Family Voices

“Being able to help a child who is in a vulnerable situation and who needs care is very gratifying to me,” - Viviana

Gloria dreams of having her own sewing workshop, but is concentrating first on supporting her family. “We’re close now, and I’m always there for them,” ...

Viktoria and her two young daughters have been forced to move four times since the war began, fleeing bombs and explosions.

Ivanna fled her home with her three young granddaughters after their house was damaged by a bomb. Lumos has supported Ivanna and her granddaughters with ...

At 17, Sofiya is the oldest of five children. She lives with her parents and younger siblings in Ukraine, in the same home they lived ...

Elena was initially hesitant to leave her home in Ukraine. However, when it became clear that her home city of Odessa was going to be ...

When Lumos met Viktor (11) and Veronika (14) from Ukraine in 2019, the siblings had been in a boarding school for several years. Their family ...

Maria says the best thing about her life with her mother is that she lives ‘in a family’. In a family, she says, she has ...

After two years living in an institution, with our help, Andrei and David were reunited with their mum. We supported her so she could not ...