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The Rehabilitation by Tourism project for rotating military enlisted personnel or those undergoing rehabilitation is now unfolding in the Lviv region. On September 23-24, the participants will spend two days traveling around the Lviv region. A river catamaran trip will be available. Considering the state of health, the military is welcome to take part in kayaking and rock climbing workshops. A guided tour and a caving trip to be also organized for the project participants. All activities are free of charge for the defenders. About 30 participants have already signed up. The “Rehabilitation by Tourism” project is being implemented by the Manivtsi Tourist Club together with the Youth and Sports Department of the Lviv Oblast Military Administration.

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Driving courses for women who found themselves in difficult life circumstances due to the war were launched in the capital: they were forced to leave their homes, they lost their work, income or survived the occupation. The first class has already taken place. After completing the courses and successfully passing the exam, students will be able to obtain category B licenses.

The Kyiv City Administration reports that the pilot project will provide an opportunity for 15 women to get a new profession and obtain a freedom that a car can provide, become independent and self-confident. Inclusive education for 5 women with disabilities is also provided separately.

For reference: The training courses are held as a part of the project for the development of the economic capacity of women “VONA hub,” which is carried out by the UN Population Fund in Ukraine with the implementation by “Innovative Social Solutions” NGO, upon the initiative of the Kyiv City State Administration and with the financial support of USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA).

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A Lviv region rehabilitation center has initiated the “Fly” project to help soldiers wounded at the front who survived amputations learn new skills. It is about flying drones, which can become a new profession for veterans. The training includes gaining theoretical knowledge and practice experience: first, the military takes the course, then gives their skills a try on test simulators, and then trains to fly drones at specific locations. The project is supported by several charitable organizations, including Patients of Ukraine, With an Angel on a Shoulder, Protez Hub, and the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation.

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Olha Lekova first faced the war in 2014, when Russia attacked Ukraine in the East. The woman fled Donetsk almost on the last available train going to Kyiv. Here, she started her own business, an interior design studio. When the enemy stepped to the capital’s outskirts in 2022, she decided to stay and fight. She started to equip shelters that were in a poor state. Together with her team, Olha creates shelter furniture from recycled plastic collected by ordinary Kyiv residents and donated by businesses: chairs, tables, and folding beds. So far, they have managed to equip 15 shelters in 8 country regions.

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The survey results “From Poland to Germany. New Trends in Ukrainian Refugee Migration” are to be present in Kyiv on September 13. The study was conducted in August 2023 by the EWL Migration Platform, the EWL Foundation, and the Centre for East European Studies at the University of Warsaw and commissioned by the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland. It was conducted among 400 Ukrainian citizens who came to Poland after the outbreak of war, received temporary protection status in Poland, and then left for Germany.

Speakers:

• Jan Malicki, Professor, Head of the Center for East European Studies, University of Warsaw (online)
• Andrzej Korkus, the EWL Migration Platform Group Chairman of the Board (in person)
• Mariusz Kowalski, PhD, social geographer (online)
• Margarita Sytnyk, spokesperson of the EWL Migration Platform (in person)

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A short film, “What Have We Lost?” written and acted by teenagers, will be screened in Kyiv. The film’s authors are children who survived the occupation, life near the fighting unfolded, traveling abroad, and other challenges of war. They will also present the film to journalists.

The teenagers created the film as part of an art therapy screenwriting course implemented by the Voices of Children Charitable Foundation. For three months, under the supervision of the director Marisa Nikitiuk, a group of children learned to live through the trauma of war through art.

The private screening of the film will take place on September 13.

Participants of the conversation:

• Nastia, Valeria, and Sofia, participants of the course, screenwriters, and actors of the film;
• Olena Rozvadovska, children’s human rights activist, Chair of the Voices of Children Foundation;
• Marysia Nikitiuk, film director (Ya.Nina, When Trees Fall), the screenwriting course tutor.

Actress Irma Vitovska and Azad Safarov, the second director of the “A House Made of Splinters” documentary, are others in attendance. 

Event accreditation is required.

For information: The Children’s Voices Charitable Foundation provides psychological and psychosocial support to children and parents affected by war.

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During Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Oleh decided to join the army to fight in the war. His unit was assigned to the 68th Jaeger Brigade. The man says that an enemy tank hit the building he was in. Shell fragments hit Oleh in the leg and severely injured it. Later, due to improper treatment, the metatarsal bone began to rot and had to be removed. 

However, now the man is a member of the #SavetheLimb National Program, which entails amputation-free survival. Healthcare professionals are working towards leg salvage. Some patients treated within the program, depending on the complexity of their injuries, may undergo as many as twenty surgeries to avoid limb amputation. 

For information: The “Save the Limb” national program was launched last year at the initiative of the International Charitable Foundation “Health of the Ukrainian People.” Its mission is to stop the disability of Ukrainians due to injuries to their arms and legs sustained during the war.

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On September 11, a presentation of a VR exhibition about the crimes of russians in the temporarily occupied territories will be held in Kyiv. During the presentation, the authors of the exhibition will show a clip from the documentary film, photos, as well as a VR-video with testimonies of Ukrainian citizens from de-occupied territories.

The VR video of the documentary project “Deoccupation ” will allow “transporting” the viewers to the de-occupied territories and, with the stories of eyewitnesses, viewers will be able to experience everything that happened there more fully. It will be possible to “visit” Kharkiv, Kukhari village (Kyiv Polissia) and settlements of Sivershchyna.

Participants:

• Oleksandra Romantsova, Executive Director at the Center for Civil Liberties
• Vitalii Poberezhnyi, Producer of the docuseries “Deoccupation”
• Karina Piliugina, Producer and Author of Ukraïner projects
• Spokesperson for the National Resistance Center of Ukraine

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Anton is 27. He is a surgical oncologist. The man was born in Donetsk region, since 2014 he has lived in Kharkiv. In order to help people who suffered as a result of the war, in August last year he joined the Ukrainian-Israeli mission of medical volunteers FRIDA Ukraine. And since in September 2022 the Armed Forces liberated the occupied territories of Kharkiv oblast, Anton participated in the first field medical missions to settlements de-occupied from the enemy. He recalls that he was most stricken by the sight of broken houses and burnt down tanks between them. And while helping people, he heard that fighting was still going on somewhere nearby.

In general, the medical volunteer managed to visit almost all the de-occupied settlements of Kharkiv region.

For reference: on September 6, 2022, Ukrainian troops launched a major counteroffensive in Kharkiv region. Subsequently, Kharkiv oblast was completely de-occupied.

The Ukrainian-Israeli medical volunteer movement FRIDA Ukraine has been helping civilians since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Volunteer doctors (of various specialties) travel to the frontline and de-occupied regions (for example, Kharkiv, Kherson, or Donetsk regions), where they help local residents who complain about their health. In particular, they consult locals, perform surgeries, evacuate and distribute medicines.

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A team of beauty industry professionals will visit one of the de-occupied villages in Mykolaiv region on September 10. The beauty volunteers will give free haircuts and massages and do eyebrows to the villagers.

For reference, the idea of beauty volunteering belongs to makeup artist Olha Belytska. Together with like-minded people, Olha comes to the de-occupied settlements of the Kyiv region, as well as to the other areas of the country, to help people who have faced the horrors of the occupation feel beautiful again.

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