Another child was returned to Ukraine from temporarily occupied territories

We are starting the weekend with good news. Today we managed to return another child from the temporarily occupied territory to Ukraine.

On October 10, a woman asked the Way Home team to help her take her 12-year-old relative out of the temporarily occupied territory. Victoria, the girl’s name, had recently lost her mother. The woman became her legal guardian and began to look for ways to return the child to the government-controlled territory of Ukraine.

The return team of the Ukrainian Child Rights Network at took up the preparation of documents and organization of the route. Today, the guardian and the girl returned to Kyiv.

We thank you for your help in returning the Ukrainian National Center for Peacebuilding.

*Name changed for security reasons.

Returns take place within the framework of Bring Kids Back UA.

“The Way Home” is a project aimed at finding and returning children displaced to the Russian Federation or to the non-government controlled areas of Ukraine, as well as reuniting families whose children are without parents during the occupation. The project is implemented by the Ukrainian Child Rights Network in partnership with Save the Children in Ukraine.

Our other partners are: Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, Office of the Ombudsman of Ukraine, EDUKIDS Charitable Foundation, Media Initiative for Human Rights.

The materials developed within the project do not necessarily reflect the official position of Save the Children.