We always had electricity, water, internet, and my salary comes on time. Every day it's scary to leave them alone. I work as a therapist in a polyclinic every day, the children study remotely. Until March 31, the children did not go outside, then they began to go out with me for a walk nearby. For more than a month now, all of the windows have been closed. We are still in occupied Kherson, I will send a photo of the children, behind the window that is closed with shutters. Their mission and action, however, are very much alive. While some staff has managed to evacuate and are working on training volunteers, many still reside in areas under siege amid constant shelling by Russian forces. The Voices of Children charity, headquartered in Sloviansk, in the Donetsk region, was established in 2015 to support through art and other forms of therapy children in Eastern Ukraine in response to ongoing conflicts. The kids' art tells the story and, with your generous support, can also help the children of Ukraine." For that reason, as a digital coalition, DCN decided to use technological means of the 21 Century to try to help children survive this brutal aggression resulting in hostility, violence, displacement, and family separation. Voices of Children use expert help and art to support them emotionally, wherever they are. The auction will begin on Sunday, April 10 at 8:00 pm EST and kick off with a Twitter Spaces Discussion on Helping Ukrainian Children During the War: An NFT with a Dream.ĭCN's President, Nikos Panagiotou, said of the initiative, "It's heartbreaking to look into children's eyes, caught in crowded shelters or walking towards an uncertain future with a toy in their hands. The children's artwork was turned into an NFT Collection that will be auctioned off to raise funds and draw attention to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. All proceeds will go to Voices of Children, a charity with the stated mission of giving every child who has suffered from the war in Ukraine the psychological and psychosocial help they need.ĭCN members on the ground collected drawings from kids in Ukraine, reflecting their feelings and emotions while living with the spectrum of war. We are launching an NFT Collection of kids' drawings to help children who have been affected by the war in Ukraine. *If you are from Ukraine, feel free to send us content (text updates, photos, videos) at world wants to learn about what you go through. Support our Common Cause, and let’s spread the word and stand with the Ukrainian People! ![]() Helped by testimonies and visuals, it is our hope that Humans for Ukraine will become an interactive platform, in defense of our common humanity. These stories will be shared, to spread the word, to understand the civil society’s perspective, and support suffering people in and from Ukraine. We have already received dozens of stories, photos, videos, and information and we are seeking more, to be amplified in social media and grow our # HumansForUkraine campaign, using digital connectivity to increase global sensitivity and empathy and generate support. Behind the tweets and news we read, there are human lives, impacted in unimaginable ways. We asked the DCN community to share stories with the world in order show a civil society perspective. Since Putin’s army’s invasion in Ukraine, DCN Global has been in constant touch with the Ukrainian community, people who are either actively supporting the resistance, in shelters with relatives and neighbors, all over the country, or as refugees, trying to save families from the horrors of war. War, like any other tragedy, is a mosaic made of human feelings and stories of loss, pain, tears, courage, and hope.
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