On November 18, the project “Light Up Your Future” was launched in Zhytomyr — a comprehensive educational and psychological program for teenagers who were forced to leave their homes due to the war and lost their familiar living environment. The program will support 120 children aged 9 to 16, with learning and assistance continuing through September 2026.

The first three groups — 30 children — have already begun regular educational and psychological sessions. Within the project, participants study mathematics, history, geography, Ukrainian and English languages, STEM disciplines, and also work with a psychologist. Psychological support helps children restore emotional balance, overcome the effects of stress, and adapt to a new stage of life.

To create comfortable learning conditions, each child received a backpack equipped with everything necessary for studying and creative development. The program is designed to gently and consciously guide children back to offline learning, gradually bridge educational gaps, and help them regain a sense of stability, safety, and self-confidence.

The project “Light Up Your Future” is implemented with the support of the Askold and Dir Foundation, administered by ISAR Ednannia, within the initiative “Strong Civil Society of Ukraine – A Driver of Reforms and Democracy,” funded by the governments of Norway and Sweden.

The project team believes that attention, care, and high-quality educational and psychological support can give a child renewed hope, inner strength, and the confidence to move forward despite the losses they have experienced 💙