In the summer, Ilya from Kyiv will turn seventeen.
He spent more than two years in the occupation, separated from his family: his mother and grandfather.
The Ukrainian Child Rights Network and the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine facilitated the boy's return to the territory of free Ukraine.
In early March, Ilya's grandfather came to the Ministry of Reintegration with a request to help him get his grandson out of the...
"I am telling about my experiences not so that the world knows my story.
But for the world to understand that there are thousands of stories like mine.
Hundreds of thousands of children are waiting to return home.
And the fact that I was able to live through it and survive gives me the strength to be the voice of these children.
I want the leaders of different countries to hear me and help Ukraine bring its children home," Lera said in her speech to...
"Thank you for taking my son out of the occupation before he reached the age of majority," the team of the "WAY HOME" project heard from the mother of 17-year-old Ruslan.
The Ukrainian Child Rights Network and the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine facilitated his return from the part of Kherson region temporarily uncontrolled by the Ukrainian government to the territory of free Ukraine.
"My family is in a difficult...
For almost two years, Polina and Yelyzaveta*, now 14 and 16 years old, could not see their mother because of the war.
Today they finally met.
The Ukrainian Child Rights Network and the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine helped to bring the children from the temporarily uncontrolled territory of Luhansk Oblast .
At the time of the large-scale invasion, siblings Polina and Liza lived with their grandparents in a...
As soon as Roman* was released as a prisoner of war, he rushed to rescue his younger sister and mother from the occupation in Kherson region.
The family was reunited after two long years, with the help of the Ukrainian Child Rights Network, the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine, and theHelping to Leave charity organization.
Shortly after the large-scale invasion, Yulina's* older brother, a soldier, was taken...
11-year-old Daryna* has not seen her parents since the beginning of the large-scale war.
For almost two years, she has been living with her grandparents in the territory temporarily not controlled by the government of Ukraine.
Finally, this weekend - thanks to the efforts of the Ukrainian Child Rights Network and the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine - the girl will be able to hug her mom and dad.
This journey home...
