Ukrainian children process the trauma of the war – at summer camp

For three weeks, children between the ages of six and 16 receive comprehensive care in the form of psychological support, health care and education. Everything to help them process the war, as they are at high risk of developing mental illnesses, says Oksana Lebedeva.

Siblings Alona, ​​14, and Olexandra, 11, receive help in processing their mother’s death, among other things.

– Our mother died in Azovstal. She was the oldest soldier there. The Russian forces bombed their shelter inside Azovstal.

– Here you get help in the sense that you relive everything. You relive the feelings and can let them go, says Alona.

Hear more from Alona and Olexandra in the player above.

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