"How can I support you?" is a question that needs to be answered by both professional communities and those with whom they work. In response to the needs of national and local partners in Ukraine, in 2024 the Council of Europe launched a one - year programme "Trauma-informed approach in the context of access to human rights and basic services for internally displaced persons and returnees to Ukraine".
The trainers of the programme initiated the creation of educational and informational posters on resilience and recovery, which would be available in the premises of organisations and youth centres. The working group analysed the resources that already exist and developed the terms of reference for the creation of a series of such posters.
A series of seven posters was prepared within the framework of the Council of Europe projects "Facilitating access to human rights and essential services for internally displaced persons and returnees at the community level" and "Youth for Democracy in Ukraine: Phase III" in co-operation with the team of the twice displaced Donetsk Regional Youth Centre (Vinnytsia) and illustrator Iryna Vale.
"Such posters are an opportunity for a wider audience to learn about important things, such as support and reassurance techniques, about what can be empowering and inspiring. This is a kind of guide to inner strength, as accessible as possible for everyone and suitable for use in any space," says Lidiya Indychenko, director of the Donetsk Regional Youth Centre.
You can download posters in the Ukrainian language for printing at the links:
English version: https://rm.coe.int/1/48802c0b94
Ukrainian version: https://rm.coe.int/poster-1-resilience1/1680b49fb9
- Poster 2. Coping with a crisis: my tools for self-maintenance.
English version: https://rm.coe.int/2/48802c0ba6
Ukrainian version: https://rm.coe.int/poster-2-resilience2/1680b49fba
- Poster 3. Psychological first aid. How to help a person cope with the shock after a traumatic event here and now.
English version: https://rm.coe.int/3/48802c0ba7
Ukrainian version: https://rm.coe.int/poster-3-resilience3/1680b49fbb
- Poster 4. What helps me to stay strong even when life is challenging?
English version: https://rm.coe.int/4/48802c0ba8
Ukrainian version: https://rm.coe.int/poster-4-resilience4/1680b49fbc
- Poster 5. Resource channels. Support that provides for a person's needs and restores energy to live and work with pleasure.
English version: https://rm.coe.int/5/48802c0ba9
Ukrainian version: https://rm.coe.int/poster-5-resilience5/1680b49fbd
- Poster 6. Resource channels that help you and your team (for organisations, centres and institutions).
English version: https://rm.coe.int/6/48802c0baa
Ukrainian version: https://rm.coe.int/poster-6-resilience6/1680b49fbe
- Poster 7. Resource channels that help me.
English version: https://rm.coe.int/7/48802c0bab
Ukrainian version: https://rm.coe.int/poster-7-resilience7/1680b49fbf
The trainers of the programme are 24 representatives of youth centres and organisations working with internally displaced persons and returnees: youth workers, psychologists, social workers. They represent 13 oblasts of Ukraine: Kirovohradska, Zhytomyrskа, Kyivska, Zaporizka, Sumska, Poltavska, Lvivska, Mykolaivska, Chernivetska, Volynska, Rivnenska, Khmelnytska, Donetska.
The Council of Europe programme strengthens competencies for the implementation of educational and outreach activities on the application of a trauma-informed approach, in particular in working with internally displaced persons and host communities.
Recall that at the request of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, since 2022, the Council of Europe has launched a new programme on trauma-informed youth work as a response to the needs of youth workers, young people during the war of aggression of mthe Russian Federation against Ukraine. The programe includes a Manual for the Training Course on Trauma-Informed Youth Work, training for trainers, implementation of training activities in the communities of Ukraine. Upon request, the manual has been translated and published in English. The specialised course "Trauma-Informed Youth Work" is implemented within the framework of the state programme "Youth Worker" by 25 trainers trained by the Council of Europe.
The projects were launched within the framework of the Council of Europe Action Plan for Ukraine for 2023-2026 "Resilience, Recovery and Reconstruction".
