Child Protection Ukraine Project #34883

Hope, Opportunity for 3,200 kids in Eastern Europe

by ChildAid to Eastern Europe

Hope, Opportunity for 3,200 kids in Eastern Europe

Project Report | Apr 12, 2022
Supporting war victims & easing children's anxiety

By Tina Moira | Project Leader

Moving disabled children/families to safer place

Dear Supporter,

Through our partners, we are working hard to support refugees and people remaining in Ukraine.

Moldova

Moldova is one of the first countries in the refugee pathway with thousands of children and women, elderly people with poor health seeking shelter and accommodation, care and food.

In Moldova, we have been providing mothers with their children with essential items such as nappies, slippers, warm clothing, clean underwear, personal hygiene, and hygiene products. They also guide mums who need paediatricians for their children, providing information and helping them with appointments.

Our partner Ora temporarily suspended their work at the Children's Day Centre's to provide accommodation and support to the refugees arriving in the country. Whilst Esther House is back operating, Ora, Moldova is still providing accommodation and food, hygiene products, medical and psychological help, books, school supplies and toys for the children. They will also provide transportation for the refugees and work with Elderly Houses to support elderly refugees.

Ukraine

The Little Lighthouse Rehabilitation Centre

At the moment the Centre does not operate, but they are providing accommodation for people who do not have a shelter.

Escaping war isn't an easy option for many disabled children and their families, Makariv is one of the epicentres of heavy fighting, lots of ruins everywhere, the town is constantly under shelling and is completely destroyed, houses of the families with disabled children who we support have been totally destroyed. Through volunteers, our partner is helping families move to a safer place.

''Most people in Ukraine simply do not have the resources to make any significant food supplies, with at least 60% of the population living in poverty. Long lines at supermarkets and pharmacies occur daily during the lulls in air raid sirens. ''London Politica, Report for ChildAid

Children's Hearts

We are supporting families with food supplies and hygiene products. So many people have lost their homes and live in shelters. Our partner is there for the families and the children. The children who need comfort and lots of love and reassurance that the future will be brighter, and the war will end. She provides art sessions to help children cope with their emotions and something to remind them they are still children like a cuddly toy, crayons to draw and sweets.

Thanks to the love and kindness of our supporters, we can help people escape or survive the war and ease children’s pain. We pray for this war to end, but we know our path is long, as there is much more to be done.

Thank you for your kind donations, and thank you for making our work possible.

Supporting refugees arriving in Moldova

Art therapy to distract from the horror of war

Children's Hearts team, is working on 24/7 rota

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Feb 22, 2022
Transforming real lives

By Tina Moira | Project Leader

Supporting families in Donbass region

Through our projects we are supporting children who are living in poverty orphans, and those living with physical and intellectual disability in Eastern Europe.

In Ukraine, we support projects that bring hope to vulnerable families and children, to internally placed refugees and people living in the Donbass region, we help children who have been traumatized by the continuous conflict in the region.

We also support projects that help children living with disabilities in the Makariv a region, up until recently children with disabilities had no access to rehabilitation therapies and had to travel into and beyond Kiev (a round trip of over 7 hours). The Little Lighthouse opened only a few months ago and has already transformed the life of vulnerable disabled children.

We had stories of children walking for the first time, the wonderful story of an autistic child- Borysko that interacted for the first time with people outside his family at the age of 12. His diagnosis, severe autism. He could not eat or dress on his own. He will be shouting and screaming loud almost constantly. That was his response to almost everything. He was very aggressive towards his parents, but everything changed after just 4 months of intensive therapy.

He is now able to follow instructions , learned his ABC’s and is a different child. Very recently, he played football with his father, something that his father never expected to happen.

Thanks to the dedicated work of the staff at The Little Lighthouse, his parents can now dream that one day he might be able to live an independent life.

Thanks to your kind support, this family can dream of a better future for their child.

Thank you for making our work possible

With gratitude

ChildAid to Eastern Europe

Rehabilitation at the Little Lighthouse

Borysko with his mother

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Nov 1, 2021
Hope for a better future

By Tina Moira | Project Leader

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