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Oleh Bykov is a volunteer and activist from Kremenchuk, Poltava region. With the beginning of the full-scale war, Oleh started looking into how to make it easier for medics to work with projectile fragments that remain in the bodies of wounded soldiers after being injured. Oleh’s team managed to create magnetic devices, which they named “Edelweiss” and “White Angel.” These are special devices that help doctors detect metal fragments in the wounded and safely remove them.

Oleg and his team can produce up to 50 magnetic devices in a week. More than 800 devices have already been delivered to hospitals and front lines by volunteers. “Edelweiss” and “White Angel” are used in many medical institutions of Ukraine, in particular, in Kyiv Hear Institute and O. O. Shalimov National Institute of Surgery and Transplantology in Kyiv.

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The news media representatives are welcome to attend the all-Ukrainian prosthetics training, which will take place at the Nezlamni Center in Lviv on December 6. The attendees will have an opportunity to film the process behind fabricating prostheses made by foreign specialists and interview them about their willingness to help Ukraine and the challenges our country faces in the field of prosthetics.

In order to train new specialists in prosthetics education and raise the overall level of those already working, the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center has launched a country-wide training program. Foreign specialists will visit Lviv to share their knowledge with prosthetists from all over Ukraine.

On December 4-7, the training will be conducted by specialists from Fillauer LLC, one of the world’s leading orthopedics and prosthetics companies. Participants from Kyiv, Dnipro, Ivano-Frankivsk, Odesa, Poltava, Zhytomyr, and Zaporizhia came to Lviv for the training. These are prosthetists ranging from 3 months to 23 years of experience. 

During the workshop, special attention is paid to the manufacturing process of upper-limb prosthetics. After all, one of the main tasks for prosthetists is to determine the optimal functional purpose of artificial hands in cooperation with doctors.

Three patients of the Center have already been measured, and got their artificial limbs being made for them, within the training framework. At the end of the four-day workshop, these patients will be fitted with prostheses.

For reference: This year, 15 thousand prostheses have been fitted in Ukraine at the expense of the state alone, and experts assume that at least as many have been fitted at charity. However, while the number of fitted lower limb prostheses is measured in thousands, the number of upper limb prostheses is in the hundreds. At the same time, 30% of amputations today are of the hands. There are very few specialists who know how to “install hands”, so patients have to wait six months or more for a new limb.

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On December 9, the Brave to Rebuild project volunteers will visit the owners of the houses they helped to restore (in particular by clearing the rubble, repairing damaged houses, and laying communications) in the Kyiv region.

The Brave Little Santas initiative will be taken at Irpin, Bucha, Horenka, and Hostomel to pay a visit to about two dozen families.

Volunteers have already bought gifts. These include, for example, power banks, blankets, shoes, and much more.

By prior arrangement, journalists are able to cover the “Brave Little Santas” visits. 

For reference: This year, Ukraine celebrates St. Nicholas Day for the first time according to the Revised Julian calendar on December 6.

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A 54-year-old Yevhen Tkachov has been evacuating people from the frontline cities and towns of Donetsk Oblast for more than 9 years. In particular, after February 24, 2022, Yevhen traveled to Bakhmut, Siversk, and Soledar. The man also delivers humanitarian aid to people in hot spots. He also takes care of animals, as he is a veterinary specialist. 

A few years before the full-blown war, he founded a hospice for older adults in Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region. This hospice care was destroyed by the invaders at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. Patients had to be placed in the Khmelnytskyi region. The hospice for the elderly seniors is supported by Yevhen’s family, including his son.

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The Save Ukraine charitable organization and its partners have installed modular houses as part of the Fort Home project for people displaced from their homes by war. The modular housing is available in Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Chernivtsi regions. Currently, 117 Ukrainian families have settled in the modular homes.

Despite their small size (20 square meters), these modular homes are of good quality and have all the necessary living conditions for families to feel comfortable and cozy. These are dwellings with water supply, heating systems, a generator/air conditioner, a fully equipped kitchen, and household appliances. Housing is provided free of charge and for a long-term period. The residents receive monthly humanitarian and medical assistance.

Journalists can learn more about the Fort Home project and talk to the residents of the modular homes, whenever possible. 

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Denys Abdulin is a boxer and soldier from Bila Tserkva in the Kyiv region. Back in 2014, when a Russian-launched armed conflict erupted in eastern Ukraine, the man wanted to join the Defense Forces but got rejected four times.

When the full-fledged war broke out, Denys evacuated his wife and children to Lithuania and went to the military enlistment office. The soldier underwent training and within three weeks he headed to defend Sievierodonetsk. The soldier fought with the occupiers for two months, until a mine fragment hit him in the head during one of the artillery attacks. Denys underwent 5 surgeries, however, vision loss couldn’t be corrected. The man gains support from his wife Lesia and volunteers who are teaching Denys how to use the phone and computer again. Today, Denys has returned to boxing and wants to become a professional massage therapist.

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The official opening of the learning ‘mini hub’ in the liberated Rudnytske village in Kyiv Oblast will be held On November 30. The settlement was severely damaged during the occupation of the region in the spring of 2022: private houses were utterly destroyed, and the school and other infrastructure facilities were smashed up. The children, eventually, had no place to study, attend after-school clubs, or just get together.

Thanks to the grant and philanthropists, we managed to create a hub where teachers can give lectures, the youth can organize their leisure time, and children can stay online to do their homework in case the power is out.

Event prior accreditation is required.

For reference: The learning ‘mini hub’ in Rudnytske in the Kyiv region, was created by the MHP-Gromadi Foundation with the support of ISAR Ednannia as part of the Ukraine Civil Society Sectoral Support Activity project.

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On November 26, the “Acting for Survivors” race will take place in Irpin, Kyiv region, on the occasion of the “16 Days of Activism Against Violence international campaign. 

The launch of the “16 Days of Activism Against Violence” international campaign as a running race competition, in particular, is a manifestation of indifference to people who have experienced or are still experiencing violence. It also encourages people to take care of their mental and physical health.

The participants of the race are government officials, MPs, heads of diplomatic missions, public and cultural figures, and many others.

Participation in the event is voluntary. All funds raised will be used to provide charitable assistance to Ukrainian civilian violence survivors. 

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The event to honor victims of the Great Famine (Holodomor) of 1932-1933 will be held in Kyiv on November 25. It will take place near the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide, also volunteers will collect aid for the Armed Forces of Ukraine on this occasion. Representatives of the Orthodox and Greek Catholic churches will also hold a prayer service there.

At 4:00 pm, a nationwide minute of silence and the “Light a Candle” candlelight vigil campaign will be held across the country.

Journalists can talk to the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide and the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory representatives by prior arrangement.

For reference: The Holodomor was a genocide of the Ukrainian nation committed in 1932-1933. A man-made famine was perpetrated by the leadership of the Soviet Union to subjugate Ukrainians, to finally eliminate Ukrainian resistance to the regime and attempts to build an independent Ukrainian state. During the Holodomor of 1932-1933, the communist regime killed millions of Ukrainians.

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On November 24, the Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform will host a “Gender-based violence: real stories of victims of war in Ukraine. Assistance to those affected in wartime violence” press conference. The event will be held to build momentum ahead of the “16 Days Against Violence” annual international campaign. 

Speakers:

– Kateryna Levchenko, Government Commissioner for Gender Policy (in person);

– Halyna Skipalska, Executive Director of the ICF Ukrainian Foundation for Public Health, Country Director at HealthRight International Ukraine (in person);

– Maryna Lehenka, a lawyer at “La Strada-Ukraine” NGO (in person);

Anna Dub, chief/family physician of the Polohiv Primary Health Care Clinic in Zaporizhia Oblast, head of the Brave&Safe Integrated Center for Comprehensive Support for GBV and the Consequences of War Survivors (online);

– Tetiana Franchuk, a psychologist at SafeWomenHub, an online platform that deals with cases of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) (in person);

– Psychologist at the Barnahus Child Advocacy Center, a child therapist working with minors who have experienced or witnessed violence (in person);

– A client of the HealthRight Day Services Center/Social Housing who is ready to share her own story of violence (in person);

For reference: According to global research, a staggering 1 in 3 women in the world fall into the category of physical and/or sexual violence victims. 1 in 5 women in the world who are refugees or displaced persons experience sexual violence.

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