Recently, another warm and deeply meaningful “Children and War. Teaching Recovery Techniques” has been conducted. The training was led by trainers of our project, Iryna Sukhova and Tetiana Oboianska for the “VAV Better Future” Charity Foundation.
For many years, CF “VAV Better Future” and our Foundation have been united by fruitful cooperation, joint work with children and families, and a shared desire to make psychological support accessible to those living in the reality of war.
We are sincerely grateful to the team of “VAV Better Future” for their dedicated implementation of the “Children and War. Teaching Recovery Techniques” program, for their ongoing support of specialists, and for their care for young Ukrainians who today especially need safe spaces, support, and recovery.
This was already the third training group this year. Specialists from different regions of Ukraine joined the program, including participants from the Poltava, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
During the training, participants studied recovery techniques, methods for working with children’s groups, and ways to support children experiencing anxiety, fear, and emotional exhaustion. At the same time, restoring the participants’ own emotional resources became equally important, as working with people requires great inner strength — especially during these difficult wartime conditions.
The warm atmosphere of communication, mutual support, breathtaking views of the Dniester and Smotrych river confluence, delicious food, and gentle spa experiences created a space where participants could not only learn, but also pause, recharge, and feel cared for.
We are grateful to continue this cooperation and to work together so that even more children in Ukraine can receive the psychological support they need and the opportunity to gradually recover, even during wartime.
