Three years after the major expansion of the Russian attack war on Ukraine began, the social and humanitarian situation remains catastrophic. Children, adolescents and adults suffer from permanent Russian attacks, bombing, destruction, fear and death. Escape from attacks, hunger and terror still shape the everyday life of many families, hundreds of thousands of children are traumatized by permanent stress and enormous stress. At the same time, we are experiencing how the people in Ukraine continue to oppose the attacks and, despite their everyday life, in spite of their everyday life.
Over the past three years, Terre des Hommes has supported a total of 78 projects in Ukraine, as well as for refugees in Germany and other neighboring countries, with 22.5 million euros. "One focus is psychosocial support for war-affected children and their families. Therapists work with children who are deeply frightened by the bombings, who have lost close relatives, or who are worried about relatives on the front lines. Of the 19,546 children deported to Russia, 388 were able to be repatriated; they are the ones who need special psychological support to cope with their violent experiences in the re-education camps," says Joshua Hofert, spokesperson for the board of Terre des Hommes . "In addition, we provide direct humanitarian aid in the form of food, medicine, and other urgently needed relief supplies. Youth centers also play a key role in our projects, as I realized during my visit there. There, young people can meet and talk about their experiences, hopes, and wishes." In the projects we support, we repeatedly see how brave and strong the children are."
As with all its projects worldwide Terre des Hommes also works with civil society partner organizations in Ukraine. "We consider it essential to include representatives of these civil society organizations in the planned international negotiations on Ukraine's future. Decisions cannot be made without the consent of the people of Ukraine. Furthermore, a look at other ended wars shows that civil society participation in peace processes often leads to more sustainable peace," says Joshua Hofert.
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