First Lady visits Voices Camp organized for children traumatized by war
During her visit to Zakarpattia, First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska together with the team of her Foundation visited a camp providing psychosocial support to children. The camp was organized by the Voices of Children Charitable Foundation and funded by the Olena Zelenska Foundation, the press service of the President’s Office said Tuesday evening.
“Children who know first-hand what war is like should not be left alone with their experiences and feelings. Today we have seen with our own eyes how the camp team supports the children psychologically and develops their creative, athletic, and intellectual talents. And most importantly, it helps them refocus and find their inner strength,” the First Lady said.
It is noted that this summer, 184 young Ukrainians had the opportunity to recreate at the camp. Among them were children living in the frontline and de-occupied territories, children who lost their parents as a result of the Russian aggression, and children of military personnel. The Voices Camp was able to host young Ukrainians, particularly from Dnipro, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Zaporizhia, Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
It is noted that the President's wife held a joint lesson for children with a psychologist and attended a drawing workshop and mine safety training offered by the Foundation's partner, HALO Ukraine. This organization also helped conduct classes at the Artek-Bukovel camp, where the Foundation arranged a vacation for 1,500 children from large foster families.
All four shifts of the Voices Camp were funded with the help of the Foundation's partners: the Estonian Center for International Development (ESTDEV) and a philanthropist from South Korea – Good Steward Inc. FEBC-Korea.
