A highly successful, professionally and humanely run Ukrainian charity, Sincere Heart has been organizing special one-day and five-day programs for traumatized children who have been displaced from eastern and southern parts of Ukraine under siege to Lviv. Their success rates are excellent and all programs are supervised by trauma-focused psychologists and staffed by trained specialists and volunteers.
The main goal of Recovery Camps is the psycho-emotional rehabilitation of children and mothers of Ukraine who suffered from the war. The program is formed and conducted by psychologists, animators, coaches, artists, trainers of sports schools, specialists in art therapy, artists and other interesting personalities. This approach is almost the only one that allows not only to provide psychological first aid in an unobtrusive way, but also to carry out systematic work with mothers and children on psychological support.
One of our most important programs, still going strong, still very needed, and still helping thousands of kids who live near the front lines and have been impacted by the war, is Recovery Camps. Thanks to you, UCAP has supported 58 camps in the last 22 months that have hosted and supported more than 4,650 children and moms.
In fact, with our colleagues in Ukraine, we are about to publish the results of what we’re learning about the children attending the 6-day camps. Particularly concerning is the fact that more than 1/3 of these children have post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Fortunately, the professional team in Lviv is ensuring that these kids have access to healing activities at the camp and to long-term psychological support.
