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The “Contemporary View” public union has been working with the military for several years in a row. In 2019, the organization held the first enrollment for soldiers who lost their sight in the war. And before the beginning of the big war, about ten such camps were held. Since the full-scale invasion, the public union has held two successful enrollment campaigns and started the third one. Military personnel and their families are invited to a rehabilitation center in Lviv region, where they are taught to take care of themselves, in particular, to navigate the city, cook food, use public transport and gadgets. Military personnel are trained by instructors who have also participated in combat operations and are visually impaired.

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In Kharkiv region, the Kharlamov family (mother Halyna, father Serhii, and son Yevhen) were evacuating people from under shelling since the beginning of the full-scale war. They became the founders of “Volunteer-68 Humanitarian Aid Center” NGO.

In particular, the volunteer family helped evacuate people across the Pechenihy dam in 2022, when part of Kharkiv region was still under occupation. Halyna recalls that it took people 5-6 hours to get to this dam alone, getting through more than 20 enemy checkpoints. Women with children, elderly people were completely exhausted. Almost every woman cried after reaching a safe place. And after the liberation of the region, “Volunteer-68” team drove into populated areas in ambulances and picked up people with limited mobility as well as everyone else who wanted to evacuate.

Recently, “Volunteer-68 Humanitarian Aid Center” NGO and Vostok-SOS Charitable Foundation initiated the opening of a temporary shelter in Kharkiv for low-mobility population groups and people with disabilities who are being evacuated from front-line communities.

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

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The STRATCOM UKRAINE team, the founder of the Invictus Games in Ukraine, invites you to a joint viewing of the movie “Heart of Invictus” from Netflix, which premiered on August 30. The meeting will be held at the “Making of the Ukrainian Nation Museum” Museum.

Among other things, the event will include a tour of the museum, the joint viewing of the film and an opportunity to talk in an informal atmosphere. During the event, the organizers will recall the beginnings of Ukraine’s national team at the Invictus Games. They will also honor the memory of fallen heroes, who participated in the “Invictus Games Ukraine.”

For reference: The Invictus Games 2023 will be held on September 9-16 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Ukraine will be represented by a team of 25 veterans and servicemen who participated in the russo-Ukrainian war and were injured while performing or as a result of their duties in the combat zone.

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Journalists are invited to a press briefing on a training mission to provide prosthetic services to Ukrainians affected by the war. As part of the project started on August 21, doctors from the Medical Center Orthotics & Prosthetics (Maryland, USA) will train Ukrainian specialists to work with complex amputation cases and complex prosthetics. 

On Thursday, August 31, at a press briefing at the Superhumans Center, the first results of the exchange of experience between American and Ukrainian doctors, as well as the teams’ joint work on complex prosthetics for wounded soldiers, will be presented.

Event accreditation is required. Journalists will have the opportunity to talk to doctors and patients.

For reference, the Medical Center Orthotics and Prosthetics (MCOP) is an American medical center in Maryland specializing in prosthetics for patients who are missing limbs with complex amputation cases. The center is known for its work with the U.S. military, as it cooperates with the U.S. Department of Defense. The center’s doctors have prosthetically treated more than 1,000 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and annually prosthetically treat more than 350 patients on average.

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On August 30, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Center for Civil Liberties is organizing “VOICES” rally in support of civilian prisoners.

The purpose of this rally is to draw the attention of both the Ukrainian and the global community to the problem of civilians forcibly detained by russia.

The rally will include the following events:

1. A meeting with relatives of civilians detained by russia;

2. Performance by the Actors For Future team, during which actors will show the conditions in which civilians are being kept;

3. Presentation of a brochure containing 50 stories of civilian prisoners, created within the framework of the Prisoners Voice initiative.

Accreditation is required. The rally will take place in Kyiv.

For reference: The Center for Civil Liberties is aware of more than 150 penitentiary facilities in russia and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine that detain civilians abducted during the occupation without reason. The prisoners were kidnapped from their own homes, on the way to the store or from the workplace.

If journalists are interested in the topics and stories of civilian prisoners and need professional comments, they are welcome to contact the Center for Civil Liberties.

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Serhii Yevtushenko is 34 years old. With the beginning of the enemy invasion, the man joined the Territorial Defense Forces in Rivne region. Later, he transferred to the 3rd Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Serhii was wounded near Bakhmut when he decided to save the life of his brother in arms, who was blown up on a mine right in front of him. The man says he knew he shouldn’t go, but he couldn’t leave his brothers. When Serhii applied the tourniquet, the enemy mine, which was under the wounded man, detonated. That’s how Serhii lost his foot and ankle. Two months have passed since the amputation, and the soldier is already learning to walk on a prosthesis. Serhii dreams of returning to the army, building a career and getting married.

Serhii is undergoing treatment in Lviv oblast. The soldier is ready to communicate with journalists online and, by prior agreement, in person. He is currently on vacation in Rivne region and will return to continue his treatment later.

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On August 30, media representatives are invited to visit the rehabilitation department at Bila Tserkva Hospital. During the event, the journalists will visit the rehabilitation unit, get acquainted with the work of the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team, and see how the department is organized to provide the best possible care to patients—military and civilians undergoing rehabilitation. Physical therapists will demonstrate the importance of an active approach to rehabilitation using the example of a patient with brain damage.

During the event, journalists will be able to learn about:

– The role of active, evidence-based rehabilitation in the process of treatment and improving the quality of life of patients;

– The rehabilitation process and its stages;

– How a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team works

– Why rehabilitation care it’s about a team of specialists rather than walls and equipment? 

– Why should a rehabilitation unit be integrated into a healthcare facility, to work as a part of it, and not as a separate institution?

Event accreditation is required. 

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On Independence Day, a photo exhibition, “Generation of the Unbreakable. The Art of Creating,” dedicated to the defenders and their families whose lives were changed by their service. On August 23, the exhibition will be opened by its heroes, patients of the National Rehabilitation Center UNBROKEN. Each of them was seriously injured and now needs long-term treatment and rehabilitation. 

The five defenders will share their stories and the challenges they face on a daily basis. Together with the specialists of the Mental Health Center of the National Rehabilitation Center UNBROKEN, they will tell how to communicate with defenders who have been seriously injured in the war, how to behave properly, and what not to ask.

The National Rehabilitation Center UNBROKEN patients are among the participants:

Volodymyr Rudkovskyi, a military man and young father. Before Russia’s full-scale aggression, he had been living an active lifestyle, running his own business, and was involved in sports. His right leg was amputated.

Mykhailo Bakaliuk, a soldier, originally from the Donetsk region. Father of three sons, the youngest is three months old. A serviceman had his left leg amputated.

Valentyn Anokhin, a soldier, dreams of playing basketball and making children fall in love with sports.

Oleksandr Zhuravel, a military paramedic, is the second patient in Ukraine to have a prosthesis implanted in his bone. His right leg was amputated. 

Pavlo Patseruk, soldier, junior lieutenant, platoon commander. Multiple shrapnel injuries of two lower limbs. 

Other participants:

Andrii Sadovyi, mayor of Lviv, ambassador of UNBROKEN.

Oleh Samchuk, Director General of the First Medical Association of Lviv.

Iryna Zaslavets, development director of the First Medical Association of Lviv, UNBROKEN project manager, moderator of the event

Oleksandr Kobzarev, Executive Director of the UNBROKEN Foundation.

Natalia Grodz, a psychologist at the Mental Health Center of the National Rehabilitation Center UNBROKEN. 

Victoria Khemych, mentor at the National Rehabilitation Center UNBROKEN. 

Event accreditation is required for the exhibition.

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Kateryna is from Alchevsk, Luhansk region, she had to leave the occupied town back in 2014. There she had a mushroom growing business.

The woman moved to Lviv region, where she decided to start a new business. At first, it was a goat breeding farm, which later turned into an agricultural cooperative. Nowadays, craft cheeses are produced there following authentic and original recipes.At the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion, Kateryna created “Roof over your Head” shelter for displaced people in Lviv region. Dozens of IDPs stayed in the free housing, and now 16 displaced persons live there. (These are, in particular, people from Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions).

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On August 20, Kyiv will host the presentation of the “Brave Cyclers” project and the official opening of the bicycle workshop. During the presentation, volunteers, including foreigners, will hold a bicycle repair master class for everyone.

In general, in this workshop volunteers repair bicycles provided by benefactors from Amsterdam. Later, these bikes will be sent to people in the de-occupied territories.

For reference: the “Brave Cyclists” initiative is implemented by volunteers of the “Brave to Rebuild” project.

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