 While the Russian aggression in Ukraine rages on, refugees, most of whom are women and children, have found comfort in Europe. Local and regional leaders have stepped in once again, this time to provide a safe place for Ukrainian children through camps organised across European cities and regions, an act of solidarity that offers a sense of normality to some of the millions of Ukrainian children whose lives have been shaken by the war. The Bavarian Youth Exchange Foundation, in cooperation with the German Youth Hostel Association, Landersverband Bayern and the Association of Russian-Speaking Youth in Germany, Yunost, Landersverband Bayern launched a programme called Language Encounters, which brought together Bavarian and Ukrainian youths. In total, eight summer camps were organised, with programmes of each camp including sport and creative activities. This enabled the young people to get to know a new language through a fun method. Melanie Hummel, Bavarian State Minister for European Affairs and International Affairs, and Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Bavarian Youth Exchange Foundation, spoke to us about the aim of the camp. In the whole of Bavaria, summer camps for young people from Ukraine take place. I think it is so important that young people from Bavaria and Ukraine can meet, that they can exchange with each other, that they can learn the language. We also spoke to Thomas Rudner, Managing Director of the Bavarian Youth Exchange Foundation, about the programme of the camps. We didn't know that there were any major educational events but that there was a lot of value, that young people had time to relax, because their situations and what they did are often quite traumatic experiences. We hope that we can contribute so that young people can get better. The German Youth Hostel Association Landersverband Bayern provided accommodation facilities in Bavaria. We spoke to Winfried Nessensohn, Managing Director of the Deutsche Jugendherbeer's work Landersverband Bayern. We are happy to offer the young people here in Bavaria the opportunity to offer a refugee refugee a language meeting here in Ukraine, to offer a refugee a language meeting here in Bavaria. We also have the youth support and psychosocial support in our work. We are very happy to be able to do this here. Victoria Chetverikova, Project Coordinator of the Summer Camps from the Association of Russian-Speaking Youth in Germany shared with us the valuable work of counsellors and language animators throughout the camps. This is a great exchange for the children, for the young people who had very difficult last months. We also have a great programme. We do a lot of creative activities, sports activities and have a lot of fun together. The team, the team that we have, I find it very engaging. We do everything we can to give this opportunity to the young people, to be happy, to find friends and to dream again, to enjoy life again. EPP-COR members have already organised summer camps in Nîmes, France, Maramuresh, Romania and in the regions of Vielkopolska and Pomerania in Poland. The costs of the camps are footed by the EU municipalities and regions participating, together with public, private and civil society partners. Meanwhile, cities and regions remain committed to contribute to the reconstruction of Ukraine to give these children a better future.