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The Voices of Children Charitable Foundation was registered by human rights activist Olena Rozvadovska and journalist Azad Safarov in 2019. Join us!

Voices of Children is the largest Ukrainian Foundation providing comprehensive psychological support to children living through war

Join us and be part of positive change: voices.org.ua/en/donat ❤️

UA page – facebook.com/voicesofchildren.ua Before that, the foundation's team worked as volunteers. Since 2015, we have been helping children affected by the war. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the foundation has significantly expanded its activities to help children throughout the country. We work in three main areas: psychosocial assistance, humanitarian aid to families and communities, and strengthening the voice of the children. Overcoming the consequences of the war is a long journey that will take many years. That is why it is so important to recognize the negative impacts caused by the war and provide psychosocial care and rehabilitation to children and families in a timely manner. To do this, we perform as follows:
provide long-term psychological support until the child or family regains control over their lives;
cover all the needs of the family - from basic to professional psychological rehabilitation;
create communities where everyone can find not only support for themselves, but also support others;
promote the child-centered approach to child-related decisions;
help to make the children's voices heard and give them the floor at our events;
work in the field - we always study the specific request of the family and look for the best solution for them;
since 2015, have been helping children affected by the war: we have unique practices, stories and analytics that we are ready to share;
investigate violations of children's rights, draw global attention to them, and demand change. With us you save childhood. Donate:
https://voices.org.ua/en/donat/
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09/25/2026

Their paths crossed again 11 years later. Our co-founder Olena Rozvadovska recognized a familiar face among our summer camp team. Dasha, one of the camp administrators, turned out to be the same girl Olena had met back in 2015 in Zolote, a town in the east of Ukraine 😮

Dasha was 16 at the time. That summer, a missionary group, including Olena, came to Zolote, which was close to the front line. They organized a day camp for local children and spent time together playing, drawing, singing, and talking about what everyday life was like in a town affected by war.

Years passed. Olena went on to found Voices of Children, while Dasha grew up and chose to support children who, like her, have had to grow up amid war. Zolote has been under Russian occupation since June 2022, so Dasha cannot yet return to the town where she spent her childhood. At the camp, she met children who also know what it means to lose their home.

💬 “I understand what it’s like because I was once a child in a similar situation. I want to give them as many happy memories as possible, so that years from now, they can look back on this time with a smile. I think that when you work with children, you can bring some happiness not only to them, but to your own inner child as well,” Dasha says.

Those few summer days in Zolote gave a 16-year-old girl a sense of warmth and care that stayed with her for years. Today, she is passing that on to other children. And who knows, perhaps years from now, one of this summer’s campers will come back to volunteer with us too.

💙 Help children receive the kind of care that may inspire them to support others one day. Make a donation of any amount: voices.org.ua/en/donat

09/14/2026

Nine-year-old Kira from Kharkiv has grown used to the fact that school now takes place underground, in a shelter, and that an air raid siren can sound at any moment. But after every alert, it still takes her quite a while to feel calm again.

And she is going through all of this without her dad by her side: Dmytro has been defending Ukraine on the front line since 2025. So, everything that used to be shared between the two parents has fallen on her mother, Aliona—household responsibilities, work, and supporting her daughter through difficult moments.

Coping with everything alone was becoming increasingly difficult, so the family turned to the Voices of Children center in Kharkiv.

👉 Read the cards to learn what helped Kira feel calmer and more confident.

To support children like Kira, the Foundation needs your help. Please contribute with a donation of any amount:
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Funded with support from UK aid from the UK government through the British Embassy Kyiv, and implemented by the Voices of Children Foundation as part of the National Consortium PULSE, coordinated by the Right to Protection Charitable Foundation. The UK government’s support for this project in Ukraine is provided through the SHARP component of its Humanitarian, Recovery and Protection Programme.

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09/08/2026

Children’s words about the war have made their way to Slovenia: President Nataša Pirc Musar received our book "War Through the Voices of Children" 🇸🇮

It happened at the Bled Strategic Forum, where Oleksandra Matviichuk had a separate meeting with the President. They discussed Russia’s war against Ukraine and accountability for the gravest crimes. Among several symbolic gifts, the human rights defender presented her with our collection of nearly 100 quotes from Ukrainian children about the war, illustrated by prominent figures.

More recently, our book also reached French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, with Oleksandra once again presenting it in person. Children’s words about the war are now in Paris, too.

Thank you, Oleksandra, for finding opportunities wherever you go to keep the world’s attention on Ukrainian children 🫂

📌 "War Through the Voices of Children" has already reached the European Parliament, the OSCE, the Vatican, the King of the United Kingdom, and many world leaders. You can order a copy here 👉 voices.org.ua/en/knyzhka-viyna-holosamy-ditey

09/02/2026

In this photo are four girls standing outside their damaged apartment building in Kyiv.

Yesterday, September 1—the first day of school in Ukraine—they were heading to the traditional school ceremony, with bows in their hair and wearing vyshyvankas, Ukrainian embroidered shirts. Just as children should be on their first day back at school.

That same day, a Russian strike hit their apartment building 💔

Over the years of full-scale war, we have learned to live alongside news like this. We read about another strike and keep scrolling. But children should not have to grow up in a reality where the first day of school exists alongside explosions, ruins, and death.

This is not normal. And we must never allow it to become normal.

❗️ In recent days, Russia has been terrorizing Kyiv and several other regions almost continuously. Air raid alerts follow one after another, Russian drones are constantly flying over the capital, and drone attacks alternate with missile strikes. This is the reality in which children are being forced to begin a new school year.

At Voices of Children, we support children who have lived through Russian attacks, loss of loved ones, evacuation, and occupation. We help them cope with what they have experienced and regain a sense of an ordinary childhood.

Right now, millions of children across Ukraine need support. We cannot reach them all without you.

💙 Please make a donation and help us be there for more children: voices.org.ua/en/donat

09/01/2026

A Marvel-level crossover, Voices of Children style: we brought together alumni of all our arts labs for one big Youth Retreat in the Carpathians 🤩

They are teenagers from across Ukraine, including frontline regions, each with their own talent. They had previously taken part in our outreach creative programs, and we had really wanted to bring them together again. Until now, most of them had only known the people from their own residency. This time, they all spent six days together in one place.

☝️ The idea was to create a space where there was plenty of everything. A place where you could fly kites in the mountains, listen to live music by bands ShchukaRyba, DakhTrio, and Fusion Jams in the evening, and pay for a drink at the bar not with money, but with leaves from the trees. And amid all of that, you could lie back in a hammock or join a tea ceremony and simply enjoy the quiet. We wanted everyone to catch themselves thinking: I feel good here.

It wasn’t just the individual activities that made this possible. It was also the feeling of safety—something these teenagers often lack at home. One participant shared: “I haven’t slept properly for a year. I don’t let myself cry. But here, after dancing, I couldn’t hold it in. I cried all evening and then slept soundly.” 💤

It was also a place to rediscover parts of yourself. Marichka, for example, had chosen to study applied philology and quietly put her love of music aside. During one of the evening concerts, she found the courage to join the musicians on stage for the first time and perform a song she had written herself. Watching the other teenagers cheer her on was one of the most moving moments of the entire Retreat 🥺

The participants called the Retreat “a world that doesn’t exist”—it felt so far removed from the reality they have to live in every day. But during the final audio performance, as everyone lay on the grass with their flashlights glowing, mentor Hannusia Miziuk said: this world does exist. It began here, within this community, and now the participants are carrying it forward.

Swipe through the photos—that world is right there 💛
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This arts residency was made possible with the financial support of our partners, including Patrick van t Haar—a Dutch journalist, activist and volunteer with the charitable initiative Hulpacties DvhN, FrD en LC—as well as other friends of the Foundation who helped make it happen.

08/28/2026

Hollywood actor Liev Schreiber met with children in Kyiv who have lived through occupation or been forced to flee their homes because of the war ❤️‍🩹

The co-founder of the BlueCheck Charitable Foundation, known for his roles in X-Men and Scream, visited a Voices of Children center, where children and families receive the support they need. Kyiv had spent the previous night under air-raid alerts, and by morning Liev was sitting around a table with the children, making candles together.

One of the girls gave him a drawing, and Liev tried to sound out the Ukrainian message written on it. When our co-founder Olena Rozvadovska jumped in to help, he laughed: “Give me a chance to do it myself!” 😁

Halfway through the visit, another air-raid alert sounded, so we continued part of the conversation in the shelter. There, Liev listened to the stories of three girls: Anna and Dasha had lived through occupation, while Halia had fled Bakhmut. He asked Anna what she dreamed of becoming, and she said a lawyer. When he asked what kind of law she wanted to practice, her answer was human rights—so that what happened to her would not happen to anyone else.

💬 “To me, that’s a very typical Ukrainian response: How do we find a solution? How do we solve the problem in front of us?” Schreiber said on CNN, reflecting on his visit.

Liev is a longtime friend and partner of our Foundation. Over the past three years, his organization, BlueCheck Ukraine, has provided more than $265,000 in support for Voices of Children programs. Liev says one reason he came was to set an example for his own children: “My kids grew up really easy. They don’t know hard times. I want them to understand what it means to make sacrifices, and I don’t think there’s anywhere in the world where that is clearer than here.”

Liev also has a personal connection to Ukraine through his family roots. He previously told us about his mysterious grandfather from Odesa, his mother, who drove a taxi, and what he admires most about Ukrainians on our Voices Podcast. Watch via link in bio: bit.ly/3Sx9Wp6 🎧

08/24/2026

35 years ago, Ukraine chose to be free. Today, war is trying to take that freedom away, and with it, the ordinary childhood every kid deserves ❤️‍🩹

This Independence Day, you can help a Ukrainian child cope, heal, and find steadier ground after everything they've seen.

Celebrate our freedom by protecting their future 🇺🇦

👉 Give a hand to Ukrainian children: voices.org.ua/en/donat

08/23/2026

Lots of love to us all on Ukrainian Flag Day from Tymofii (2nd grade).

You don’t need to have Ukrainian blood to understand how important it is for children to grow up without fear. Thank you for standing with us!

You can support childhood in Ukraine by sharing our news and making a donation: voices.org.ua/en/donat
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08/14/2026

Hanna is seven. She often argued with her mother, reacted strongly to even minor remarks and could go from joy to tears or anger within minutes 😞

But this was not simply a matter of a “difficult personality.” Because of the war, Hanna’s family was forced to flee the Luhansk region. Later, her parents separated, and her mother lost her brother in the war.

It was simply too much for a seven-year-old to cope with and at that age, children do not always have the words to explain what is happening inside them. So Hanna’s feelings came out through her behaviour, most often around her mother, the person she felt closest to.

☝️ This happens to children and adults alike: anger can surface before we have time to understand what we are really feeling. Behind an angry outburst, there is often anxiety, exhaustion, hurt, helplessness or pain. That is why it is important to help children recognise and name their emotions and express them safely.

After working with the team at our centre in Dnipro, Hanna’s mother shared:

“After everything we had been through, I was afraid my daughter would withdraw into herself. Now I can see that she trusts me more, talks about her feelings more often and no longer has to cope with them alone. That is the greatest joy for me.”

📌 Read the cards to learn what has changed in Hanna’s life and how the Foundation supported her and her mother.

Behind every story like this are months of work by psychologists. And right now, many more children across Ukraine need support: voices.org.ua/en/donat
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This publication was made possible through the generous support of the Government of the United States of America. Its contents are the sole responsibility of Voices of Children and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Government of the United States of America.

08/12/2026

Not every kind of support can be measured by the number of consultations provided or essential items distributed.

Case management is exactly that. The term may sound unfamiliar, but the idea is simple: when it becomes too hard to carry everything alone, a specialist steps in and walks the path alongside them.

Paperwork, hospitals, social benefits, finding the right specialists, dozens of different services—when everything comes at once, it is easy to feel lost.

That is what happened to Tetiana’s family. Her husband was wounded on the front line, their two young sons were often ill, and Tetiana herself was dealing with health problems of her own. At one point, the responsibilities and worries became more than one person could manage alone. That was when one of our case managers entered the family’s life.

📌 Read the cards to see how the family is overcoming these challenges step by step.

Since the Foundation began its work, 11,714 people have received support from our case managers, and Tetiana’s family is among them. Read about what we have achieved together in our magazine-style report on our website.

❤️ There are more stories like this than we have time to tell. That is why we are building the Childhood Center, so that support can be there for every child who needs it. Support the project with a donation: voices.org.ua/en/donat
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Implemented thanks to the generous support of the Government of the United States of America. The contents of this publication are the responsibility of the Voices of Children Charitable Foundation and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Government of the United States of America.

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