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This is a program to stabilize the emotional state of women and children affected by war, specially developed by professionals in the field of psychotherapy and post-traumatic syndromes.

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Unbreakable Mom

This is a program to stabilize the emotional state of women and children affected by war, specially developed by professionals in the field of psychotherapy and post-traumatic syndromes.

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Unbreakable Mom

In June 2022, the Masha Fund launched the Unbreakable Mom project. This program is designed to stabilize the emotional state of women and their children who suffered from the war, specially developed by specialists in the field of psychotherapy and post-traumatic syndromes.

Participants undergo intensive work with psychologists in the Carpathians during a three-week retreat. Then women can continue working with a psychologist in an online format in the project "Unbreakable Mom. Live on."

Every day, the Masha Fund receives hundreds of applications from women who need help. Almost 60% of them were under occupation, the rest survived the blockade or were in terrible conditions in hot spots of Ukraine. 25% witnessed violence. Half of all women who apply for the project have nowhere to return to - their housing is damaged or destroyed. Some Ukrainian women survived war crimes, including physical and sexual violence, torture, mutilation, and terrible psychological trauma.

Some women and children lost their family members, children who witnessed murders and torture, and children with psychological disorders caused by war. "Unbreakable Mom" gives the strength to move forward to women who have returned from Russian captivity. The project team also helps female volunteers, among whom there are hospital nurses.

The program for the wards of the project is scheduled hourly for each day: group and individual classes with psychotherapists, art therapy, and physical therapy. More than 120 psychologists are involved in the program.

In the years 2022-2023, the rehabilitation camp hosted 33 sessions, assisting approximately 2000 women and their children.

The purpose of the Unbreakable Mom program:
Prevention of the development of PTSD
Stabilization of the psycho-emotional state:
• processing a traumatic experience
• mastering self-regulation methods
• formation of successful coping strategies
• development of abilities for adaptation, self-realization
• establishment of new social connections
• increase in the level of social activity among program participants
• improvement of family relations
• enhancement of communicability

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в проходженні програми «Незламна мама»

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For the first time, the Unbreakable Mom psycho-emotional stabilization program from the Masha Foundation introduced separate changes specifically for mothers of deceased and missing servicemen. The NGO representative says, “The demand for such support turned out to be much greater than expected. Women who have lived in a state of internal numbness for years are once again starting to sing, draw, cry, and allow themselves to feel.” And the project experts emphasize, “Working with mothers experiencing loss or uncertain loss requires a particularly delicate and very human approach.”

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For the first time in history, the Ukrainian Masha Foundation received a prestigious international award and a grant in the amount of 300 thousand euros from the Finnish government

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The Masha Foundation and Grinchenko University signed a memorandum of cooperation in the field of training psychologists

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