RETURNING
DEPORTED CHILDREN
FROM RUSSIA

Save Ukraine is the only public organization in Ukraine that regularly organizes and successfully conducts Rescue Missions to return Ukrainian children. Learn more

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Main stages of returning deported Ukrainian children

It takes over a month to prepare for a single special operation after discovering the deportation fact until the mothers depart Ukraine to retrieve their children.

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Identifying abducted children and their whereabouts;

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Returning children back to Ukraine;

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Documenting children's cases and filing them to local and international courts by 3 teams of lawyers;

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Helping children and their families recover their psychological and physical health.

Media about us

16.02.2023

See Ukrainian children released from Russia's alleged 're-education' camps

CNN's David McKenzie investigates the stories behind a new report from Yale University that describes Ukrainian parents fighting to get their children out of purported Russian "re-education" camps.
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17.03.2023

Ukraine War: How Russia ‘stole’ Ukrainian children
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The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Russian president Vladimir Putin over alleged war crimes in Ukraine. The court said the move was in relation to claims Moscow deported...
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11.03.2023

Missing Ukrainian Girl Rescued From Russian Re-Education Camp

KYIV, Ukraine — Tetiana Vlaiko feels like an idiot. She is ashamed to speak to WhoWhatWhy about how the Russians took her 11-year-old daughter Lilia to Russian-occupied Crimea. She says that last...
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Comprehensive approach how to Save Ukraine

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24/7 Hotline

supported by USAID

Returning abducted children from russia

Evacuation from combat zones

10 transitional Hubs

Emergency assistance

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5 Hope and Healing Centers

Temporary housing, food,mental health recoveryfamily services
3 for IDP families with children
1 for sexual abuse survivors
1 for abandoned elderly

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104 FortHome

Modular housing for displaced families with children who lost their home

15 Community Centers

- Saving children
- Strengthening families
- Empowering communities

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Child deportations have no place in a civilized world.
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24/7 HOTLINE

supported by USAID

325+ calls per day

31 operators coordinate evacuations and provide legal and psychological support.
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120 000+ applications processed

Evacuation from combat zoneS

89 000+ children and their families rescued
60 vehicles (armored cars,ambulances, etc.)
12 rescue teams

10 transitional Hubs

Places where evacuees can rest, get emergency assistance, and temporary housing.
10 hubs all over Ukraine
300+ volunteers involved

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5 Hope and Healing Centers

3-month live-in recovery program for families and children who suffered from war providing housing, food, family services, and psychosocial support.
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3 Centers for the 520+ evacuated families with children
1 Center for the sexual abuse survivors
1 Center for the abandoned elderly
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After the initial trauma recovery program the family receive:
long term housing, financial support, integration in local community.

REBUILD

Provides new modular housesto vulnerable children and families.

‍104 already installed in local communitiesfor 12 months families are receiving housing, medical, psychological, legal and basic needs support

‍Goal for 2023:
‍‍Installation of 120 additional

REBUILD

Community centersfor children and families

That provide:

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Food

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Education

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Family services

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Trauma therapy

15+ are opened
‍3000+ children per month
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750+ parents per month

Goal for 2023:
To launch 50+ aditonal centers

Their stories

Read the stories of child deportation survivors and their families

Inna and Nikita Ivanov

15-year-old Nikita from Kherson has always been a gifted football player. Coming from an athletic family, the boy regularly attended national and international tournaments...
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16.02.2023

Tatyana and Lilija Vlajko

Prior to the russian invasion, Tatiana Vlaiko lived in the village of Oleksandrіvka, 40 kilometers from Kherson in southern Ukraine. She was working as a cheese molder, raising...
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16.02.2023

Olga Anodina, Andrii Kozlovskyi

Before the full-scale invasion, Olha, her son, and her daughter lived in the village of Kyselivka, Kherson region. On the day before the invasion, , Olha and her daughter were visiting the city...
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16.02.2023

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