When reality is too heavy, children often fall silent. But their silence is filled with fear, dreams, memories, and hope.

And it is art that allows this inner world to be expressed, not through correct answers, but through color, line, and words.   

 The “Create Worlds” art festival was created so that children could express themselves. Without fear, without judgment, in a safe space where the primary focus is not the result, but the presence. Presence in what you create. And the feeling that your inner world matters, is interesting, is needed.    

For one or two days, children immerse themselves in an atmosphere of creativity, trust, and play. They draw their stories, invent characters, compose poems, create with their hands — and often, for the first time in a long while, smile from within.    

This festival was born as a response to the pain and losses children have experienced because of the war. But it is not about pain. It is about the fact that even after loss, one can shine. About the fact that creativity is a thread with which broken things can be sewn back together.  

Who Is It For?   

For children aged 9–17 from frontline and deoccupied territories, for internally displaced children, and those facing challenging life circumstances.    

Summer–Fall 2025 

The festival will take place in 7-10 regions of Ukraine.  

Goal: 500 children. 500 voices. 500 worlds.  

“Create Worlds” unites children from different regions of Ukraine. Children who have experienced war, loss of home, and an anxious journey into adulthood. It gives them not just a day of joy but the experience of presence, the experience of “I can.” And the belief that their voice has power.   

And if you are reading this, you too can help to make these voices heard louder.