With you, mothers of critically ill children got a second wind

AiF. Dobroe Serdce

Charitable foundation · Moscow

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Thanks to your support, we were able to provide psychological counseling to five families of seriously ill children from different regions of Russia. Mothers of children with disabilities or serious illnesses often forget about themselves - the first priority is always to take care of their loved ones, provide rehabilitation and treatment for the child, and often also to address legal issues of receiving benefits. Mothers find it difficult to notice their fatigue, mood swings, irritability, and thus to seek help in time. Usually women come to us when nothing else helps: conflicts with a teenage child force them to constantly worry, sleep disorders, frequent illnesses and lack of desire to do something become unbearable. The support of users of the Tooba platform allowed the foundation "AiF. Kind Heart" not only maintain the required amount of psychological help for those who apply, but also increase the number of consultations for each family. Thus, by agreement with our psychologist, if a family needs more than 20 consultations, we continue to work with them until significant improvements are achieved. In four months, the Foundation psychologist conducted 65 consultations for the mothers and children, and the coordinators kept their hand on the pulse of the situation and quickly answered the families' questions. Together we showed Oxana from the Rostov region, Lyudmila and Elena from Crimea, Alena from the Moscow region and Ekaterina from Sochi that asking for help is not scary, and that a psychologist can teach self-care, communication skills, stabilization under stress and, most importantly, give you the support and strength to make further achievements.

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About the campaign

Supporting Families in Times of Trouble

Families with seriously ill children are under constant stress and anxiety. Parents are forced to completely change their way of life: the mother has to give up her career in favor of caring for the child, and the father, on the contrary, has to work hard to provide for the family. On the other hand, children need to accept their diagnosis and the limitations and rules associated with it (diet, medications, procedures, rehabilitation).

This is often exacerbated by a lack of understanding between family members, resentment and the development of conflicts. All of this has a direct impact on the child: an unstable emotional state, psychological stress in the family makes treatment or rehabilitation difficult. This is why the AiF. Kind Heart Foundation launched a project to provide psychological support for the entire family. And it has proven to be very popular! Since the beginning of the year, our psychologists have helped 24 families and conducted 141 consultations.

The mother of one of the foundation's beneficiaries asked for help in establishing contact with her teenage daughter. She was very worried about her daughter who did not want to take the necessary medications. During consultations, the psychologist told the mother about the peculiarities of the child and adolescent psyche, supported positive changes in the girl's behavior, and helped build trust in the family.

Usually during the 2-2.5 months of support to the family, psychologists conducted 20 consultations. Every family has the right to assistance and compassion in difficult situations. Thanks to your support, we will be able to help even more families with a seriously ill child to strengthen relationships and create a positive environment for better health.