Physical Health Ukraine Project #28081

Rehabilitation for 35 Deaf Children from Ukraine

by INTERNATIONAL CHARITY FUND UKRAINE! I AM FOR YOU!

Rehabilitation for 35 Deaf Children from Ukraine

Feb 27, 2023

Rehabilitation of Children from war zones.

By Larysa Kuzmenko - Project Leader

*Misha is 9 years old and has a cochlear implant. Before the war he completed one rehabilitation course online and was already seeing positive results. Unfortunately, at a very young age, Misha had to experience the terror of war. His family is from Severodonetsk in the Luhansk region, which is currently occupied by Russian invaders. Misha and his family spent 2 weeks hiding underground from regular bombardments. Aside from experiencing a significant psychological trauma, Misha’s hearing and speech ability declined. His apartment building was destroyed and he and his family were able to evacuate to Kyiv. Misha wrote a letter to us, where he told his difficult story and asked us to include him in our next online rehabilitation program. In September-October 2022 we formed a group of 30 children who mainly came from regions impacted by war. Misha was included in that group and after completing this course, he saw improvements in his speech and hearing.

Once again, we would like to express our sincere thanks to all our Sponsors, whose generosity and care allow us to continue supporting children with hearing and speech disabilities during war.

We hope that very soon, after Ukraine wins the war, we will resume in-person rehabilitation camps which help children hear voices of their family and friends instead of sounds of explosions.

Kind regards,

Larysa Kuzmenko
Project Leader

*Child’s name was changed to protect his privacy.

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Nov 7, 2022

Timely assistance

By Larysa Kuzmenko - Project Leader

Many Ukrainian families had to flee their homes to escape Russian aggression. Among them are children with hearing issues, who need our help to support them with timely rehabilitation. To achieve this, our instructors are continuing our online rehabilitation program. In July thirty Ukrainian children 3-7 y.o., were able to complete this rehabilitation course from different locations.

Sasha and Liza, who are 5 and 3 years old, are two children from Kiev. They have hearing issues and use hearing implants. Their mother uses the same hearing implant and keeps it on even at night to hear the sounds of air raid alerts. She is very thankful for our online program that delivers the necessary support to her children during the war time. Currently this is the only option to receive rehabilitation support, which would be impossible without our dear sponsors and their generous contributions. Thank you very much to all of You. We hope that very soon we can restart in-person rehabilitation classes in our free and independent Ukraine.

Sincerely,

Larysa Kuzmenko

Project Leader

Names of children were changed to protect their privacy1

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Nov 3, 2022

Timely assistance

By Larysa Kuzmenko - Project Leader

Many Ukrainian families had to flee their homes to escape Russian aggression. Among them are children with hearing issues, who need our help to support them with timely rehabilitation. To achieve this, our instructors are continuing our online rehabilitation program. In July thirty Ukrainian children 3-7 y.o., were able to complete this rehabilitation course from different locations.

Sasha and Liza, who are 5 and 3 years old, are two children from Kiev. They have hearing issues and use hearing implants. Their mother uses the same hearing implant and keeps it on even at night to hear the sounds of air raid alerts. She is very thankful for our online program that delivers the necessary support to her children during the war time. Currently this is the only option to receive rehabilitation support, which would be impossible without our dear sponsors and their generous contributions. Thank you very much to all of You. We hope that very soon we can restart in-person rehabilitation classes in our free and independent Ukraine.

Sincerely,

Larysa Kuzmenko

Project Leader

Names of children were changed to protect their privacy1

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Jul 5, 2022

Rehabilitation for children during war

By Larysa Kuzmenko - Project Leader

Ukraine is suffering from savage aggression by Russia. Large number of ukrainians had to flee to survive: some moved to safer regions, while others had to leave their homeland. Two of our educators evacuated to the city of Truskavets in western Ukraine, where they continue rehabilitation work with local children and immigrants from other areas, as well as deliver online classes to small groups from other regions.

During this time, rehabilitation was carried out for 20 children, 8 sessions for each child. In addition, children evacuated from other regions of Ukraine could also undergo a course of rehabilitation at a local sanatorium.

We hope that very soon we will be able to continue offering rehabilitation camps for children and their parents in liberated independent Ukraine.

We want to thank our sponsors for their support during these challenging times.

Sincerely,
Larysa Kuzmenko

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Jan 4, 2022

Once again, we are learning to hear and speak.

By Larysa Kuzmenko - Project Leader

Project “Verba” is an on-line program developed for children with speech and hearing impairments, which continues to provide them with safe access to rehabilitation of hearing and speech after cochlear implant surgery despite the ongoing COVID pandemic.

Following the initial 4 online sessions, parents’ satisfaction with the program scored at 98%. Based on post-session assessments, children’s auditory perception improved by 50%, and the level of speech skills grew by 30-40%.

These results inspire our team to continue creating rehabilitation sessions for children, which, in our observation, not only serve as a catalyst for learning but also stimulate parents’ engagement during the rehabilitation process.

Following rehabilitation, our children adopt well to social environments, communicate well with friends and family, some learn how to play musical instruments and others are starting to attend regular schools.

Our next online project, scheduled for January 20^th, 2022, will help thirty 3–7-year-old children from various regions of Ukraine. Some kids are coming from large families.

We want to express our sincere gratitude to our sponsors, whose contributions support our work. Your ongoing support offers a chance for children to develop their hearing and speaking ability, which will help them greatly in schools and relationships.

Kind regards,
Project Leader
Larysa Kuzmenko

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