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In the Zhytomyr region, rehabilitation classes with horses are being held for wounded soldiers and veterans as part of the “Hippotherapy – Back in Life’s Saddle” project. The equine-assisted therapy program includes feeding the animals, engaging in activities with them, and riding with an experienced instructor. All this is free of charge. Classes are held outdoors.

For reference: Hippotherapy is a method of treatment based on human interaction with a specially trained horse adapted to the rider’s ability to master riding.

• animals
• military
• psychological support

The Military Innovation Rehabilitation Center “BASE 4.5.0” has worked with combatants and their families for over six years. This time they are organizing water therapy. The military will be given surfing and wakeboarding lessons. In addition to physical exercises, the soldiers will have a theoretical part with military psychologists. The Center says such classes help the military return to civilian life.

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• military
• psychological support

On June 30, at 11:00 AM, Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform will host a presentation of the “Guide for Veterans and Their Family Members” (within the system of providing psychological, medical-psychological, and psychiatric care in Ukraine).

This guide is a collection of work and adapted materials based on the experience of the crisis support hotline of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation (UVF) of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs. It was prepared by expert psychologists who work as UVF Hotline Counselors. The guide contains a “Road Map” to the system of psychological, medical and psychiatric care, as well as recommendations for veterans and their family members.

The participants of the event will include:

Svitlana Kashenets — Deputy Minister for Veteran Affairs

Natalia Kalmykova — Executive Director of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation

Oleksandr Chamorsov — veteran, UVF Crisis Hotline Counselor, crisis psychologist, trauma therapist

Olena Lashko — UVF Crisis Hotline Counselor

Oksana Zbitnieva — Head of Barrier-Free NGO, Head of the Coordination Center for Mental Health under the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine.

• military
• psychological support
• Kyiv

The WOMAN AND WAR psychologists charity platform helps and supports women and children affected by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In that regard, specialists have developed various group therapies: those for mothers, for women abroad, for women who lost a loved one during the war, for military wives, and teenagers.

In 15 months, the team has assisted nearly 7000 women and children.

Journalists can talk to the charity platform psychologist, as well as to participants who have applied for help by prior arrangement. 

• children
• psychological support
• volunteers
• women

Gen.Ukrainian NGO deals with the treatment of children’s psychological trauma caused by the war. The organization is supported by the Olena Zelenska Foundation.

One of the project’s missions is to update international protocols for helping war-affected children around the world based on the real experience of the war in Ukraine.

Gen.Ukrainian organized a Gen.Camp, a health and educational camp for the psychological rehabilitation of children who have experienced traumatic events, lost their parents or witnessed war crimes.

Gen.Camp is a free camp that was based in Spain last year, and this year is located in the Carpathians. Ukrainian therapists work with young Ukrainians to stabilize their psycho-emotional state. (A new group of children will come to the camp on May 18).

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• children
• psychological support
• russian crimes

Metta NGO provides military members with an opportunity to mentally recover by taking part in 1-2 day trips to the Carpathians. Participation in such hikes is free (food and transport will be provided). Mountain therapy is intended for military personnel on leave, military personnel undergoing rehabilitation, discharged soldiers, military medics, paramedics and volunteers, as well as their families.

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• psychological support

More than 200 people have already received help at the Odesa Center for Psychological Support of the Naval Forces. These are Navy personnel and members of their families, as well as relatives of captured and deceased soldiers. The center specializes in various types of therapeutic support, in particular, animal-assisted therapy. Groups of military personnel have undergone equine-assisted therapy, and for children they have introduced canistherapy (rehabilitation with the help of dogs). The Psychological Support Center works with professional canine experts.

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• psychological support

To help children and their parents overcome the psychological implications of the occupation, mobile teams of psychologists from the Children’s Voices charity foundation visit villages and small towns with no specialists, suitable institutions, or stable public transportation. They organize individual and group psychological and psychosocial support for children and parents.

Currently, such mobile teams of psychologists are working in Kyiv and the region, Mykolaiv and Vysoke. During the year of the full-scale war, the foundation provided psychological and psychosocial assistance to 4,700 children and more than 1,800 adults.

• children
• psychological support
• Kyiv
• Mykolaiv

Since the start of the invasion, a free mobile app for the development of emotional intelligence created by the Ucare.me project team has already been downloaded by 50,000 people in Ukraine and another 100,000 Ukrainians abroad. The goal of the project is to provide an opportunity for our citizens to receive “quick emotional self-help” in their smartphone for free. In particular, with this application, users can improve their psycho-emotional state and develop the ability to quickly cope with panic attacks.

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ARTREHUB is a volunteer-based initiative that provides psychological rehabilitation to veterans. Art rehabilitation therapy sessions are held once a week at the military rehabilitation center near Kyiv. The ARTREHUB’s team has been working with veterans since 2017.

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• psychological support
• volunteers
• Kyiv