The project "Psychological Support for Medical Workers", which is being implemented by the Medical Aid Committee in Zakarpattya in partnership with the NGO "Vigorous Moment" and with the financial support of the Fondation de France, continues. This time, the activities, which included music and play therapy, aqua wushu, a cooking workshop, and sensory foam therapy, provided psychological support to the medical workers of the Kharkiv Children’s Hospital. 

This is the third region of Ukraine where the "Vigorous Moment " team has organized group activities for hospital staff. These events give the participants an opportunity to escape from their heavy daily routine, find emotional balance and additional sources of energy.

"Every time we take the children down to the basement or out into the corridors during air raids, we worry about their safety, and it’s emotionally difficult every time. Personally, I rarely manage to take a vacation on my own, maybe once a year. Other times, it’s a kind of break between everyday life, but not a vacation. And here, the program was so intense that I completely forgot about all the circumstances that surround me every day", said Liliya, a hematologist from Kharkiv Oblast. 

It is important that, in addition to the anti-stress effect, group activities helped to consolidate the children’s hospital staff.

"This therapy allowed us to get closer to each other, to feel not only like doctors working in the same hospital, but also just people who can trust each other. It was not a working atmosphere, but a feeling of a big family, where everyone was happy and satisfied", summarized Dr. Anastasiya.