Our STEP program helps teenagers who are facing challenges to become independent and successful young adults. We are building their resilience and career skills - and it's great to hear what this means to them! 291 teenagers joined STEP events in 2023, and as war affects their lives, we continue to help youth to prepare for the future.
This moving and detailed account of a visit to the Care in Action programmes in Lviv is by Victoria Beisswanger, a German videographer who donated her time together with Kristina Assenova, a photographer.
We are giving essential aid, psychological support and social services to 36 children who are separated from their parents. Though the children's stories are heartbreaking, how they continue to learn, make friends and dream about the future is incredibly inspiring.
Anna is 19, and her inspiring journey shows how sponsors can help young people to achieve their dreams. She and her siblings sadly lost their mother and later their father a few years ago. Despite the difficult times, she is a smiling, open-minded, bright girl who talks enthusiastically about her student life, her dreams and the people who helped her during the crisis.
A wonderful 264 children and 39 adults have been helped by 225 sessions of art therapy over 5 months of cooperation with DTCare. This helps the children in our programs to find emotional stability, a sense of security, stop being afraid, and to plan and dream...
We can celebrate our first sponsored Teacher graduate, while 10 students continue their education in Opthamology, Nursing, Electronics and other essential professions. After the disaster of Cyclone Freddy we have given food, blankets and are helping to rebuild 24 homes. Though the majority of our work is in Ukraine, we hope you enjoy this update from our sponsorship and projects in Malawi.
153 children and 125 adults joined Creative Hub events and programs in the second quarter of 2023. These activities build up children’s resilience and offer holistic education to make up for the challenges they face during war time. Here we also support families who lost their homes in wartime, or who are very low-income, to help them with a new start in life.
We have closed our shelter, after providing 38,218 beds for the night to families displaced by war since March 2022. Our support continues through our Creative Hub and social services. Our Social Worker has given 790 consultations in 2023 so far. This has helped children to enroll in school and families to find housing, social benefits, employment… and much more.
122 children and adults from foster families joined our two four-day summer camps. The holistic camp activities are designed to support family-based care in Ukraine through education, development and recreation. It was a time to build up inner resources and strengthen families with many happy memories.
101 young people - from children’s homes, from foster families, and from families internally displaced by the war - attended five, two-day STEP training camps which gave an introduction to the culinary industry. From cooking to etiquette, the teenagers had fun while learning about potential careers.
