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Children who have experienced neglect, loss, or separation from their biological parents need more than a safe home. They need caregivers who understand them, provide stability, and support them throughout their journey.
To enable foster and adoptive parents to fulfill this important role, they also need support. That is why we aim to raise €556 to continue the therapist-led online peer support groups for foster and adoptive families in the Dnipro region.
Care in Action regularly offers online peer support groups for foster and adoptive parents, facilitated by professional therapists. These groups provide a safe space where parents can share experiences, discuss challenges, and develop solutions together.
Our Impact in 2025 at a Glance
The regular meetings provide significant relief for families. Parents learn to better understand the effects of traumatic experiences and respond appropriately to difficult situations. This leads to greater stability in daily family life, fewer conflicts, and stronger relationships between parents and children.
Alona adopted two children. Together with them, she receives psychological counseling and regularly participates in our online peer support groups for adoptive and foster parents.
Like many parents of children with difficult past experiences, Alona faced major challenges. The children frequently had intense emotional outbursts, struggled to adapt to their new environment, and often displayed contradictory behavior. At the same time, Alona repeatedly doubted herself and wondered whether she was doing enough for her children as a mother.
Together with the therapist and other parents, she learned to view her children's behavior from a new perspective. Rather than focusing on “problematic behavior,” attention shifted to the children's underlying needs. Alona learned to respond calmly and consistently, adapt her expectations to each child's individual pace, and recognize her own limits and sources of stress.
An important aspect of the group work was addressing difficult thoughts such as, “I am not a good mother.” Through exchanging experiences with other parents, receiving professional guidance, and developing greater self-compassion, Alona gradually built stronger confidence in her own abilities.
The support had a clear impact:
Today, Alona experiences family life with much less stress. She can respond to her children's needs with empathy and consistency while maintaining her own emotional balance.
We also support foster and adoptive families in the Dnipro region. The area continues to be heavily affected by the war and regularly experiences attacks on its energy infrastructure. This month, we were able to provide two families from our support groups with donated electricity generators.
In this way, we combine practical assistance with psychosocial support and professional guidance—helping families provide children with a safe and loving home even under challenging circumstances.
One participant in our groups describes the support this way:
“The support groups have helped me greatly in my work as an emergency foster mother. I have learned to better understand traumatized children and to communicate with them calmly and compassionately.”
We need €556 to continue the online peer support groups for foster and adoptive families in Dnipro. This amount will fund the professional facilitation of the groups by qualified therapists and provide a safe space where parents can find support, knowledge, and encouragement.
Every donation helps strengthen families, and gives children who have already experienced so much the stability, security, and new opportunities they deserve.
Please click here to help us raise €556 for the support groups in Dnipro.
Thank you!
Your gift can change lives for the better. Donations enable us to fund the services and programs that strengthen, empower and prepare children in care to enter the working world and lead a productive, independent life.