In the Chervonohrad community, more than two hundred families of military personnel have lost contact with their loved ones, and often the affected families do not know where to turn and where to get help and support.
The status of “missing” is an incredibly painful wound that remains open in the hearts of relatives. Since 2023, our community has been operating the Living While Waiting community, which aims to unite and support families whose loved ones have gone missing. The community is coordinated by women who are also going through the traumatic experience of loss.
“Living in Waiting” is a joint project of the NGO METTA (Lviv), created with the support of the Ukrainian-Swiss project MH4U “Mental Health for Ukraine”, based on the principles of psychological support and support for families with an uncertain loss.