OUR REF NO: COM-015
WRA-DF / Akademia Odporności Wojennej
— English Summary
WRA-DF / Akademia Odporności Wojennej is an international educational and social initiative of Fundacja Dryps, created to address the consequences of war, with a particular focus on war trauma, PTSD, crisis situations, and the rehabilitation of veterans and civilians.
Its main areas of activity include:
- training specialists in war trauma and complex PTSD;
- educating police officers, investigators, intelligence personnel, prosecutors, and judges;
- supporting veterans, former prisoners of war, and civilians affected by war;
- introducing modern approaches in crisis psychology;
- assisting with the documentation of war crimes;
- developing clinical approaches for trauma, amputations, and phantom pain.
The project primarily works with the following target groups:
- military personnel and veterans;
- psychologists and psychotherapists;
- police and other law-enforcement bodies;
- investigators and prosecutors;
- judges and court personnel;
- donors and institutional partners.
Among the programs presented by the project are:
- Certified War Traumatologist — a six-month hybrid course with 180 training hours and up to 50 participants;
- training related to child war trauma and PTSD;
- Investigative Psychology: War Crimes — training for investigators working with witnesses and victims;
- Crisis Negotiations for Police Negotiators;
- programs aimed at preventing secondary trauma among judges.
The project also presents cooperation with a number of institutions and organizations, including:
- the Embassy of Ukraine in Poland;
- the Polish-Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce;
- the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine;
- the National Police of Ukraine;
- the International Police Association;
- Odesa National Medical University;
- Ukrainian medical and psychological organizations.
The website places particular emphasis on institutional transparency. It publishes letters of support, foundation documents, certificates, project materials, and information for donors. It also refers to the use of ABAC and AML standards in financial and organizational compliance.
Among the project’s current areas of interest in 2026 are:
- training for investigative officers;
- specialist training related to former prisoners of war and civilians released from captivity;
- publications on post-traumatic growth;
- research into long-term war trauma;
- comparative analysis of police negotiator training in different countries.
Organizationally, the project operates through Fundacja Dryps in Poland, with its headquarters indicated in Bytom. The website also lists contact points or representation in Kyiv, Berlin, Sofia, Riga, and Tbilisi.
The main idea of WRA-DF is not only to provide psychological assistance to people affected by war, but also to build a professional system for training specialists capable of working with war trauma according to modern international standards.
