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In the Carpathians, Ukrainian war veterans and their families are trying to reclaim their lives by climbing, breathing and processing trauma – not as patients, but as future pillars of Ukraine’s reconstruction. Chapter 3: A

SOURCE: DW 14 Ukrainian ex-POWs join a week-long alpine retreat in Austria, combining mountain climbing and trauma therapy. Led by fellow veterans, the program helps soldiers and families heal from war, captivity, and separation. Watch

SOURCE: Austria Times In the Austrian Alps, the international initiative Mountain Seed Foundation (MSF) has transformed the majestic landscape into a place of healing. It hosts rehabilitation camps for Ukrainian veterans, their families, and the

Tom Wotka, a senior policy advisor in Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s Government Relations Department and Marine Corps veteran, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Mountain Seed Foundation as board treasurer. This

24-Channel In May 2025, the Mountain Seed Foundation launched a new long-term program to support veterans of the Russian-Ukrainian war, their families, as well as families of fallen servicemen, prisoners of war, and missing persons.

Mountain Seed Foundation’s unique approach to healing   Rather than a descriptive adjective, in our program healing is a verb, a volitional, action – oriented process that evolves with time and effort. The traditional approach

Source: Nautilus Adventure therapy takes on the challenge of helping war-torn families It’s not easy to walk up a hill with your arms crossed, but Viktoria C.* is trying. Many of the other women—all recent widows

Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Schmidt ’02, USMCR (Ret.), recognized the trauma. Ukrainian children were experiencing the effects of long-term bombing by Russian forces. Schmidt has been coping with his own trauma from serving multiple deployments in

Austrian news channel ORF Salzburg visits our Healing Base Camp in Kaprun, Austria. Watch this feature which shows our Ukrainian military families climbing and hear from our climbing guides on what our healing program provides

SOURCE: Суспільне Черкаси In Cherkasy, 15 military children are learning mountaineering as part of the MiniBaseCamp sports initiative project. The project started a month ago and will last until May 2025, Ivan Solodkyi, head of the family,

SOURCE: Mystery Ranch Watching someone who has never climbed before do it with bright eyes and gritted teeth is one of the greatest joys. It is a physical manifestation of pushing our limits in real-time,

OUTSIDE MAGAZINE Filmmaker and photographer Max Lowe travels to Healing Base Camp, where Ukrainian families work through trauma with guided mountaineering expeditions. Kitzsteinhorn, a 10,000-foot Austrian peak that sits in the Alps just south of