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For many people around the world, news about Ukraine has become an endless stream of headlines. For us, it is our everyday reality—one in which our team, Fellows, alumni, teachers, and the children we work with continue to live and work under constant attack. 

The question "What do you want to be?" often sounds to a teenager less like a space for imagination and more like a source of immense pressure. Sixteen-year-olds are expected to make a decision that will impact the rest of their lives: choose a career path, successfully pass exams, and plan their future. However, making this choice consciously is nearly impossible when you simply do not know what options exist. To develop an interest in a specific field, one must first understand how it works. This is the purpose of career guidance programs, such as those provided by DHL and Teach For Ukraine, which enable teenagers from small communities to experience the operations of a major logistics company firsthand.

The 3.5 million children born during the 12 years of Russia's war against Ukraine represent a generation with a unique and complex experience, one that has no time to wait for global crises to end. These children are fundamentally changing the demands placed on education: a modern school must work proactively, teaching resilience, critical thinking, and the ability to drive change in conditions of uncertainty.

As Ukrainian children continued learning through another year of war, Teach For Ukraine worked not only to meet today's urgent needs, but also to help shape the future of education in Ukraine.  Throughout 2025, we supported children in recovering learning loss, empowered teachers, and developed the next generation of education leaders. But this year also marked an important shift in our own journey. We began transforming solutions developed through our work in schools and communities into evidence, partnerships, and national initiatives that can strengthen Ukraine's education system well beyond the reach of our own programmes. This report looks back on a year of growth, partnership, and system change. It highlights the progress we've made together and the priorities that will guide our work in the year ahead. 

Україна — одна з небагатьох країн у світі, де координацію гуманітарного реагування в освіті було передано від Кластера освіти до відповідних органів державної влади, і перша, яка зробила це в умовах активної повномасштабної війни.

The Hrebinka Lyceum in Kyiv Oblast has been welcoming Teach For Ukraine Fellows for several years in a row. Principal Yuliia shares how they took the leap, what surprised them — and why they keep applying again every year.

Teach For Ukraine launched a new large-scale phase of collaboration with UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) in Ukraine in April 2026. This year-long initiative is aimed at providing comprehensive support to the education system in emergency settings and addressing learning losses in four frontline oblasts: Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia.

Батьківство — справа непроста, а особливо в період, коли дитина входить у підлітковий вік і її поведінка змінюється. Ось ніби тільки це була весела дівчинка чи хлопчик, які без втоми ставили купу питань і ділились з батьками найважливішим. Аж раптом цей гомін змінюється на тишу. І з’являється відчуття, що дитина віддалилась і тепер надає перевагу одноліткам.

Kyiv hosted the “Impulse” Award, organized by the NGO “Teach For Ukraine,” as the culminating event of its namesake program for teenage mental health ambassadors. The initiative brought together 50 adolescents from frontline and war-affected regions who, over the course of nine months, implemented school-based projects focused on peer support, connection, and fostering a culture of self-care among students.

Admit it — did you dream of being a teacher as a child? Toys lined up in rows, a homemade pointer, and the feeling of absolute magic… At six years old, playing "school" felt like having a superpower. Standing at an improvised chalkboard, we were drawn to the role of leader — to seeing our "students" listen to us, to feeling capable of shaping the world. Teaching stood alongside conquering space and saving lives — it was a dream profession, built on a sincere belief in the teacher's omnipotence and a desire to share knowledge.

My name is Yuliia Skrypnyk, and I have devoted 18 years to a profession I truly love. I live and work in a frontline community, 35–40 kilometers from active hostilities.

The new compendium by the European Policy Centre, «Women in War: voices from the many front lines», brings together stories and perspectives on life and action during war — from resistance and loss to recovery and shaping the future.