Psychological support where it is needed most
Psychological support where it is needed most
The war has left thousands of Ukrainians with severe injuries, both physical and psychological. Among them are people who have survived mine and explosive injuries and amputations. For many of them, a normal day begins with a struggle: with pain, with new physical limitations, with feelings of loss and loneliness.
It is for such people that ADRA Ukraine, in partnership with the Ukrainian Deminers Association (UDA), is implementing a psychosocial support (MHPSS) project funded by UHF OCHA.
In two months of project implementation, the following has been achieved:
– 30 individual consultations — initial conversations where people could express their fears and receive support. This was enough to stabilize their condition.
– 180 people moved on to individual psychotherapy sessions — the next level of assistance for those who needed deeper processing of emotions and traumatic experiences.
– 216 people joined personalized rehabilitation programs — systematic work that helps restore self-confidence and build plans for the future.
– 4 support groups became a safe space for mutual understanding, exchange of experience, and mutual assistance.
These numbers are not just statistics. Behind them are 422 stories of people who have already begun their journey to recovery. And each consultation or session became a moment of support that they had been waiting for.
“This conversation was very necessary. I felt like no one cared about me. But now I know that there are people who understand me,” said program participant Olexander.
For a person who has lost a limb or organ, psychological support is not an “optional extra.” It is an opportunity to feel supported again, to regain faith in one’s own strength, and to gradually return to an active life.
Our psychologists don’t just conduct a session — they stand by the person at the moment when it is most difficult for them. Often, the first conversation lasts only an hour, but it is this conversation that becomes the bridge that brings the person back to life.
Ahead of us are hundreds of individual sessions, new support groups, and work with those who are not yet ready to open up. Each subsequent stage helps these people take a small but important step toward recovery, toward regaining a sense of dignity and meaning in life.
It is thanks to the support of donors that we can stay close to these people, giving them peace, support, and the feeling that they are not alone in this world. Each session with a psychologist becomes a chance for someone to believe again that life goes on.
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