Better You & Me: Building Future Confidence – One Experience at a Time

This spring, our important work within the Better You & Me project continues with strength and heart. Thanks to the generous support of Mats Paulsson Stiftelse, we’re able to invest in what truly matters – hope, resilience, and the future of young people who have gone through more than most.

Throughout April, Help Ukraine Gothenburg (Hug) organized a series of meaningful activities for Ukrainian youth living in Gothenburg. These weren’t just workshops. They were opportunities for the young participants to step out of their daily challenges and into spaces where they could dream, explore, and imagine new paths for their lives.

Together with inspiring professionals and role models, our youth got hands-on experiences in different fields:

• Journalism with Anastasia Palchuk from Göteborgs-Posten
• Public Speaking with Svitlana Rak
• Technology & Innovation at Chalmers with Pavlo Krasov

Each session was more than just learning a skill. It was a doorway into possibility.
Because for many of the teens we meet, the idea of a future feels far away. More than half describe feelings of uncertainty – about school, housing, work, and their right to stay in Sweden. Living in limbo takes a toll. That’s why this project matters so much.

We’ve seen what happens when they write their first article, deliver a speech, or step into a university lab. Something shifts. A spark lights up. A quiet voice says,

‍“Maybe I can.”

And that is the heart of this project.
We don’t just want to teach – we want to believe in them until they believe in themselves.

At Hug, we know that investing in young people is one of the most powerful things we can do. Because when they begin to see their own potential, their whole future changes.

💌 Want to support or be part of this work? Reach out to us at contact@hug.ngo
Together, we build future confidence – and we build it one spark at a time.

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