CHILDREN'S AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
2021-01-07
CHILDREN’S AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
Give children growing up in vulnerable circumstances the opportunity to attend their favorite activity or receive essential therapy.
📅 Project period: 2025–2026 academic year
💚 Estimated cost per child: €840–1680 per academic year
🔔 The school day ends, the bell rings, and children rush to clubs, sports practices, and art classes… Sadly, this isn’t a reality for every child.
Children from low-income families often grow up in difficult circumstances– unsafe environments, poverty, loneliness, disability, or loss. Many spend their afternoons in day-care or crisis centers, where they receive a hot meal, do their homework, and get help from specialists. Yet this alone is not enough.
To grow into strong, confident individuals, children need meaningful after-school activities – dance, sports, art, or therapies that are essential for their well-being.
Project Goal
To give children the opportunity to:
- engage in meaningful after-school activities;
- develop social skills and self-confidence;
- avoid social risks such as addiction, homelessness, or criminal behavior;
- experience the joy of their first successes.
Special Support for Children with Health Challenges
Some children face serious health challenges and require ongoing therapy, rehabilitation, exercise, or other specialized activities. These are not luxuries; they are essential for helping a child to:
- strengthen their bodies;
- improve emotional well-being;
- integrate into the community;
- find joy in everyday life.
How Your Support Helps
With your support, children can:
- attend dance, sports, or art clubs;
- receive therapy sessions (such as swimming or physiotherapy);
- participate in safe, meaningful activities after school.
👉 Your support is a direct investment in a child’s chance to live a full and joyful life.
Join Us!
Give a child the chance to attend an after-school club or therapy session – a place where their eyes shine, their confidence grows, and their dreams begin to take shape.
Thanks to Your Donations, This Project Has Already Helped:
✨ Kamilė (13, Šilutė) – abandoned by her parents, now raised by her grandmother. She attends physical therapy following a limb amputation and spinal deformity.
✨ Inga (11, Vilnius) – living with a developmental disorder, she has been attending swimming lessons for five years.
✨ Gustė (12, Šilutė) – raised by her grandmother, she attends sports dance classes.
✨ Tautvydukas (12, Kaunas) – living with a rare immunodeficiency disease, he attends regular physical therapy sessions.
✨ Mila (5, Varėna) – diagnosed with a genetic disorder, she receives ongoing physical therapy.
Success Stories
🌟 Martyna
This year we said goodbye to Martyna, who grew up in a socially vulnerable environment and graduated not only from school, but also from the music school that we supported for five years. She wrote:
“I am deeply grateful for the support of your foundation. This help has been so important to me. Thanks to your support, I was able to finish Ukmergė Music School and make my dream come true – to study at Vytautas Magnus University Music Academy, in the Department of Music Theory and Pedagogy. I wish the ‘Vilties liepsna’ charity and support foundation many more years of success!”
🌟 Mildutė
Mildutė, our talented violinist, also graduated this year and has been invited to study at the Toronto Conservatory of Music! Growing up in a large family, she has been able to improve her musical skills for eight consecutive years at youth music camps supported by our foundation.
As her mother told us:
“Your foundation’s contribution to improving her musical abilities has certainly not been in vain.”
We are incredibly proud of Mildutė’s achievements – today she continues her life’s journey with a violin in her hand.
🎶 We wish her the very best in her studies!
