Project Report
| 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.
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
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