UMDP returns mother with two daughters from the temporarily occupied territory of Kherson region

The Ukrainian Child Rights Network together with the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine helped to evacuate two young children with their mother from the occupied Kherson region.

The children’s grandmother announced her desire to leave the occupation. She contacted the hotline of the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine. She said that her daughter and her children aged 3 and 5 wanted to evacuate from a village in Kherson region.

Leaving the occupied territories is currently very difficult due to the absence of “green corridors” that are not being opened by the Russians. It was as difficult to get to government-controlled Ukraine as it was to get out of Russia itself. For safety reasons, we have to go through third countries.

The preparation of the route took almost ten days, and the journey took five. Thanks to the coordinated work of the team of the UMDP and the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, the children and their mother safely reached their relatives.

If you know a family with children who are in the temporarily occupied territory or in Russia and want to return to Ukraine:
call 050 015 58 46,
write in personal messages on Facebook Ukrainian Child Rights Network.
or email ucrn.office@gmail.com

We will help you!

“The Way Home” is a project aimed at finding and returning children displaced to Russia 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, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, 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.