A Brussels panel combined expert debate and a portrait exhibition to probe the challenges of reintegrating veterans and wounded civilians. They called for accelerated prosthetics provision, comprehensive rehabilitation training and services, stronger social support and long term international programs to ensure dignified recovery.<\/p>\n
In Brussels, a panel discussion and photo exhibition titled \u201cBrave Faces of Resilience: From Surgery to Society: The Path to Ukraine\u2019s Reintegration,\u201d organized by the Belgian international aid agency Enabel, took place. With the participation of experts and civil society representatives, the event touched on the problems and prospects of successful reintegration of veterans and affected civilians.<\/p>\n
A Brussels-based correspondent reported on the event.<\/p>\n
\u201cFour years after the start of Russia\u2019s invasion, this event reflects our collective commitment to act.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Enabel<\/p>\n
An exhibition of portraits taken by photojournalist Yulia Ovsyannikova allows viewers to learn about the stories of rehabilitated civilians and military personnel.<\/p>\n
The issues of reintegration of war veterans and conflict victims were discussed at a high level, with a focus on medical, psychological, and social aspects of recovery.<\/p>\n
\u201cThrough a crossing of personal testimonies, medical analysis, and political perspectives, the meeting discussed the complex aspects of post-conflict reintegration: physical and psychological recovery, social adaptation, access to services, fighting stigma, and paths to employment for veterans, Enabel reported.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following this, the exhibition\u2019s author spoke about the challenges of \u201clife between the civilian and military worlds\u201d and emphasized: society must learn to communicate properly with veterans, be present, and ready to listen.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd this is entirely understandable \u2013 after such deep changes, to reappear in the public eye requires immense courage. But some of them agreed. They chose to show their new faces to the world. And that decision is an act of strength. These portraits became the cornerstone of this project.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Yulia Ovsyannikova<\/p>\n
Veteran Ivan Voynov shared the story of a severe injury, the amputation of a leg, and surgeries, including one on the skull. He also expressed gratitude to the Superhumans project for support in rehabilitation and admitted that for the first time since the injury and prosthetic fitting he cried with joy while running.<\/p>\n
He also noted the importance of maintaining good humor among veterans as a factor in successful rehabilitation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe even sometimes compete in who has the better sense of humor, especially dark humor.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Ivan Voynov<\/p>\n
Olga Rudnyenova, executive director of the charitable association Superhumans, spoke about pressing rehabilitation and health-care system problems in the context of targeted strikes on medical facilities. According to her, more than 100,000 people in Ukraine need prosthetics, and the aid process is hampered by longer evacuation times from the battlefield and the prevalence of drones on the modern front.<\/p>\n
Deputy Minister of Health of Ukraine Marina Slobodnichenko thanked the Belgian government and Enabel for stable and multifaceted support, emphasizing joint efforts to return people to full life.<\/p>\n
\u201cRehabilitation is not only about prostheses but also training programs for rehabilitation professionals, the organization of rehabilitation centers, and the supply of medical equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2013 Marina Slobodnichenko<\/p>\n
The European Union announced the fourth component of security guarantees for Ukraine, which will cover support for defense reform, countering hybrid and cyber threats, and accelerating veterans\u2019 reintegration.<\/p>\n
According to the event\u2019s conclusions, organizers emphasized the importance of ongoing dialogue between the government, civil society, and veterans for proper rehabilitation and meaningful integration of people into society. The event once again underscored the need for joint action to ensure a full return to active life and to safeguard their dignity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Brussels panel combined expert debate and a portrait exhibition to probe the challenges of reintegrating veterans and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[211,210,36121,38,36122,36123,36124,36125,36120],"class_list":{"0":"post-65696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brussels","8":"tag-belgium","9":"tag-brussels","10":"tag-enabel-brussels","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-photo-exhibition","13":"tag-prosthetics-support","14":"tag-rehabilitation-ukraine","15":"tag-veteran-reintegration","16":"tag-veteran-reintegration-rehabilitation-ukraine-enabel-brussels-prosthetics-support-photo-exhibition"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116445079558035182","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}