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With summer now in full force, many of thesurviving childrenin Ukraine who have suffered great emotional trauma this year are desperate to resume their childhoods — and one new summer camp program is dedicated to doing just that.
The7Fields Eco Campis a new children’s camp with a strong mission, located on the outskirts of Ukraine’s Kyiv region near Zalissia National Park. Through six sessions, the camp aims to provide 300 refugee children with fun activities and psychological aid before the summer’s end.
Children play on the playground on June 20, 2022, at the 7fields camp near Zalissia National Nature Park.Alexey Furman/Getty

Attendees get six meals a day and participate in a range of events during their free, two-week stay — think talent shows, flash mobs and campfire songs. They also have access to playgrounds, sports areas, a swimming pool, a yoga dome, a climbing wall and a wide variety of games.
Creative educational programs are worked into the experience to give kids an opportunity to learn financial literacy, the English language, engineering and music, and older children will attend anti-corruption lectures.
A boy smiles as he plays on the playground on June 20, 2022, at the 7fields camp.Alexey Furman/Getty

The camp notes that the children they plan to host “live in foreign cities and villages of Ukraine and do not have access to education and leisure activities.”
The camp’s top priority is helping the children feel a sense of safety, and while they’re only an hour outside of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv — an obvious target in the ongoing conflict — kids at the camp are able to enjoy the outdoors, and the clean air and fresh well water that comes with.
Boys play soccer on June 20, 2022, at the 7fields camp near Zalissia National Nature Park.Alexey Furman/Getty

“Support isn’t just about bringing food,” co-founder Oxana Volzhina wrote in a Facebook post about the camp, “support is not letting them forget what life is, that children’s lives are ongoing and should be happy!
source: people.com