Preserving our culture
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Honouring our heroes
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Healing our children
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Preserving our culture • Honouring our heroes • Healing our children •
Our Mission
We are the Ukrainian Canadian Advocacy Group, a federal not-for-profit building bridges between Canada and Ukraine. Rooted in shared history, committed to today’s struggles, and inspired by a future of freedom and possibility. Our members come from every corner of Canada and Ukraine - immigrants, descendants, and those displaced by war. Different journeys, one purpose: strengthening the bonds between our people every day.
AN URGENT CAMPAIGN OF HOPE
Ukrainian children are living through one of the most devastating crises of our time. Many carry deep psychological trauma. Others have been forcibly taken from their families.
This is your moment to stand with them.
Bring Them Back. Help Them Heal.
What Ukrainian Children are facing:
Since the full-scale invasion, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children have been impacted by war.
They have lost parents, homes, and a sense of safety. Many are struggling with severe emotional trauma that, without support, can last a lifetime.
Even more alarming, Ukrainian children have been forcibly deported—separated from their families and stripped of their identity.
This is not just a humanitarian crisis.
It is a global fight for their future.
Real Support. Real Impact.
RAISE.UA is a Canadian program operating in Ukraine, providing direct psychological support to children affected by war.
Built on the Rehabilitation Program for Children of Fallen Heroes, the program combines professional expertise with real, on-the-ground experience for over 4 years.
Our impact so far:
460+ children supported
140 specialists trained across Ukraine
Every number represents a child beginning to heal.
Why Canadians Are Stepping Up
Canadians who believe in protecting children are becoming a leading power of returning those children and healing them.
In standing for justice.
In defending human dignity.
This campaign connects those values to real impact - giving you a way to help and act where it matters most.
Meet the Children You Are Helping
“I stopped speaking after everything happened.”
After losing her father, Anna withdrew completely. Through RAISE.UA’s psychological support program, she slowly began to reconnect - with her family, her voice, and her future.
“He finally sleeps through the night.”
Maksym experienced constant fear and anxiety after displacement. With structured therapy and support, he is learning to feel safe again..
These are not just stories.
They are lives being rebuilt.
Stolen Children
A Systematic Crisis
Where are they taken?
Indoctrination and Militarization
How children are taken
Forced Assimilation
Bringing children home
Since 2022, at least 19,000 Ukrainian children have been forcibly taken from their homes.
They have been removed primarily from Ukraine’s eastern and southern regions—especially Donetsk and Luhansk—and transferred far from their families.
To date, only around 2,000 children have been returned.
At least 8,400 children have been moved multiple times, making it even harder to trace them and reunite them with their families.
Thousands remain unaccounted for.
Ukrainian children have been transferred to at least 21 regions across Russia, as well as occupied Ukrainian territories and Belarus.
They are held in more than 210 facilities, including:
Camps and sanatoria
Orphanages and “family support” centres
Cadet schools and military bases
Hospitals and medical facilities
Religious institutions
Schools and universities
Key locations include occupied Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, and regions such as Belgorod, Astrakhan, Krasnodar, and Moscow.
This is not temporary displacement—it is a coordinated system of re-education and identity erasure.
62.9% of facilities subject children to ideological “re-education”
At least 39 locations (18.6%) provide military training
Children are exposed to:
Anti-Ukrainian propaganda, including films and educational content
Glorification of war and Russian military narratives
Organized military events and direct interaction with military personnel
Programs such as Yunarmiya play a central role in militarizing children and shaping their worldview.
Children are removed through a range of coercive and deceptive practices:
Forced deportations and so-called “evacuations”
Separation from parents and guardians
Transfers often carried out through military-controlled systems
Lack of transparency, including refusal to provide full lists of taken children
Many children experience:
Psychological pressure and coercion
Inadequate access to food, care, and safety
Physical and emotional abuse
The ultimate goal is clear: erase Ukrainian identity.
Children are:
Placed with Russian families through adoption or guardianship
Subjected to fast-tracked citizenship and legal integration into Russia
Told they have been abandoned or that returning home is impossible
In some cases, deportation and placement are falsely justified as medical or humanitarian necessity.
Returning these children requires sustained international pressure and coordination.
Key actions include:
Targeted sanctions against responsible individuals and institutions
International cooperation and shared databases to identify and track children
Advocacy efforts to maintain global attention and accountability
Reintegration programs to support children upon return
Long-term psychological care to help them heal.