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Gen.Ukrainian NGO deals with the treatment of children’s psychological trauma caused by the war. The organization is supported by the Olena Zelenska Foundation.

One of the project’s missions is to update international protocols for helping war-affected children around the world based on the real experience of the war in Ukraine.

Gen.Ukrainian organized a Gen.Camp, a health and educational camp for the psychological rehabilitation of children who have experienced traumatic events, lost their parents or witnessed war crimes.

Gen.Camp is a free camp that was based in Spain last year, and this year is located in the Carpathians. Ukrainian therapists work with young Ukrainians to stabilize their psycho-emotional state. (A new group of children will come to the camp on May 18).

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In the de-occupied village of Hrakove, Oleksandr, a farmer, kitted out his ordinary tractor to clear his fields of mines. The vehicle travels through the dangerous ground without a driver, as it operates by remote control.  Among other things, the sides of the tractor were reinforced with panels stripped from abandoned russian infantry fighting vehicles and wooden bars to protect it from shrapnel.

Important notice: photo and video recording can be dangerous. The tractor has already hit explosive devices twice.

For reference: Due to russia’s full-scale invasion, a third of Ukraine’s territory is heavily mine-contaminated. The explosive devices still remain in agricultural lands. Therefore, there are often reports of people being injured or killed while working in the fields.

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• occupation
• Kharkiv

The national program “Save a limb” was launched last year at the initiative of the international charitable foundation “Health of the Ukrainian people.” Its goal is to provide high-quality and professional care, as well as treatment of limbs of military and civilians by performing 15,000 surgeries a year. The program is free. Thanks to it, about 100 people have already undergone surgery. So, for example, one of the first participants of the program was a resident of Kyiv region, who almost lost her leg. However, thanks to the work of orthopedists and traumatologists, the limb was saved.

Journalists are invited to learn more about what makes it possible to save limbs, how doctors work and, if possible, talk to people who have been operated on.

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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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• Kyiv

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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• Dnipro
• 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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• military
• volunteers
• Kyiv

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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• reconstruction
• Kyiv