Helping a child find joy again
- 3 days ago
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Today is World Refugee Day, marking the end of the annual observance of World Refugee Week (14-20 June).
In this video, we hear the story of five-year-old Vlad, an internally displaced refugee in Ukraine. After severe shelling and bombing of his home city, Sievierdonetsk, in Luhansk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, Vlad and his family fled to Vinnytsia in the central-west of the country. Vlad was severely traumatised by his experience and was constantly afraid. His grandmother became a part of The Salvation Army in Vinnytsia and Vlad joined the after-school program. This program provides children a safe, consistent space to learn, play, sessions with a psychologist and helps them regain a sense of normalcy amid prolonged displacement and instability. The program helped Vlad process his trauma and he is now in a much happier space. He has hope and joy in life.
This video was produced by The Salvation Army World Service Office.
