(MENAFN- AzerNews) By Sabina Mammadli
Azerbaijan has completed the social rehabilitation program for
Ukrainian children, who were brought to the country, Azernews
reports per the Azerbaijani Ministry of labor and Social
Protection.
The program was conducted with the support of the Social
Services Agency under the ministry.
As part of the 15-day social rehabilitation program, specialists
organized various events, individual consultations, excursions,
group therapy, meditation, yoga classes, and master classes for
Ukrainian children in order to stabilize their emotional state, as
well as ensure their integration into society.
As reported earlier, 28 children, aged 7 to 17, left without
parental care, and 4 controllers accompanying them arrived in Baku
on August 21. Another group of as many as 29 minors from Ukraine
arrived in Baku at the end of September.
The Azerbaijani government, as well as Baku and Sumgayit cities,
have earlier sent 807 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine,
consisting of medicines, medical supplies, as well as food
products.
On July 5, at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport, Ukrainian
ambassador to Azerbaijan Vladislav Kanevsky told the media that
Azerbaijan had supplied over 1,500 tons of humanitarian aid to
Ukraine.
Another 20 tons of humanitarian aid were dispatched to Ukraine's
Dnieper back in May.
On February 27 and March 12, 2022, a total of nearly 520 tons of
humanitarian aid consisting of medicines, medical supplies,
instruments, and equipment, as well as food products, with a total
amount of AZN21.5 million (more than €11.5 million) was sent to
Ukraine on the orders of the Azerbaijani leadership.
On April 21, another humanitarian aid with a total weight of
more than 170 tons was sent to Ukraine. The aid included medicines
and medical supplies worth AZN3.37 million ($1.98 million), as well
as food products worth AZN1million ($590,000).
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