Accessibility week: Building a world of equal opportunities together
“I was afraid my daughter wouldn’t be understood. She doesn’t speak, and people often look away. But in the Child-Friendly Space, we found understanding and meaningful learning. We were welcomed; my daughter looks forward to every visit, engages with other kids, and has started to smile,” shares Anna, a mother of a girl with a disability from Donetsk region, now relocated to Dnipropetrovsk.
For the NGO Responsible Citizens, accessibility is not just a slogan — it’s a guiding principle we bring to life every day through our work with children, families, and communities.
How do we implement accessibility?
✅ We train adults who work with children. Teachers, psychologists, social workers, and volunteers gain skills to support children with different experiences — disabilities, loss, displacement, trauma.
✅ We create spaces where everyone feels safe and welcome. Playrooms, educational activities, and training sessions are accessible, stigma-free, and sensitive to diverse needs.
✅ We work in villages and frontline communities where support is most needed.
✅ We promote dignity, respect, and equality in every project.
🟡 Accessibility means changing systems to serve people — not the other way around.
With support from UNICEF Ukraine and other partners, we provide psychosocial support, consultations for families, and inclusive educational environments — removing barriers that often go unnoticed.
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Charity festival “Dnipro. All Our Own”: Uniting to support children and families in DniproDnipro hosted the charity festival “Dnipro. All Our Own,” which brought together civil society organizations, charitable foundations, entrepreneurs, and city residents around an important goal — helping internally displaced persons (IDPs) and families that include people with disabilities. The festival fostered an atmosphere of support, mutual assistance, and hope, which is especially important in today’s circumstances.
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Building team capacity: A social work specialist from Barvinkove becomes a “Parenting Without Stress” programme trainerThe training was the first in a series of sessions organized within the framework of the “PORUCH” project in cooperation with UNICEF Ukraine and the All-Ukrainian Public Center “Volunteer.” Such inter-organizational collaboration strengthens the system of quality psychosocial support at the community level.
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Announcement: teacher training enrollment now openAttention teachers from Marganets and Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
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Kupiansk — Bohodukhiv — Kharkiv: the story of a family restored by supportThis is a story about fulfilling every child’s right to protection, development, and support — and about how the team of “Responsible Citizens,” together with UNICEF Ukraine, makes these rights a reality every day for families who have experienced war.
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“At the very moment when we needed it most, help came to us,” — Maryna from NovodonetskeThe work is carried out within the framework of the UNICEF Ukraine project “Strengthening Community Capacity to Deliver Essential Protection and Resilience Services in Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions,” implemented by the NGO “Responsible Citizens” with the support of the Government of the United States of America
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Over 60 kg of support for families with childrenWe are grateful to our partners at Humanitarian Nova Poshta, who help ensure the continuity of assistance and support communities living close to the war zone.
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Responsible Citizens NGO Completes Annual Humanitarian Aid Project Supported by the UK GovernmentIn partnership with Mercy Corps Ukraine, the organization implemented the LIVES Extension project, through which more than 23,000 people in Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions received financial support to cover basic needs.
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Educational dialogue in Zaporizhzhia: safety, equality, and partnershipsThe regional coordinator of NGO Responsible Citizens, Alla Maslakhova, took part in an important event organized by UNICEF, which brought together educators, representatives of education departments, school directors, social workers, parents, children, and UNICEF partners.