Coleen Rooney has opened up about her own heartbreaking loss as she met with Ukrainian child victims in Poland.
The WAG, 39, took an emotional trip to a UNICEF Educational Rehabilitation School as she met children who have lost their homes during the Ukraine war.
Coleen lost her own sister Rosie who died back in 2013 at age 14 after a lifelong battle with the rare brain disorder Rett syndrome.
And the star opened up about her adopted sister’s passing as she met with disabled refugee children, including fitness coach Kateryna and her seven-year-old son, Murat, who has learning difficulties.
Speaking to The Mirror Coleen said: ‘One of the schools was for children with disabilities. And I grew up in that environment, my sister went to a school like that.
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Coleen Rooney opened up about her own heartbreaking loss as she met up with Ukrainian child refugees during an emotional trip to a UNICEF Educational Rehabilitation School

Coleen lost her own sister Rosie who died back in 2013 at age 14 after a lifelong battle with the rare brain disorder Rett syndrome
‘It was just like where they were, with music therapy, physiotherapy and all those things for the sensors. I felt so comfortable, it wasn’t a shock.’
Coleen also visited a Spilno Hub, in Krakow, which supports families who’ve fled the war and met Yuliia, her sister Olisia and Yuliia’s daughter Anastasiia, four.
Admitting that the experience had ‘opened her eyes’ to the reality of war, she added: ‘You think it is over, it’s not. These people have been hit with trauma and it’s hard for them to move on.’
Coleen’s family took Rosie in as a foster child when she was two and while they previously just provided respite care, the teen tragically passed away after being brought home to spend her final moments with her family.
During her time on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here last November, Coleen broke down in tears as she opened up about the loss of her little sister.
Coleen confided in Dean McCullough and Oti Mabuse as she confessed: ‘Even when Rosie died, I kept it together for me mum and dad.’
She continued: ‘She was 14 when she died, she’d be 26 now. It’s hard to lose a child, I’ve always said that… so we’re lucky to have what we’ve got.’
The media personality has always been very open about her younger sister and last year spoke about how her family always knew ‘Rosie was different’.

The star opened up about her adopted sister’s passing as she met with fitness coach Kateryna and her seven-year-old son, Murat, who has learning difficulties

Admitting that the experience had ‘opened her eyes’ to the reality of war, she added: ‘You think it is over, it’s not. These people have been hit with trauma and it’s hard for them to move on’

Coleen also visited a Spilno Hub, in Krakow, which supports families who’ve fled the war and met Yuliia (pictured), her sister Olisia and Yuliia’s daughter Anastasiia, four
Coleen made the comment in her Wagatha Christie Disney+ documentary where she explained: ‘When Rosie came along she was a massive part of our lives. She was the sister that I never thought I was going to have.’
Speaking to her mother and her father Tony, she continued: ‘I used to do her hair and used to love picking clothes with me mum for her. She brought that little bit extra to the house. We fell in love with her.’
Yet the family soon realised that Rosie was struggling with her development, and after a series of hospital tests she was diagnosed with Rett syndrome.
Coleen explained: ‘Rosie, she struggled. She couldn’t walk and talk and would be in pain and sick but she still put a smile on her face.
‘Sometimes she used to force a laugh out. I think it was just to make my mum and dad happy.
‘Gradually her brain wasn’t functioning so she couldn’t eat anymore, couldn’t talk, move.’
Rosie needed 24-hour care and after suffering from ‘lots of complications’ and being admitted to intensive care, Colette revealed the family decided to bring her home to spend her final days surrounded by her loved ones.
‘We had a sleepover, one last sleepover, all of us together,’ she explained. ‘And then we had a big party to celebrate her life.’
Breaking down in tears, Coleen said: ‘To lose a child is the worst thing that could ever happen to anyone but when you look back now she gave us so many good years of happiness and love.’
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