“They threw grenades at us — to make it feel real.”
That’s how Sofia describes her “training” at a Russian so-called “youth camp.”
He dreams of building airplanes and robots — and he holds on to that dream even during blackouts and air raid sirens.
Even when therapists encourage them to draw “anything they like,” again and again, they choose to draw a house.
In Ukraine’s Donetsk region, a shell ripped through the roof of Olena’s house, where she and her 10-year-old daughter Vika were hiding. Miraculously, they survived.
At 78, Mrs. Larysa had spent her entire life in Kharkiv region. When Russia’s full-scale invasion began, her village fell under occupation.
She fought back the only way she could — by excelling at studies, debating teachers, and refusing to sing Putin’s anthem or carry the Russian flag.
Ukrainian children in occupation were hiding Wi-Fi routers and whispering their lessons so no one would hear them speaking their own language.
In the heart of London, War Child UK within campaign with Save Ukraine has created a powerful interactive installation.
At our foundation, art therapy is widely used in working with children rescued from temporarily occupied territories.
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