Angel`s Care
Bereavement support for all, affected by the loss of the baby during pregnancy, birth or shortly after birth
Angel`s Care in numbers
Angel`s Care is the only organization in Ukraine, that provides bereavement support for families, experiencing the loss of a baby and bereavement training for healthcare professionals. While in western societies support is available for over 40 years, we are challenging the post-soviet healthcare system and reforming it for the last 4 years in Ukraine.
Officially Registered since August 2019We are an officially registered Nonforprofit organization in Ukraine. We started operations in December 2018 and were officially registered in August 2019
3275 healthcare professionalsreceived information or training on provision of bereavement support for families, who lost their child in pregnancy, bitrtth or shortly after birth
Over 1500 bereaved familiesreceived continuous support from Angel`s Care on their grieving journeys: vis support groups, online programs and closed Facebook community.
2 maternity hospitalsin Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivs and Kharkiv regional maternity hospitals, already implemented bereavement support system and provide care for bereaved families.
OUR MISSION:
Implementation of the bereavement support system in Ukraine for all affected by the death of the baby during pregnancy, birth or shortly after birth. For healthcare professionals - provision of information and training. For bereaved families - provision of continuous support. Due to the war, we couldn't continue operations as normal, and we broaden our focus.
OUR RESPONSE TO THE RUSSIAN INVASION
From personal experience we know, how damaging loss can be to one`s life. But also, we know how healing support can be. Because of the war, we all experience multidimensional loss: of beloved, home, job, identity, the safe sky above the head, the peace, the ability to be close to our beloved ...
As an organisation, we are broader our focus: helping Ukrainians heal the invisible wounds of psychological trauma caused by the war.
Implementation of the bereavement support system in Ukraine for all affected by the death of the baby during pregnancy, birth or shortly after birth. For healthcare professionals - provision of information and training. For bereaved families - provision of continuous support. Due to the war, we couldn't continue operations as normal, and we broaden our focus.
OUR RESPONSE TO THE RUSSIAN INVASION
From personal experience we know, how damaging loss can be to one`s life. But also, we know how healing support can be. Because of the war, we all experience multidimensional loss: of beloved, home, job, identity, the safe sky above the head, the peace, the ability to be close to our beloved ...
As an organisation, we are broader our focus: helping Ukrainians heal the invisible wounds of psychological trauma caused by the war.
In our work, we have one ultimate goal: to provide compassionate support to all who have been affected by the death of a baby during pregnancy, birth, or during the first year of babies life. We want parents to have access to ongoing support during their grieving process, and for medical and other relevant organizations to receive education and training so that they can provide the best possible care.
We are driven by our values:
We are driven by our values:
- Dignity and Respecttreating everyone with humane and compassionate regard, regardless of their size, weight, age, social status, beliefs, values, or any other characteristic.
- Caring Compassionwe are here to provide caring assistance, when people need us, always mindful of personal boundaries and the individual needs of each person.
- Healing through grievingWe are supporting bereaved families to the healing through self-discovery and grieving,
- Peer-to-peer supportknowledge-sharing and mutual support. From those, who experienced a baby loss and were healed, to those, who are on their grieving journey with respect to the diverse experiences and individual needs.
WHAT WE DO
Provision of support is possible thanks to individual donations
For Ukrainians affected by war
"My Pillar" Hotline. Free psychological support
Free psychological support with experienced trauma and crisis therapists for families, who experienced a child loss, for people, who survived the occupation, for people, who experienced loss during the war and for volunteers.
For Ukrainians, affected by war
Awareness campaign.
War-related trauma
War-related trauma
We run an online informational campaign to support people during the war. Provide an understanding of own mental state and others, experience normalization, and provision the daily coping mechanisms for mental strengths.
For bereaved families
Bereavement support groups for parents
Monthly peer-to-peer support groups for families, affected by the loss of a baby before, during and shortly after birth. Any Ukrainian family can attend them for free. Since 2019 over 500 families received support.
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For bereaved families
Online program "Being parents of an Angel"
Online program for psychological support of bereaved families. It covers 10 topics to help during the grieving process.
These are videos, stories of other families and coping strategies.
Already attended by 1000 families
These are videos, stories of other families and coping strategies.
Already attended by 1000 families
For healthcare professionals
Training for healthcare professionals
We are the only organisation in Ukraine that provides training and information to healthcare professionals on working with families, who experience baby loss. Since 2019 we trained over 300 healthcare professionals and implemented bereavement support system in 2 maternity hospitals.
For healthcare professionals
Provision of informational materials and guidelines
We supply maternity hospitals with informational materials for bereaved families and provide healthcare professionals with free guidelines on how to work with bereaved families. Annually we supply 114 medical institutions and since 2019 we distributed over 3000 printed guidelines.
Who is behind the stage
- Nataliya Senytsya
Taras BondarenkoIvano-FrankivskFounders of Angel`s Care.
We believe, that supporting families, experiencing perinatal loss is not a privilege, but a basic need. Parents, affected by the death of the baby should be treated with care, dignity, and love in maternity hospitals and during the whole grieving journey. Our goal is to make it possible in Ukraine!
As the war started, we realized, that Angel`s Care is pretty much the only organization in Ukraine that is providing bereavement support, and we shifted our mission to help Ukrainians to go through this enormous journey. - Iryna Sozanska
Svitlana MaksiutaKyivWe were the first to provide support to bereaved families in Ukraine even at times when no one was talking about it. Since 2018 there are peer-to-peer bereavement support groups in Kyiv and we were the first to initiate annual perinatal loss awareness campaigns. We believe that together we can create a bereavement support system, available for everyone, who needs help in every Ukrainian city!
As the war started Iryna survived the occupation and lost her home, Svetlana had to evacuate her family from Kharkiv. On their personal experience, they realized, how damaging the war is for internal strength, and we want people to have support during this time. - Dariya StoliarchukKharkivDaria`s mission was to work with Ukrainian hospitals on bereavement support system implementation, She managed to organize amazing training for healthcare professionals in Kharkiv Regional Maternity hospital. It became the second center in Ukraine, where the bereavement support system was implemented.
Due to the war Daria had to relocate and help her family to evacuate from Kharkiv, Now she is trying to support healthcare professionals, who stayed and work in Ukraine now.
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Contacts:
Vasylyanok, St. 22, 76018
Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine