Bring a child back home to freedom.
A child's journey from occupied territory to freedom is the most important road they will travel. But they can't make it alone.
Join the team behind Songs of Slow Burning Earth in helping Save Ukraine bring Ukraine's stolen children home.
1800+ children are already home—and your donation ensures our rescue missions continue.
Our network of supporters believes one thing for sure: hope grows through action. That's why your contribution today funds the brave teams working on the ground to bring these children home to freedom – and start their journey of healing.
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Ukraine, Russia war: What a peace deal could look like
Ukraine's underground railroad rescuing children from Russia
Children of Kherson: Putin's hostages
Rescuing Ukraine's stolen children — DW Documentary
Ukraine's stolen children crisis looms large as NATO meets Russia's war
Ukraine, Russia war: What a peace deal could look like
Ukraine has documented, name by name, more than 19,000 children deported or forcibly transferred by Russia.
Save Ukraine makes sure their story doesn't end there.
Want the story behind the numbers? See the stories from the frontlines.
Rescue. Care. Creating Futures.
Save Ukraine gives children stolen by Russia a way home and a future to return to.
Rescue
Each mission is a four-stage operation: search and identification; secure, trust-based communication; preparation of documents, routes and escort; and, on arrival, safety, emergency aid and basic needs. A typical route runs some 2,500 miles and takes at least seven days across checkpoints and inspections. Every cost is covered by Save Ukraine, never by the family.
Care
Rescue is only the beginning. At our Hope & Healing centers, each rescued child and family receives up to six months of safe housing, mental health treatment, medical care, and legal support. So far, we've cared for more than 5,800 people. For child survivors of sexual violence and exploitation, we opened the Protection and Advocacy Centre (PANDA) – the first of its kind in Ukraine.
Creating Futures
A community-based preventive model that keeps children in families rather than orphanages, running through 21 community centres across 11 regions — day care and rehabilitation for children with disabilities, early intervention for the youngest, and transitional living for young people who returned without their parents. Over 14,000 children are supported through education and psychosocial programmes across Ukraine.
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Your gift brings immediate impact on the ground.
To bring immediate help to the children and families in the greatest need, we work alongside faith-based organizations, NGOs, governments, and community stakeholders. Our uniting goal? Build up a nationwide system of rescue, care, and community reintegration for children and families affected by war.
Founded by Mykola Kuleba, former Ombudsman for Children's Rights, Save Ukraine is so successful because it brings together Kuleba's 27 years of on-the-ground experience in child protection and the dedication of our skilled local team.
Thousands of Ukrainian children are still waiting to come home.
Songs of Slow Burning Earth shows what Russia's war does to ordinary life.
But does it have to be like that?
People like you help Save Ukraine work inside the eye of the storm — bringing stolen children home from occupied territories, and staying with them through everything that comes after.
