For the next two months, the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America is putting Ukraine’s children at the center of our work – through fundraising, advocacy, community action, and education.
As of September 2026, Ukraine has officially verified 20,651 cases of children deported or forcibly transferred by Russia. The true number may be significantly higher, as each case must be individually verified, and russia does not provide Ukraine or international organizations with comprehensive information.
As of September 28, 2026, 2,650 children had been returned through Ukraine’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative.
Behind every number is a child and a family waiting for them to come home.
For the purposes of this campaign, the estimated cost to support the return and rehabilitation of one child is $4,000. Reaching our $100,000 goal could therefore help approximately 25 children return to safety and begin their recovery.
But this campaign is about more than making a donation. It is an invitation to become the hope for Ukraine’s children.
We are introducing a new way for you to turn your individual support into community action. When you visit the Hope for Ukraine’s Children donation page, you can not only make a gift, but you can also create your own fundraising page directly connected to the UNWLA campaign.
You will receive a unique link to share with family, friends, colleagues, neighbors, schools, churches, organizations, and your social networks. Set your own goal. Tell your community why Ukraine’s children matter to you. Invite others to participate and see the impact you can create together.
One person can make a donation. Together, a community can help bring a child home.
Bring Your Community Together: Children Praying for Children
Running October 17 through November 20, with a target weekend of October 24–25, UNWLA’s Children Praying for Children campaign invites communities across the country to bring children, families, faith communities, schools, and organizations together in prayer and solidarity with Ukrainian children affected by russia’s war.
Launched by UNWLA in 2024, the initiative has grown into a nationwide effort. In 2025 alone, 51 events across 14 states brought communities together to pray, raise awareness, and call attention to the plight of Ukrainian children.
This year, we invite you to organize a gathering in your own community using the resources. UNWLA has prepared to help you organize and promote your local event.
Bring your community together in prayer and stand with every Ukrainian child whose life has been forever changed by russia’s war. Let us know what you plan, so we can add your event to our nationwide list, showing how deep and wide the concern for the plight of Ukrainian children truly is.
Take It Further: Advocate
Community awareness can also become civic action.
UNWLA encourages its members and supporters to contact their U.S. Representatives and ask them to cosponsor the Justice for Ukrainian Children Act (H.R. 10473).
Introduced in the House on September 16, 2026, the bipartisan bill would authorize U.S. efforts to investigate, document, verify, and help prevent Russia’s unlawful transfer, deportation, indoctrination, and militarization of Ukrainian children. It also contains provisions addressing accountability and sanctions. The bill has been referred to the House Committees on Foreign Affairs and the Judiciary.
Pray. Raise awareness. And raise your voice.
Stories Can Make People Care
Keeping Ukraine’s children visible also means helping people understand what is happening to them.
UNWLA recently had an insightful conversation with Ukrainian Canadian author Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, whose Kidnapped from Ukraine trilogy tells the story of twin sisters separated during Russia’s full-scale invasion and introduces young readers to the realities faced by Ukrainian children during the war. The trilogy – Under Attack, Standoff, and Still Alive – is now complete.
Our Life magazine will publish our full conversation with Marsha in an upcoming issue. In the meantime, she shared an important call to action with our community:
“I wrote these books to build empathy for Ukrainians… I ask that you use my books as a tool to promote empathy and understanding.”
Her message is simple: share these books.
Recommend them to family and friends. Ask your schools and libraries to carry them. Bring them to teachers, bookstores, and book clubs. Use storytelling to raise awareness about what is happening to Ukrainian children—and to help people understand, empathize, and care.
