Since February 24th, 2022, Ukraine's children have endured things no child should ever have to endure. And yet their resilience, hopes and dreams are undimmed. As Ukrainian art professor and leader of her art healing programme, Nataliia Pavliuk, observes: "A child's art is the purest form of expression, there is nothing between the child's heart and the paintbrush."

"Little Hope Gallery" is a multinational program of exhibitions of Ukrainian children's art. It is run exclusively by a team of volunteers, all of whom have served in Ukraine, since the full-scale war started in February 2022. We are proud to work with Ukrainian artists Nataliia and Yustyna Pavliuk of Lviv, and to present a sample of the paintings of the Ukrainian children with whom they work - art filled with dreams, joy, and love for family and home.

On 24th February 2022 Ukraine's neighbour to the north and east of it, ruthlessly invaded. Up to 7 million Ukrainians fled the atrocities perpetrated by the invaders, leaving their homes, carrying just a few basic things they collected in a rush. Many of them will never return home to Ukraine. Almost immediately, Nataliia Pavliuk, lecturer of Art at Lviv Polytechnic University in Ukraine, and her daughter, Yustyna, a master's student in Architectural Design, rushed to these Ukrainian refugees, to help their country and its terrified children.

Nataliia and Yustyna brought their love of art to the traumatized children, wherever they were needed. In hospitals, orphanages, and bomb shelters, during power outages and air raids, they delivered the peace of creation through art, giving them a few hours of escape and beauty, amongst the horror around them and in their memories. Three years later their mission continues, as the children still come to Lviv in an unending flow. They call their art healing programme: "Art Which Saves".

Please visit this exhibition and take away at least one impression of a child from their paintings: because every piece of art is a part of a child's soul. And in doing so, you become part of "Art Which Saves" - because the children know you are there looking at their paintings and learning their stories, and it is this knowledge that will lift their hearts.