Guardians of Childhood
One of the greatest, and often overlooked, casualties of war is the loss of childhood.
To cope with life’s challenges, and grow in a healthy way, all children need safe spaces where they can freely engage, connect, and explore the world around them, and they need adults who know how to create those spaces. More than 5 million Ukrainian children have been impacted by the war in their country. These kids need play more urgently than ever. Guardians of Childhood is a psychosocial recovery initiative, presented in partnership with Ukrainian grassroots children’s charity Ridni, that teaches Playmaker practices to child and family services providers in Ukraine.
"Childhood doesn’t stop with a war.”
-Liubov Matveichenko, General Advisor at Ridni Charitable Foundation
Playmaker Project Partners with Ukrainian Charitable Fund, Ridni
The Playmaker Project and Ridni, a Ukrainian charitable fund that combats orphanhood and creates family environments for children, teamed up to scale up Guardians of Childhood, a psychosocial recovery initiative that teaches Playmaker practices to child and family services professionals in Ukraine.
August 2022 Guardians Retreat
Playmaker Project team members traveled to the Poland/Ukraine border for the first in-person Guardians of Childhood training in August 2022. Child and family services professionals from Lviv, Ukraine, spent three days learning Playmaker practices. Watch the video shared above or click the link below to learn more.
