidence

The World Can Be Kind: How Psychological Support Helped Six-Year-Old Hlib Regain Confidence

Hlib is a six-year-old boy with eyes that seem to want to take in the whole world at once. Curiosity and a million questions every day — that was him before the war took away his home in the Kupiansk district. His family was forced to leave because of constant shelling that partially destroyed their house.

“Dad Left Us Memories in Advance”: The Story of Anastasiia, Polina, and Kseniia

“Dad Left Us Memories in Advance”: The Story of Anastasiia, Polina, and Kseniia

Anastasiia remembers standing in the middle of an unfamiliar city with two suitcases. Her hometown of Chaplynka, her home, her job, her entire familiar life were left behind. Beside her stood her two daughters, and she had no idea what would come next. In June 2022, they were forced to leave their hometown in search of safety.

“I Wrote About Home Sitting in a Basement”: Sofiia’s Story

“I Wrote About Home Sitting in a Basement”: Sofiia’s Story

Sofiia Konieva is from New York, Donetsk region. It is a small town she describes as incredibly beautiful and deeply dear to her. She remembers sitting in a basement and writing poems about injustice, about love, about her hometown. Rhyme became a way for her to process and express her emotions.

“I hated my memories during the first year of the war”: Mariia’s story from Siverskodonetsk

“I hated my memories during the first year of the war”: Mariia’s story from Siverskodonetsk

Mariia is from Siverskodonetsk, Luhansk region. Her hometown is currently under Russia’s occupation. She has been writing for a third of her life, and at just eighteen, she has already published a poetry collection. For her, writing is not a choice, but the only possible path in her life. She searches for words for everything she sees and thinks about, trying to capture what her memory holds.

In His Mother’s Hugs: How 7-Year-Old Rodion from Dnipro Is Learning Not to Be Afraid of Explosions

In His Mother’s Hugs: How 7-Year-Old Rodion from Dnipro Is Learning Not to Be Afraid of Explosions

Rodion is seven. He loves sculpting imaginary little figures, inventing entire worlds for them, playing with friends in the yard, and falling asleep cuddled up to his French bulldog named Keks, because the dog is the same color as milk chocolate. Rodion is very peaceful and often philosophizes. For example, he is convinced that there should always be people nearby who love you.

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