Active Tours in Ukraine

It is not so easy for a man without a limb to keep going for its favorite sports activity, to get adapted to further fulfilled life. Media is active to cover and support the initiatives and projects of helping disabled Ukrainian soldiers to get adapted in life both physically and morally. "With each training, it becomes easier for our heroes": how Ukrainian soldiers with amputations learn to play football. Twice a week, Ukrainian military personnel who were severely wounded at the front and were left without limbs train at one of the Kyiv stadiums. They play mini-football. The project for people with disabilities was launched by the Ukrainian Football Association to help military personnel rehabilitate. How these trainings are done - see in the video. Kyiv’s League of the Mighty: how amputee football supports Ukraine’s survivors Charity brings football to the heart of rehabilitation of Ukrainian soldiers injured in war Rehabilitation of war veterans thr...

Walking football as an adaptation option for Injured servicemen at rehabilitation For those after the injury, who lost so much strength, physical, moral, physical ability to move during the game, it is difficult to overcome depression, apathy, doubts about their suitability for further life. And still, they themselves and with the help of a friendly, attentive environment demonstrate sports behavior that is unusual for the average modern person. What can so called Walking Football be about in our case? That can be about: “How Slower Steps Are Helping Ukraine's Injured Soldiers Get Back on Their Feet” Let’s be honest — when most people think of football, they picture fast-paced action, sliding tackles, and players sprinting across the pitch. But for many of Ukraine's injured servicemen, football looks a little different these days. It’s called walking football, and it’s changing lives in ways that go far beyond scoring goals. So, what exactly is walking football? It’s pr...

What you see is what is the practice in Ukraine now "When you score a goal, you forget the pain. It's a real rehabilitation." - Oleksandr, veteran. For servicemen who escaped injury, but are tired of the physical and mental stress of the battlefield, overwhelmed by emotional trials, playing football is an invaluable opportunity to free their body, thoughts and feelings from heavy reality. It switches them over, put their drive and enthusiasm into another pleasant relaxing challenge, together with their relatives as spectators and fans. And this became a reality thanks to the joint efforts and help of a group of sponsors. Gratitude to them!

A series of articles Introduction — Meeting war realities Players & Fans - Legacies and changes "Habit is second nature." For many Ukrainians, participation in the game of football, as players or fans, was and remains a pronounced habit, both individual and group, a kind of pleasant and emotioal addiction. During the war, many things changed and continue to change. Habits too. Soccer ball coming together so naturally with the needs and capabilities of an individual human body, (mostly male) and becomes the main "communicator" in the interaction of 22 people on the field and many people in the tribunes, that everything that happens on the stage and behind can definitely be called an incurable addiction and disease. Paradoxically, this is a disease that can heal and raise people to life, from the most desperate conditions.  The war in Ukraine changes many things in ordinary things. But, these forced changes in things help, in turn, adaptation in life. In partic...