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The Hrystia Hranovska Foundation took part in the Ukraine Recovery Conference 2026 in Gdańsk, where leaders, partners, and organizations came together to discuss Ukraine’s recovery. Our Founder, Hrystia Khranovska, joined the conference, and our Executive Director, Halyna Samchuk, presented Freedom Diaries at the Ukraine Pavilion. During her speech, Halyna shared an important message: Ukraine’s recovery […]

This summer, the Freedom Diaries team held an art therapy workshop for more than 140 children at the Kyiv Palace of Children and Youth summer camp. The event took place with the participation of young journalist Mark Kos and the 33 Channel Kids team, who helped us create a day full of creativity, inspiration, and […]

“Who am I?” — a simple question that Ukrainian children today are often forced to answer either in bomb shelters or in unfamiliar classrooms abroad. In times of chaos and war, national identity becomes more than a term from a textbook. It becomes an inner compass, a shelter for values, and a source of pride. […]

The Freedom Diaries team continues introducing the project to the European educational community. After London, Vienna, Bologna and Cambridge, the next stop on the map became Varna, Bulgaria. Over the course of two days, the team worked together with Ukrainian educators and children at UA Radiance Varna. More than 20 teachers joined the meetings offline, […]

The Freedom Diaries project is reaching an important new milestone on its path toward transforming Ukrainian education. The program has officially received the “Approved for use in the educational process” status from the Ukrainian Institute for Education Development under the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. What does this mean for teachers and students?This […]

On March 25 in Brussels, at La Fabrique (Alliance Française de Bruxelles-Europe), a public conversation took place with artist and Freedom Diaries’ creative director, Mariia Proshkovska. She presented the art-therapeutic educational project Freedom Diaries as a powerful example of how contemporary art can work with themes of trauma, memory, embodiment, and recovery in times of […]

The Freedom Diaries project has become part of the national initiative Education for Life — a comprehensive policy designed to strengthen the New Ukrainian School (NUS) reform and create a more coherent, meaningful learning experience for children. As part of this collaboration, the project’s creative director, Mariia Proshkovska, together with the team, selected seven Freedom […]

The educational art-therapeutic project Freedom Diaries and the International Ukrainian School (IUS) have signed a memorandum of cooperation. The memorandum focuses on building a partnership in the field of education, particularly around introducing and expanding the use of Freedom Diaries materials, created by the Hrystia Hranovska Foundation, in the learning journey of Ukrainian children both […]

At the Cambridge Ukrainian Language School, Freedom Diaries was presented as part of the school’s spring celebration. The event brought together the whole school community — teachers, children, and parents — and became a warm space to познакомитися with the project’s approach and see how it can be practically used in working with children. In […]