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Active Rehabilitation Group instructors who have, themselves, spinal cord injuries help people with similar injuries. They work with patients in medical facilities of Rivne, Lviv and Kyiv regions. One of their main principles is “peer-to-peer,” which means that they do not seek to teach people, but rather share their experience. Active Rehabilitation Group works so that people who have suffered a spinal cord injury can return to an independent life as soon as possible.

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Save Ukraine has recently opened a “Hope and Recovery” center for IDP families in the Kyiv region. The center has already housed 28 families evacuated by Save Ukraine from the frontline areas. Among other issues, the residents were provided with rooms for living and play areas for children. All the details of everyday life and hygiene were taken care of. The children have already begun to engage in art therapy classes with the center’s psychologist.

For reference: “Save Ukraine is a charitable foundation coordinating dozens of organizations, volunteers, individuals, and legal entities assisting internally displaced persons. On top of everything else, the team provides help with evacuation, resettlement, and humanitarian aid.

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In the occupied territories of Ukraine, russians most often resort to electric shock torture and beatings while tormenting civilians. The russian army mostly detains and abuses former military personnel and Joint Forces Operation participants, volunteers, civil and political activists, as well as government officials and entrepreneurs. These are the results of the ZMINA Center for Human Rights researchers study conducted from February 2022 to March 2023. 345 cases of torture of Ukrainian civilians were recorded. Media covering this topic will have the opportunity to talk to victims of russian crimes.

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The first social hostel for internally displaced persons from Mariupol will be opened in Dnipro, on April 27.

The participants of the event include: Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration; Vadym Boichenko, Mayor of Mariupol; Borys Filatov Mayor of Dnipro and others.

For reference: A pilot project for the reconstruction of a hostel for the refugees from Mariupol is being implemented in Dnipro. The project will open opportunities to attract international funding and remodel hostels in other cities as well.

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• Mariupol

Maksym Pasichnyk, a veteran of airborne assault troops, and Vadym Kovalenko, one of Ukraine’s best triathletes, are going to the U.S. to raise funds to help veterans of the russo-Ukrainian war. Vadym and Max will hold a series of meetings with rehabilitation experts, public figures, athletes and officials. At the end of the trip, Ukrainians will take part in the Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon. They will run the distance together with American military veterans. All collected funds will be used to rehabilitate Ukrainian heroes. On April 28, Maksym Pasichnyk and Vadym Kovalenko will hold a briefing for journalists at Media Center Ukraine — Ukrinform. Marathon runners are available for comments in Kyiv until April 29.

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A team of doctors will provide quality medical care in regional communities. (The mission in Donetsk region will take place on April 22-23 and on April 29-30 in Sumy region). The teams include therapists, surgeons, pediatricians, dermatologists and other specialists. For the first time, a team of dentists will join the mission to Donetsk region. In total, the team is planning to provide about 1500 consultations.

Journalists are invited to join the team of medical volunteers during the planned missions. There is also an opportunity to cover the activities of FRIDA Ukraine and conduct interviews with the team without traveling to the hot spots.

For reference: FRIDA Ukraine is a non-governmental, non-profit Ukrainian-Israeli charitable mission of volunteer doctors who, since the beginning of the invasion, have been providing emergency and outpatient medical care to the civilian population in the war-affected regions.

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On April 19, a mobile settlement, built at the expense of Lithuania, will be opened in Borodyanka village, Kyiv region. The participants of the event will have an opportunity to also see the school that Lithuania is currently rebuilding.

A press briefing by the delegation of the Republic of Lithuania is planned as part of the event.

For reference: Mobile settlements built with Lithuanian funds are houses that provide temporary residence for people from the destroyed village. The walls in the settlement will be decorated with the works of a Ukrainian muralist, and there is a school that was destroyed by the russians next to it. Lithuania is already rebuilding this school so that the children can continue their studies in September.

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• Kyiv

12 mothers and 27 children currently live in Lviv-based Mother and Child Center “Unbreakable Mothers.” (There are mothers from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv regions).

This modern facility was created last summer with the support of the Red Cross. The center is designed for more than a hundred people. Pregnant women and women with newborn children who left their homes fleeing the war can find shelter there. Comfortable living conditions have been created for these women. They can also obtain various social services.

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• Lviv

On April 12, 2023, Media Center Ukraine — Ukrinform, the Media Initiative for Human Rights will present a map of places where the russians are holding Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war. The map contains systematic data on more than a hundred detention centers in russia, Belarus and the occupied territories of Ukraine. Information on places of detention was collected during interviews with victims and witnesses. Oleksandr Zhuhan, a civilian from Sumy region, who was held hostage by the russians for almost a year, will take part in the presentation.

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The International Rehabilitation Forum will be held in Lviv on April 11-12. Specialists from all over the world (doctors, experts, representatives of international institutions and foundations, including Red Cross and Red Crescent societies national representatives) will come together to discuss, analyze and develop ways to provide quality rehabilitation for people affected by the war in Ukraine.

During the Forum, participants will be able to learn more, in particular, about the UNBROKEN project, observe Ukrainian medics working in emergency conditions, and join the discussion to search for strategic solutions for the treatment, prosthetics, and rehabilitation of war victims.

Accreditation is required.

For reference: UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center is a unique place where adults and children affected by the war receive comprehensive, qualified medical care. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, more than 11,000 wounded Ukrainians have been treated here, including 350 children.

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