{"id":7509,"date":"2023-11-07T19:08:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T17:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/childrights.org.ua\/news\/five-children-of-the-childrens-home-with-their-mother-and-teacher-were-taken-out-of-the-occupation-in-luhansk-region\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T12:50:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T09:50:25","slug":"five-children-of-the-childrens-home-with-their-mother-and-teacher-were-taken-out-of-the-occupation-in-luhansk-region","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/childrights.org.ua\/en\/news\/five-children-of-the-childrens-home-with-their-mother-and-teacher-were-taken-out-of-the-occupation-in-luhansk-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Five children of the children’s home with their mother and teacher were taken out of the occupation in Luhansk region"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We managed to bring 5 children at once – an entire family-type orphanage (FTO) – with their mother, a caregiver, to the territory of free Ukraine!\nThe family lived in a village in the Luhansk region, which at the beginning of the full-scale invasion was occupied by Russian troops.\n SOS Children’s Villages Ukraine<\/a>, the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine<\/a>, the Luhansk Regional State Administration<\/a>, and the Ukrainian Child Rights Network<\/a> paved the way for the family<\/a> to return<\/a> home .<\/a> <\/p>\n\n

The opportunity to leave the occupation came when their grandmother died, and they could neither leave her there nor transport her safely to the territory of free Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n

In fact, Podhayko’s family has six children.\nThe eldest girl remained in the territory temporarily not controlled by the government of Ukraine because she has a love there and an adult, independent life.\nSo the mother-caregiver left with 5 younger children, and this was her second attempt to escape. <\/p>\n\n

The first attempt coincided with the entry into force of Putin’s order on September 29 on the procedure for entering and leaving the territory of the Russian Federation for Ukrainian citizens, when serious checks were carried out at the checkpoints.\nThe children and their mother stood in line for three days and were not allowed to leave.\nMeanwhile, the so-called guardianship authorities of the so-called “lPR” began to search for the family, “worried” about them. <\/p>\n\n

I had to stay at home.\nThe children had to go to a Russian school.\nThey studied as best they could.\nBut at the same time, they managed to get an education under the Ukrainian online program.\nUntil the occupiers learned about this and the family’s position in general.\nThey held “educational conversations” and intimidated them. <\/p>\n\n

Therefore, during the fall vacation, the Podhaikas decided to try to leave again, this time with the help of the “WAY HOME” project team.\nTogether, they managed to move the family to Poltava.\nThe UMDP member charitable organization SOS Children’s Villages Ukraine will help the Podhaikas to rent an apartment and take the family under its care. <\/p>\n\n

“The family is good,” says Oleksandra, a social worker with the project. “They got very sick during the trip and had a hard time with the route. But, well done, they made it – in a day and a half they were already in Poltava. We are all happy, and I am, as always, happy to say to them: “Welcome home!”<\/p>\n\n

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“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 <\/a> in partnership with the <\/a> international humanitarian organization Save the Children in Ukraine. <\/a> <\/p>\n\n

Our other partners are: Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine<\/a>, EDUKIDS<\/a> Charitable Foundation, Media Initiative for Human Rights<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Join the “WAY HOME” project and make your contribution to the return of children, as it requires considerable resources.<\/p>\n\n

Click the button \"▪️\"SUPPORT US \"▪️\"on this page:<\/p>\n\n

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