Not only walls — rebuilding a young generation's right to belong
When a russian strike hit the building in Sumy where our teenagers met each week, I was sure we had lost them.
They were frightened; some could not stop shaking. They had felt the blast. We brought in psychologists without asking for anything in return. Less than two weeks later, the same teenagers found a new venue and finished the program.
I have returned to that moment many times since. The courage of those youngsters astonished me. They had found a place where their voice counted, and they
