Latvian summer camps bring joy to Ukrainian children amid conflict
Across the Baltic country, around 20 camps will host over 400 Ukrainian children in July and August in an attempt to bring joy to their lives, at least for a brief moment.
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00:002024 marks the third summer Ukrainian children have been invited to activity camps in nearby
00:06Latvia. Despite the 40-degree heat, they are happy playing in and around the waters of
00:11the river Dargava.
00:12Children are not an exception. Many of them lost their fathers. Many of them are considered
00:24to be missing, they are in captivity.
00:28Many of these children staying in Latvia appreciate everything, not least electricity
00:31that doesn't cut out a night's scream of noisy sirens.
00:48All of the youngsters at the camp are children of soldiers. Most of them have lost their
00:52fathers in the last two and a half years of war.
00:58It's probably a little bit quieter here, maybe because of the emotional trauma. But we give them
01:02that joy, we see it. You don't need to be a psychologist to see how these children are
01:06recovering here, because the children are living in death. They may have lost their fathers.
01:10But they are living in death, we give them that joy. It's a fantastic feeling when you
01:15see that they have died in death, the tragedy of their families.
01:21Across Latvia this July and August there are around 20 camps playing host to over 400 Ukrainian
01:26children for what's set to be an unforgettable summer.