These days, on April 24–26, teenagers from orphanages in Ternopil and Berezhany took part in a special two-day training — about what truly drives our lives.

We explored a simple yet profound formula:

Event → Emotion → Thought → Analysis → Action

Through games, open conversations, and group exercises, participants learned to:

— recognize their emotions

— notice the thoughts that arise in different situations

— understand why they act the way they do

— and most importantly — how to change it

Together with trainers Ola Hilko and psychologist Helena Koval, the teenagers discovered:

- that even in difficult circumstances, they can choose their response

- that emotions are not a weakness, but a signal

- that thoughts shape the future

For these children, it was a critically important experience. These skills become the foundation of independent living:

the ability to pause, reflect, and make conscious choices.

At the end of the training, one participant said:

"For the first time, I understood why I get angry and what to do about it."

We thank our teenagers — for their courage to look inside themselves.

We are also grateful to our donors for their support: Nazar and Yuliia, as well as the restaurant “Three Mykolas” and Volodia Yavorskyy for the culinary classes.

Want to see more of these changes?

Support our programs — even a small donation helps shape strong and independent young people.

https://send.monobank.ua/jar/2H4zPH6hiG

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