Graves, blood, and weapons in the paintings drawn by Ukrainian children
Antalya's Konyaalti Municipality opened the course center with 48 volunteer Ukrainian teachers for 340 children of Ukrainian families who fled the war and took refuge in Turkey. “We asked the children to draw paintings that made them feel their inner feelings. Children draw their traumas. There are graves, blood, weapons on the papers” said Psychologist Irina Chemadurova.
Orphan children evacuated from Ukraine came to Antalya
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, some children and civilians living in the orphanage were evacuated to Poland by train for safety reasons. After the meetings of the Turkish Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Family and Social Services, and Migration Management with the relevant Ukrainian institutions for the evacuation of children in orphanages, it was decided to admit 159 orphan children and 26 care staff to Turkey.