Children from frontline regions
Growing up in fear, instability, and a destroyed everyday life. Many of them still do not remember what it is like to sleep without listening for the siren.
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7-day program · since April 2024
Recovery
A healing space for children affected by the war
708 children in 2025. $120/week. Camp in Partyzanskyi Khutir village (Chernivtsi district). Art therapy, psychology, hippotherapy, nature. They arrive withdrawn — by day 7, they are hugging goodbye.
25+
volunteers on the team
School
preventive lessons
About the project · Your Help UA
Conscious choice begins at school.
Recovery is a 7-day program for children affected by the war in Ukraine. We work with three categories: children from frontline regions, orphans and children with missing relatives, children who have lost loved ones.
Location — Your Camp, Partyzanskyi Khutir village (Chernivtsi District, Chernivtsi Region). A safe place with comfortable accommodations. The program's permanent base.
The cost of one week for one child is $120. This is the full amount including meals, accommodation, a psychologist, workshops, and transportation. In 2026, the rate increased from $100 due to inflation (fuel almost doubled in price, and with it — food and wages).
What this looks like in practice. A camp session runs from Monday to Sunday. The days follow one rhythm: morning meetings, group conversations, workshops, camp games, reflection with a mentor in the evening. Not an “entertainment camp” — a clear structure with psychological and emotional support.
The team during a camp session. At least two psychologists and a medic. The rest are volunteers: 6 mentors and 15 instructors, selected for each group. As of today, 10 key people at the foundation lead the project on an ongoing basis.
In 2025 — 708 children. One camp session — 60–70 participants. The first camp session in the updated format took place in April 2024. How children come to us: through local communities, education departments, and social policy departments, which compile lists and pass them on to us.
What changes. Children arrive irritable, may react sharply, and use foul language. By the end of the week, they become calmer, make compromises, and start talking about themselves. Confidence appears.
Contacts: +380 777 175 775 · WhatsApp +380 50 161 2133 · info@yourhelpfund.org.ua
Healthy habits
Presentations
Kahoot
Competitions
Discussions
Project team·25+ adults per camp session · 708 children in 2025
708
Children completed the program in 2025.
7
Days — from check-in to goodbye. Monday–Sunday.
60-70
Children in each new camp session. Team: 25+ adults.
04/24
First camp session — April 2024.
Who we invite
Three categories of children who need it most
Priority goes to those who need it most. How people learn about us: through local communities, education departments, and social policy departments, which compile lists and pass them on to us.
Children who have lost loved ones
They carry the weight of loss — a father at the front, a mother, an older brother or sister killed during shelling. They need warmth, understanding, and the restoration of trust. This is our main priority.
Orphaned children and children with missing relatives
Without parental care, often in vulnerable conditions. The program becomes for them their first lasting experience of stability and adults who are there for them.
What changes in a week
Children arrive irritable, may react sharply, and use foul language. By the end of the week, they become calmer, make compromises, and start talking about themselves. Confidence appears.
Where the camp sessions take place
Chernivtsi region, Chernivtsi district
Partyzanskyi Khutir village, 16
A safe place with comfortable accommodation. Your Camp is the permanent base of the Recovery program.
For each camp session, we are looking for 6 mentors і 15 instructors.
Structure of the week
Seven days — from meeting to goodbye
One camp session lasts from Monday to Sunday. Each day has its own purpose: from adaptation to deep group work, from workshops to reflection with a mentor.
Monday · Camp session
Introductions and settling in
Children arrive and settle in. A game to get to know the camp, meeting their mentor. The first evening gathering is a gentle start without pressure.
Tuesday–Friday · Working days
A rhythm that holds
Exercise → breakfast → morning meeting → group conversations → workshops → lunch → camp game → afternoon snack → workshops → dinner → evening meeting → “spring” (little stream) outside → billiards / table tennis → reflection with a mentor.
Saturday · Point
Summary and memory
Breakfast → morning meeting → group conversations → receiving merch (T-shirts) → group photo → lunch → camp game → afternoon snack → one more camp game → dinner → evening meeting → “spring” → final reflection with a mentor.
Sunday · Home
Departure with new support
Breakfast → departure. The child returns home with their mentor’s contact, new friends — and the feeling that they were heard.
Methodology
Four components that work together
Through art, nature, calm, and presence, children gradually heal. We do not “treat the symptom” — we create an environment where trauma is processed from different directions at the same time.
Creativity and art therapy
Drawing, sculpting, collages, music, theater. Workshops that help children express what they do not yet have words for.
Sports and nature
Team games, walks in the forest, outdoor activity. The body “switches off” anxiety faster than conversation can.
Hippotherapy
Working with horses. An animal has no prejudice, asks no questions — and reads a person faster than adults do.
Mentorship and presence
An adult who holds a hand for longer than one week. Individual and group sessions with specialists. A space of hope and meaning — without moralizing.
How much it costs
One week — $120 per child
This is the full cost of a 7-day stay — meals, accommodation, psychologist, workshops, transportation. One camp session (60–70 children) — about $7 200–8 400.
One camp session
$7,2K
60–70 children · full week
Year (12 camp sessions)
$86K
≈700–840 children per year
Why not $100, as before
Inflation. Diesel and fuel have nearly doubled in price, and with them — food, wages, utilities. That is why from 2026 we are setting $120 per week, to realistically cover costs without reducing the quality of the program.
Camp photo album
What it what it looks like in real life
Photos from different camp sessions — arrival on the yellow bus in winter, first hugs, children's cabins, everyday camp life. Click on the photo to enlarge.
Voices from camp
What it what it sounds like from children and parents
Four real voices: a participant’s mother, two children who completed the program, and one volunteer. The names are real — published with consent.
«
Before camp, my son hardly spoke at all. Now he sings songs that he learned there.
— Oksana Tryska · participant’s mother«
I saw a real transformation in the children. A boy began to draw after months of silence.
— Maksym · volunteer«
We talked about our feelings. At first it was hard, but each day it got easier.
— Ihor · 12 years old, participant«
I really liked the games, music, and walks in the forest. I found my best friends!
— Kateryna · 10 years old, participant
Team
The people who keep the program going
Seven key people in photos — and dozens of volunteer mentors and instructors for each camp session.
Ihor Tymko
Project manager · Foundation director
At the beginning of the war, he took guardianship of two children who now call him dad.
“Every endeavor has a beginning — and every endeavor has a continuation.”
Olena Horiunova
Mentor at the “Your Camp” camp · educator
She always understands and listens to a child, and sees their feelings and heart.
Anastasiia Skydan
Psychologist · SMM
Knows how to capture a moment in a photo.
Zakhar Abramiuk
Volunteer
A true friend to all children.
Ivanna Palahniuk
Instructor-methodologist
Helps young people make conscious choices and promotes a healthy lifestyle.
Yevheniia Slobodian
Volunteer
Really loves connecting with children.
Viktoriia Malofii
Foundation administrator
Will handle all administrative matters responsibly.
Administration
- Halyna Hurdish · accountant
- Liudmyla Zaiets · camp session coordinator
- Viktoriia Katsel · team coordinator
Photos will appear after consent is confirmed.
We need
Join the team
The program is sustained by people who come not just to “work,” but to spend a week alongside a child. Each camp session is a new team formed in advance.
School sessions
This is what Recovery looks like
Real moments from prevention sessions in schools. Teenagers listen, discuss, play, win — and go home with a decision.
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How to get involved
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Every hryvnia means new sessions in new schools. Every volunteer means more children who will hear an adult.