Mother creates stickers from popular Ukrainian cartoons to welcome children to the UK
Sticker packs, featuring characters from well-known Ukrainian cartoons, have been created to help the country’s displaced children in the UK feel at home.
The Friendly Faces sticker pack were created by Mother London / Mother London
Government data shows that the UK has welcomed 115,000 Ukrainians, up to February 7, 2023, with around one in three understood to be under the age of 18.
Moving to a strange new place can be daunting for children, especially as ONS data shows 32% of Ukrainian children at preschool or nursery don’t receive English language support.
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To help Ukrainian kids acclimatize to life in the UK, Mother London created the Friendly Faces sticker pack, each containing well-known Ukrainian cartoon characters from Mavka. The Forest Song – which all recently appeared on the BBC’s Hey Duggee – and The Cossacks, alongside encouraging Ukrainian phrases.
The Friendly Faces sticker packs are free to order from friendly-faces.org.
