The Ukraine Recovery Conference
The Ukraine Reform Conference held on 4 and 5 July has been renamed the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC2022) to reflect the new focus of the
Mothers are trying to take their children to safe countries in order to protect them from the horrors of the war. These children are afraid of bombings, of loud noises, of death. Today, about every second Ukrainian refugee is a child who needs a place to live, play, learn, and be safe.
Our association helps Ukrainian families with children find transport and shelter, provide them with the everyday essentials, support them, and assist with their first steps in a new country.
The Kinder Hands Association is a non-profit focused on children that are suffering and need support in relocating from war conflicts. We want to give them an opportunity to stay in a safe place, continue their learning and be protected from the horrors of war.
All money we raise goes directly toward covering our main costs - paying for transportation from the border regions to host countries in Western Europe and to purchasing basic supplies to help mothers and children in the first few weeks in the new host country. Any help matters and is extremely appreciated.
Thanks to the generosity of many, we already have a great team supporting us in our cause. We are, however, always looking to partner with more people to increase the scale of our operation. We need people with relevant language, organisational and logistical skills, and, most of all, we are looking for people with a kind heart, who cannot stand by witnessing this tragedy unfold.
I am a mother of three children and of Ukrainian origin so upon hearing of the tremendous suffering of Ukrainian mothers and their children from the horrors of this war, I was not able to do nothing.
I am a graduate of Geneva Law University with a long-term track record in administration and active leadership in the Private Banking sector with a strong Swiss legal background so I felt capable of providing some assistance.
From the start of the war in Ukraine, I immediately activated myself to help mothers and children by collecting all the basic necessities and then bringing them to the border of Ukraine.
I have been contacted by mothers in distress in the bunkers under the bombardments in Ukraine. Consequently, I took the immediate initiative to raise funds and organize four buses to bring more than 250 mothers and children to Switzerland and find them all private accommodation with host families. I also undertook all the administrative procedures to obtain their refugee residence permit and registered the children in different schools. I have followed their new life as a refugee on a daily basis and have helped day to day in their journeys.
We have contacts in Ukraine that help us identify people needing relocation - these are typically mothers and children fleeing areas of intense conflict
We organise and pay for buses to pick up the refugees in border regions - each bus costs us EUR 3,000-5,000 and this is our main expense. This is for a 22hour journey - our transportation partners operate in full compliance with all European safety regulations.
We find host families or spare houses and bedrooms using our local network to provide families with private accommodations (we care also about the basic quality of life of people fleeing the war zone)
We meet the families when they arrive, provide them with basic necessities for the first few weeks in the new location (personal hygiene items, food, etc.) and help them obtain legal status in the host country
We stay in touch with our families, helping with school registrations, any local orientation and other ad hoc support they may need
The cruelty of war can be seen not only on the streets of Ukrainian cities but also in the faces and the eyes of Ukrainian children. Horror, fear, despair, uncertainty, and insecurity entered the home of each Ukrainian on February 24th.
Children continue to be killed and wounded and this sad reality leaves young girls and boys deeply traumatized. The war caused one of the fastest large-scale movements of children since World War II, and you can provide the much needed help.
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