Running for the nearest bomb shelter is a daily reality for many Ukrainian children.
Since February 2022, Ukraine's children have witnessed the violent destruction of homes, hospitals, schools, and all too often, the loss of a parent -- all due to Russia's long-running war on their beloved homeland. As of 2024, three million children remain internally displaced -- and an estimated 90% of them suffer from PTSD.
As Dr. Lukashov observed, an entire generation of innocent children will suffer the emotional and physical effects of this war.
Sea Star Kids is Doing Something About It!
Sea Star Kids - Helping Ukrainian Children and Families Reclaim Their Future
The Galaxy Center, sponsored by SeaStar Kids and opened in Spring of 2025, is a Trauma Care Clinic and Community Center established in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine to serve children and families. With a goal of helping kids and parents reclaim their future in a Spiritual environment, the Center provides trauma counseling, art therapy, a Reading Club, field trips and a very popular Teddy Bear Clinic,, It also helps prepare future children’s counselors and practitioners.
Help Us Help Them
Your support and contributions will enable us to provide life changing trauma care and counseling to hundreds of struggling Ukrainian children. Thank you in advance for your support. Please pray for the children of Ukraine.
A new calling For seastar kids
"And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help cases of urgent need and not be unfruitful." Titus 3:14
Serving disadvantaged Ukrainian youth through summer camps and college scholarships has been the mission of SeaStar Kids for more than a decade.
The group is currently focused on providing trauma care, counseling and humanitarian aid to deeply affected Ukrainian children and families.
Founded in 2010 by Dr. Gary Jerkins, SeaStar Kids was an outgrowth of years of medical and church mission work begun in 1996.
where we've been
Over the years, SeaStar Kids has sponsored countless summer youth camps, mid-year youth activities, college scholarships for SSK's "Starkeepers" (young adult counselors), household bucket drives for refugee families, backpack drives for displaced kids, and much more.
where we're going
We have been deeply moved by the trauma and loss experienced by these precious Ukrainian children over the last 2.5 years -- and have committed to address it head-on.
SeaStar Kids recently opened "THE GALAXY CENTER" in Western Ukraine to provide trauma care and counseling services, spiritual support and humanitarian aid to children and their families.