2025 Annual Impact Report - Report - Page 8
ukraine
Fostering Hope and Healing
In 2025, 5,904 preschoolers participated in
With more than 154 trained teachers, our
our program, equipping them with tools
efforts are transforming classrooms into
for lifelong learning and resilience—148%
inclusive and engaging learning
growth over the year prior!
environments, ensuring that every child
meets their developmental and academic
people served in 2025
5,904
Children
milestones—even in the midst of war.
154
Teachers
4,089
Parents/
Caregivers
our impact
objective for 2026
Despite increasing numbers of blackouts and
Train 500 additional teachers who will support
air raid sirens, the Rise Ukraine team continues
12,000 additional children.
to innovate, adapt, and expand its program
network, providing joy, healing, learning, and
laughter for everyone it serves.
Our program for ages 4 to 7 in Ukraine focuses
on emotional stability, social reconnection, and
cognitive development.
objective for 2027
& Beyond
Rise Ukraine is setting a new standard for
rebuilding childhood in the shadow of war. In
every region, hundreds of thousands of children
Rise Ukraine also developed a specialized
will walk into classrooms where teachers know
version of our Birth to 3 program to help
how to respond to fear, loss, anxiety, and social
mothers better connect with their children
isolation. When a child comes in, scared and
and receive the social and emotional support
quiet, they can feel invited to join in—finding
they also need.
safe play, warm smiles, and, little by little,
connection, laughter, and learning once again.
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