Among Your Own: family gathering for the defenders of Mariupol in Dnipro
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
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Participants in the Among Your Own project held a family day in Dnipro, took part in sports activities and focused on post-traumatic growth
An event for the defenders of Mariupol and their families was held in Dnipro as part of the Among Your Own project. Around 30 participants had the opportunity to take part in sports activities and spend time together.
The programme included football challenges, such as team relay races, as well as activities involving both children and adults. Everyone received gifts at the end of the competitions.
A separate part of the programme focused on post-traumatic growth. An important lecture covered working with combat experience, the peer-to-peer principle, and ways of reframing past experiences as a resource for further adaptation and development.
The programme included football challenges, such as team relay races, as well as activities involving both children and adults. Everyone received gifts at the end of the competitions.
A separate part of the programme focused on post-traumatic growth. An important lecture covered working with combat experience, the peer-to-peer principle, and ways of reframing past experiences as a resource for further adaptation and development.
Post-traumatic growth helps people look at their experiences in a new way. This experience can become a point of growth and help a person better understand themselves, find new sources of support and develop skills that can be used to help others in the future
Yuliia Horoshanska, post-traumatic growth trainer:
– The peer-to-peer principle is based on trust and shared experience. Veterans often better understand those who have themselves been through combat, so people with combat experience can support service members and veterans in the process of returning to civilian life. Post-traumatic growth helps people look at their experiences in a new way. This experience can become a point of growth and help a person better understand themselves, find new sources of support and develop skills that can be used to help others in the future.
Among Your Own has been run by Shakhtar Social together with Rinat Akhmetov’s Heart of Azovstal project for the third consecutive year. Over this time, it has brought together a community of Mariupol defenders and their families, for whom regular meetings have provided an opportunity to stay connected, socialise, take part in sports and family activities, and remain close to people with similar experiences.
– The peer-to-peer principle is based on trust and shared experience. Veterans often better understand those who have themselves been through combat, so people with combat experience can support service members and veterans in the process of returning to civilian life. Post-traumatic growth helps people look at their experiences in a new way. This experience can become a point of growth and help a person better understand themselves, find new sources of support and develop skills that can be used to help others in the future.
Among Your Own has been run by Shakhtar Social together with Rinat Akhmetov’s Heart of Azovstal project for the third consecutive year. Over this time, it has brought together a community of Mariupol defenders and their families, for whom regular meetings have provided an opportunity to stay connected, socialise, take part in sports and family activities, and remain close to people with similar experiences.
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