Recently an Agents of Change worker met with a translater from the the Deaf Association of Botosani County who was looking after a four year old girl from Ukraine while her deaf-mute father went for an opthalmic assessment. He is normally her main carer, with her deaf mother having found a full-time job. “Daryna” (not her real name) was solemnly playing with a doll’s house belonging to the Association. The only item she had to hand to put in the house was a toy dalmation, and this she did repeatedly. It was the first time she had been seen playing since reaching Romania with her parents some months ago. She hasn’t spoken since leaving Ukraine, when she was the only hearing person in the house who could alert her parents to the air-raid sirens going off. Their apartment in East Ukraine was destroyed by shelling and so they took refuge in Romania. She has gained a place at kindergarten in Botosani which may help, although her psychological rehabilitation is likely to be slow, without access to specialised therapists. Agents of Change will do what we can, which at this point may be as simple as fulfilling Daryna’s dream of owning a new doll and her own doll’s house. The donations of supporters since March make such steps possible.