Working with pupils at Teachers for Ukrainian Kids, a project of Lyzeum 2 e.V., we kept coming across things that made a real difference to a child’s education but had little to do with lessons themselves.
Some pupils were joining classes on their phones because they didn’t have laptops. One child needed help covering the cost of an after-school activities they loved. Another needed financial support to translate a school certificate.
Whenever we could, we reached out to our donors and supporters and tried to find a way to help.
Over time, we realised there were many more children with needs like these — including children who had never studied with us. We ran a survey and began thinking about how to make this kind of support more accessible.