Voices of Children

Voices of Children 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:
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06/15/2026

At least 9 people were killed, children were among the injured, and the UNESCO-listed Kyiv Pechersk Lavra was damaged during Russia's overnight attack on Ukraine 💔

Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Sumy, and many other communities came under a massive barrage of missiles and drones. Residential buildings, schools, a kindergarten, and a college were damaged.

In Kyiv, at least four people were killed and dozens injured, including a pregnant woman and two children aged 5 and 6. In Kharkiv, five emergency responders were killed while responding to a repeated attack.

The scale of these attacks keeps growing. For millions of Ukrainians, another sleepless night has become routine. For too many children, so have air raid sirens, shelters, and waking up to news that someone did not survive the night.

🕯 Our hearts are with the families who lost loved ones and with everyone affected by this violence.

Our teams continue to provide vital support to children and families in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Sumy and other communities across Ukraine, particularly in frontline regions, where children face the consequences of this war every day.

Help us share the truth.

Some projects end with the final report. Others continue to live on through the approaches, teams, and solutions they le...
06/09/2026

Some projects end with the final report. Others continue to live on through the approaches, teams, and solutions they leave behind.

Three years ago, together with our German partner Plan International, we launched a major project to support families living in frontline regions of Ukraine. Over that time, thousands of children, parents, and professionals received psychological, psychosocial, legal, and other essential forms of support 🤝

We learned a lot along the way. We developed new areas of work, expanded our services, and looked for ways to support families more holistically, not only through individual consultations or activities.

It was within this project that we began developing case management—a service that helps families navigate difficult life circumstances, access benefits, complete paperwork, and find the support they need. Today, this approach is used across all of the Voices of Children Foundation’s centers.

📌 The cards below highlight some of the key results from these three years. We’re proud of every one of them.

Thank you to Plan International for your trust and partnership. Many more stories of support are still to come ❤️

Today, we want to share what gives us strength: in 2025, thanks to your support, we were able to help 25,000 children an...
06/08/2026

Today, we want to share what gives us strength: in 2025, thanks to your support, we were able to help 25,000 children and parents across Ukraine despite all the challenges 🫂

Over the past year, there have been countless stories, programmes, trips, consultations, camps, new initiatives, and important milestones. And behind every number is a child, a parent, or a family whose life was touched by that support.

This year, we decided to move away from the traditional annual report format and invited graduates of our arts laboratories to help create it. After all, we are Voices of Children ❤️

Teenagers from Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Chernihiv, and Bakhmut conducted real interviews with our team, asking about our daily work, challenges, and what keeps us going.

The result feels less like a boring report and more like a magazine—filled with honest conversations, unexpected questions, and the stories of the people behind the Foundation.

📌 Read the full report to explore the year's key achievements, a behind-the-scenes look at our work, reflections on what kind of “natural phenomenon” 2025 was for our team, and our plans for the future: bit.ly/4uQ2nrx

The next report will depend on how many more children we can support together. You can help by making a donation or sharing our fundraising campaigns:
voices.org.ua/en/donat

06/02/2026

Last night, Russia launched one of its largest attacks in recent months, targeting Kyiv, Dnipro, and other regions across Ukraine with missiles and drones 💔

In Dnipro, a 3-year-old child was killed when a residential building was destroyed in the attack. The death toll in the city has risen to 9, while at least 35 people were injured, including three children. People may still be trapped under the rubble.

In Kyiv, at least 4 people were killed and 65 injured, including three children. A residential building was heavily damaged, and rescue operations continue. Debris also fell on the grounds of two kindergartens.

The recent attacks feel increasingly terrifying—both in the sounds we hear from shelters and in the devastation they leave behind. Russia continues to intensify its terror against civilians across Ukraine, including children, whose homes, schools, communities, and sense of safety are being shattered by these attacks.

🕯 Our hearts are with the families who lost loved ones and with everyone affected by this violence.

Voices of Children teams continue to provide vital support to children and families in Kyiv, Dnipro, and communities across Ukraine, particularly in frontline regions, where children face the consequences of this war every day.

Help us share the truth.

Here’s another story we’re happy to share: in Zurich, 230 people came together for an evening of music—and raised enough...
05/29/2026

Here’s another story we’re happy to share: in Zurich, 230 people came together for an evening of music—and raised enough to fund a summer recovery camp session for Ukrainian children affected by the war ✨

Swiss non-profit organization Kryla hosted a charity concert featuring pianist Alexey Botvinov. The program included works by renowned composers such as Bach, Chopin, and Philip Glass, alongside Ukrainian composers Valentyn Sylvestrov, Alemdar Karamanov, and Myroslav Skoryk.

Guests supported the event by purchasing tickets and postcards featuring artwork created by children who took part in last year’s art laboratory in Lviv, which was also supported by Kryla. Together, they raised funds for the first session of Lord of the Elements.

And that’s not all! This year, Kryla will fund four camp sessions in total, giving war-affected teenagers the opportunity to take part in hiking and rafting activities, connect with peers, engage in creative activities that encourage self expression, and receive psychological support.

Thank you to Kryla, Alexey, and everyone who joined us that evening. Your support helps ensure that children who need it most can access the care ❤️

We are deeply inspired by the stories of children from other countries supporting Ukrainian children. This time, student...
05/26/2026

We are deeply inspired by the stories of children from other countries supporting Ukrainian children. This time, students and teachers from a German high school raised €1,300 during a holiday fair to support children in Ukraine 🙌

Behind this initiative is journalist Vasyl Holod, head of ARD Kyiv, who once studied at the school himself. From time to time, he returns to Humboldt-Gymnasium Bad Pyrmont in his hometown of Bad Pyrmont to speak with students about the war in Ukraine.

After one of these meetings, the school community decided they wanted to do something meaningful. That is how the idea was born. The holiday fair was organized entirely by students and teachers. The funds raised during the event were donated to charity, including €1,300 for the Voices of Children Foundation.

We are grateful to Vasyl and the entire Humboldt-Gymnasium community for supporting children and helping keep stories about Ukraine visible ❤️

If you also share our mission and would like to support children affected by the war, you can help by sharing our updates or making a donation here: voices.org.ua/en/donat

💬 "The Wind wanted to come back, but his wings were broken. Now he has become the sky," says 5-year-old Daniel about his...
05/22/2026

💬 "The Wind wanted to come back, but his wings were broken. Now he has become the sky," says 5-year-old Daniel about his father, who was killed defending Ukraine.

His mother couldn't bring herself to tell her son the truth for a long time, so she told him his father had gone on a "very long trip." But Daniel could feel it—something had happened. And it was showing in his behavior and the way he felt.

To help her son come to terms with the loss of his father, she reached out to Voices of Children specialists in Sumy.

That's how Daniel met the psychologists. Through fairy tales, he gradually began to face the concept of death. He started talking about the Wind who became the sky, and the Bear who went to protect the forest and never came back.

📌 How the boy walked the path of acceptance, and how his mother found the strength to say the word "killed"—in the cards.

🌟Help Ukrainian children receive the support they need to cope with the impact of war: voices.org.ua/en/donat

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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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Our Kyiv office was fuller than usual the other day: psychologists from every one of our centers came together in one pl...
05/20/2026

Our Kyiv office was fuller than usual the other day: psychologists from every one of our centers came together in one place 👥

The reason was a serious one. Child and family psychologist Svitlana Royz stopped by to run the first day of a four-day hands-on training in the children's version of the RTM Protocol—an innovative approach to trauma that helps the brain gently "disconnect" distressing emotions from painful memories. It's already proven to work with adults.

Now Svitlana, Viktoriia Gorbunova, Tetiana Shyriaieva, and Serhii Tsyapets, together with our Foundation and GlobalInMind, are adapting it for children for the first time anywhere in the world 🤝

The first day covered trauma theory, with Svitlana leading hands-on practices and preparing the group for the intensive days ahead. After five hours of work, the participants spent another 40 minutes just hugging each other.

Then came three days of online sessions with Viktoriia Gorbunova, project lead, and coaches—learning the RTM Protocol and putting their skills into practice.

💬 "Getting to feel in your own body and mind how a technique actually works, and hearing the clinical rationale straight from one of its authors—that's something you simply can't get from studying the same technique in theory, no matter how long you study," said Lidiia Riabchenko, psychologist at our Mykolaiv center.

Our psychologists are the first group to go through this training. It will gradually become available to other specialists across the country.

Thank you to Svitlana, Viktoriia, and the coaches for an intensive and deeply meaningful training — and for the little bell bracelets that still bring back the warmth of that day 🔔

05/19/2026

We've been looking forward to this moment—Voices Camp is back for summer 2026 🌅

This summer, for the third year in a row, the Voices of Children camp, run with the support of and in partnership with the Olena Zelenska Foundation / Фундація Олени Зеленської, will once again bring together children from different parts of Ukraine.

Olena Zelenska Foundation will fund eight camp sessions for 448 children affected by the war in Ukraine, including children of military service members, internally displaced children, and those living in frontline areas. Alongside them will be caring adults and peers who truly understand what they have been through.

The camp program includes psychological support, art and sports activities, as well as a space for discovering new interests and making new friends—everything that helps children regain a sense of stability and calm.
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In 2024–2025, 498 children attended Voices Camp. We love hearing that children continue their friendships after camp, while families notice positive changes that remain with them long afterward.

Masha from Kharkiv, Maks and Yeva from Sumy, and Liera from Mariupol recorded videos sharing their memories from camp and words of support for new participants ❤️

Voices Camp іs organized in cooperation with the Olena Zelenska Foundation within the Youth Spaces 12-21 Project with the financial support of the The Howard G. Buffett Foundation.

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