A new project on the implementation of the psychosocial support program for schools has been launched "Safe space" V 11 regions of Ukraine.

The project is focused on the implementation of the program with a special emphasis on increasing the resilience of children and adolescents and mitigating the effects of stress, caused by traumatic events.

The activity of the project provides: 
– training of school psychologists in the methods of conducting group classes with children under the "Safe Space" program; 
– helping children with symptoms of psychosocial stress, depression and anxiety in the format of group classes; 
– provision of individual psychotherapeutic assistance to children from the most vulnerable categories; 
– supervisory support for project psychologists.

The project will cover educational institutions from 11 regions of Ukraine, who were most affected by hostilities: of Odesa, Mykolayivska, of Kherson, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kharkivska, Zaporozhye, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kyiv.

Project "Strengthening vitality and improving mental health of children in the territories, What was most affected by the fighting in Ukraine "is realized by the NGO" Words help "and the Mental Health Center of the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in partnership with the International Organization of Plan International. The project is funded by Radiohjälpen/Swedish Broadcasting Foundation.