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For children who have experienced loss, education is about more than acquiring knowledge. It is an opportunity to gradually regain a sense of stability, build confidence in their abilities, and restore hope for the future.

That is why the Soborna Ukraine Foundation's Education Program combines learning with a trauma-informed approach. We create an environment where children can not only catch up on missed learning, but also rebuild their confidence through personal growth, new achievements, and a renewed sense of their own potential.

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How We Support

The Foundation's educational programs cover the following areas:

Our own educational center

Preparation for the National Multi-Subject Test (NMT) and university admission

Career guidance for teenagers

Career mentoring for women

Developing the skills needed to thrive in the future

Designing and scaling proprietary educational programs

Наші підходи

Creating Opportunities

We help children and adults gain knowledge, develop skills, and discover new opportunities to build independent, purposeful, and fulfilling future.

Child-Centred Approach

Children are at the heart of the learning process. We place their needs, strengths, interests, and pace of development at the center of every educational experience, empowering each child to take an active role in their own learning journey.

Personalized Learning

We recognize the unique abilities, interests, needs, and life circumstances of every child and mother. Educational support should reflect not only a person’s age or curriculum, but also their individual experiences and aspirations.

Psychological Safety

Learning should be a safe space where people feel comfortable asking questions, making mistakes, trying again, and growing without fear of judgment. We take into account the lived experiences of both children and adults and strive to ensure that education becomes a source of support rather than an additional source of stress.

Self-confidence

Knowledge and skills offer more than practical value. Through learning, overcoming challenges, and celebrating personal achievements, we help children and adults build self-confidence and discover new possibilities for themselves.

Education for Independence

Our goal is not simply to provide answers, but to help people develop the ability to think critically, make informed decisions, solve problems, and shape their own futures with confidence.

Growing Together

We support the development of both children and adults because they learn, grow, and heal together. A child’s educational journey and their mother’s personal growth are deeply interconnected, strengthening and enriching one another.

Meaningful and Engaging Learning

We believe learning should be more than memorizing information. It should be a process of exploration, discovery, and understanding. Knowledge becomes truly meaningful when children can connect it to real life and see themselves as active participants in their own learning.

Key Figures

Our Impact

320+

children receiving educational support

200+

learning sessions each month

12

teachers and 4 curriculum specialists

17

subject areas

25

children's learning groups

9

learning groups for mothers

Program Director

I believe that quality education is about much more than knowledge. It is about creating an environment where children can discover their strengths, learn to trust themselves, and see new possibilities for their future.

Наталія Дороніна

Nataliia Doronina

Head of Education, Soborna Ukraine Foundation Nataliia Doronina has more than 20 years of experience in education, combining teaching, curriculum development, and educational leadership.

At the Soborna Ukraine Foundation, Nataliia founded the Education Center and leads the Foundation's Education Program. She oversees a team of curriculum specialists and teachers and initiated the development of the Engaging Learning Methodology, the Foundation's proprietary educational framework. Today, the methodology is successfully implemented across the Foundation's educational programs and is ready to be introduced in Ukrainian schools.

Soborna Ukraine Foundation's Proprietary Learning Framework

Engaging Learning Methodology

The Engaging Learning Methodology is Soborna Ukraine Foundation's proprietary learning framework, developed collaboratively by educators and psychologists for today's Ukrainian schools. It brings together high-quality education, trauma-informed teaching, and meaningful student engagement. The methodology provides teachers with a comprehensive set of ready-to-use resources, including: ● lesson plans and structured lesson outlines; ● curriculum materials for a range of subjects; ●interactive activities and real-life case studies; ● tools for collaborative learning and classroom discussions; ● elements of gamification and inquiry-based learning; ● strategies for teaching students with different levels of academic preparedness; ● guidance on creating psychologically safe learning environments. Each lesson follows a clear structure that helps sustain students' attention, maintain their motivation, and encourage active participation. Ready-to-use teaching materials also significantly reduce lesson preparation time and help lower the risk of teacher burnout.

Together, these approaches create a learning environment where children feel comfortable asking questions, expressing their ideas, and making mistakes. The methodology promotes critical thinking, communication skills, independence, and a genuine interest in learning. Today, more than 300 children are learning through the Engaging Learning Methodology. The results demonstrate not only strong academic outcomes, but also higher levels of student engagement, improved communication and social interaction, reduced fear of making mistakes, and greater motivation to learn.

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