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Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Yahoo
Ukraine evacuates 10 children from Sumy Oblast after Russian strike on bus carrying their mothers
Ten children have been moved to safety from the border area of Sumy Oblast after their mothers were caught in a Russian attack on an evacuation bus on 17 May. Source: Main Directorate of Ukraine's State Emergency Service in Sumy Oblast on Facebook Details: The attack resulted in two children losing their mother, while the mother of eight others was injured. The children were transported in armoured vehicles to a safer location, as reported by the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in Sumy Oblast. Following the evacuation, the children will receive psychological and medical support. Background: On 17 May, Russian forces used a drone to attack a bus evacuating residents of Sumy Oblast. The strike injured seven people and killed nine. Emergency workers reported that most of those caught in the attack were women of retirement age. The bodies of some bus passengers had to be recovered using special equipment. An entire family – a father, mother and daughter – was killed in the Russian attack on the evacuation bus in Sumy Oblast. Following the Russian attack on Bilopillia in Sumy Oblast, 17, 18 and 19 May were declared days of mourning. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
CBC
09-05-2025
- Health
- CBC
P.E.I. Family Violence Prevention Services has 2 new ways to offer psychological support
Social Sharing P.E.I. Family Violence Prevention Services has come up with ways to deliver more free psychological support to its clients, with the help of the University of Prince Edward Island and an innovative enterprise it calls The Nest. The organization traditionally focuses on things like education, support groups, emergency shelters and outreach services. But executive director Danya O'Malley said there was a gap when it came to offering clinical services. "There's a lot of reasons why support is exactly what people need. They need somebody to walk alongside them on the path that they're on, somebody to help them navigate services," O'Malley said. "We do see people who are in some very fragile conditions, psychologically, and it is sometimes challenging to receive services in a timely way." That's why last year, they began working with UPEI Doctor of Psychology practicum students to offer free services to clients, with oversight from the university, O'Malley said. "It was a wonderful experience," she said. "The students have been amazing." Two new practicum students started in May and will be spending two days a week with Family Violence Prevention Services until mid-December. UPEI psychology professor Philip Smith said a supervising psychologist will ensure any client is a good fit for the student. Then they work on a plan of how to proceed and keep a close eye on how the process is going. "The clients can be assured that the students in a practicum setting are being supervised, so that the level, the quality of service that the clients are receiving would be parallel to the quality of services that they would receive from a registered psychologist." This is an opportunity for them to work with ... folks who have had experiences around family violence, domestic abuse. — UPEI professor Philip Smith It's also a chance for the students to learn directly in the community. "This is an opportunity for them to work with... folks who have had experiences around family violence, domestic abuse," said Smith. "That's an important kind of learning opportunity for the students." Clinical services for public Family Violence Prevention Services is continuing to build on work like this. O'Malley said the organization is now offering some clinical services to the general public — including therapy, assessments and consultations. It's called The Nest. "We have started essentially the same thing as a private counselling firm, but it is run by us and funding us," she said. "So a clinician would be an employee of ours, and then we receive their billable hours, and they are paid a portion and a portion goes back to the organization." She said it's run as a social enterprise — the goal is to eventually generate enough revenue from paying customers so that money will be available to offer clinical support to some clients for free. "It is a gap, definitely, for our clients, for everyone. People can wait a long time ... [services] can be very expensive," said O'Malley. "We have many children on our caseload whose parents would love to get a child assessment — a psycho-educational assessment perhaps, or maybe an autism assessment. And access to those things can be incredibly difficult." It all depends on the uptake, but O'Malley is hoping such assessments will be available free for some clients this year.
