Discussion Questions

• How do you think Artem felt when he had to leave his home?

• How do you think his mother and father felt?

• How do you think Artem felt when he arrived in Poland and went to the Welcoming Center?

• Why do you think Paolo decided to volunteer for World Central Kitchen?

• How do you think Artem felt when he saw and smelled the food Paolo and the other World Central Kitchen volunteers prepared?

• What do you think Artem and his mother wished for, when they were wishing on a star?

• How did Artem feel when Paolo gave him the fruit pouches? Why did he decide to give his last fruit pouch away to the boy who had just arrived at The Welcoming Center?

• Why did Hannah want to help the Ukrainian children?

• What do you think about how she decided to do it?

• What do you think you can do to help the Ukrainian children, or other children in need?

Follow-up Projects

Teachers, librarians, clergy, youth leaders, and other caring adults can follow up after the visit by:

• Talking with children about how they can make a positive difference in the world.

• Introducing the idea of empathy and imagining what someone else’s life is like.

• Finding positive ways, large and small, to interact with other people.

• Creating a project (or projects) where children engage in helping other children in crisis.

• Having children keep some kind of journal about their experience with their specific project, and how it makes them feel.

• Helping children make “freedom pancakes” and sell them at a group bake sale.