Helping with the Educational Needs of Ukrainian Children
In collaboration with House of Ukraine, Sankt Ignatios received funding from the cultural department of Region Stockholm to establish a project which helped equip parents to play an active role in supporting their children in their studies. Many Ukrainian children are faced with the double burden of navigating the Swedish school system while simultaneously continuing their online teaching based in Ukraine. While they are integrating and adapting to the Swedish school system, most families are keen to return to Ukraine as soon as hostilities have ceased, and many families are not yet ready to abandon their online studies according to the Ukrainian curriculum. Many children study online according to their Ukrainian curriculum in the evenings and on weekends, and require support from both tutors and parents in order to both adapt to Swedish school and also prepare for exams connected to their Ukrainian curriculum. By bringing children, teachers, and parents together, this project engaged Ukrainian teachers to support children in their studies. It also provided support and consultations for parents to help them actively engage in their children’s studies. The project gave parents and children the opportunity to make informed decisions concerning their education so that they stayed current with the Ukrainian curriculum, while also better adapting to the challenges of integrating into the Swedish school system. This project ran through August 2023.