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On March 4 and 5, volunteers of “Brave to rebuild” project will help residents of Kyiv region. In particular, the activists will clear the debris of buildings destroyed during the war in Irpin, Hostomel and Horenka.

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In one of the villages in Lviv region, refugees (mostly from Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts) have set up an eco-farm and are building a house of hemp. In order to implement this project, “Go Friends” NGO had bought an abandoned farm and some land. A hundred people can live in such an eco-house. Currently, the refugees are busy insulating the walls of the future house.

In addition, the settlers have already brought in a hundred different animals to this eco-farm and are planting a vegetable garden. Five lakes on the farm were filled with fish.

The concept of this eco-household is that people work and provide themselves with food. There are also plans to start craft production on site.

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• Lviv

Halyna is a resident of Mariupol and Co-Founder of Halabuda Educational Hub. At the start of russia’s full-scale invasion, this hub became a support center for thousands of people. Those whose houses had been destroyed as well as many others came here. Over two hundred volunteers worked in the hub. At that point, Halyna took over all the processes related to assistance coordination.

A field kitchen was set up in the hub. So, for example, people could cook food on refrigerator grills. To get water, they had to melt snow. Volunteers delivered food to those in need and helped the wounded.

Despite the war, the educational platform “Halabuda” is currently developing in other cities of Ukraine, particularly, in Cherkasy and Lviv regions. (Since 2014, the educational platform has been engaged in volunteer support for the military and civilians).  

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• Mariupol

In the capital, “Without Limits” prosthetics, orthotics and rehabilitation center helps patients who have lost limbs due to the all-out war. In addition, soldiers and civilians have been coming here for prosthetics since 2014.

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In Bucha, Kyiv region, the reconstruction of a residential high-rise building on Vodoprovidna Street is almost completed. After the russians’ rocket attacks on this building 20 apartments, the entrance and the roof needed major repairs.

Among other things, the windows in the attic have already been replaced, and the entrance and apartments have been overhauled. It is noted that the owners of the apartments in the remodeled building will finally be able to return home.

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• Kyiv

On Monday, February 20, a Ukrainian team of beauty industry professionals will visit Horenka in Kyiv Oblast. The beauty volunteers will give free haircuts and coloring, eyebrow correction, massages, or hygienic manicures to the residents.

For reference: the idea of beauty volunteering belongs to Olha Belytska, a makeup artist. Together with like-minded people, Olha comes to the de-occupied settlements of Kyiv Oblast every week (recently, they also worked in the Kharkiv region) to help people who have survived occupation horrors feel beautiful again.

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Residents of a micro-district in Irpin, Kyiv region, which sustained significant damages during the fighting and partial occupation of the city, have been struggling to restore their damaged buildings for almost a year. Volunteers helped to clear the debris last summer, and the owners of damaged apartments are currently collecting funds to restore their houses. For example, the cost of rebuilding just one building reaches UAH 15 million (over USD 400,000). In certain cases, only the facades of buildings remain, several other houses have already been demolished, and new ones are to be built in their place.

For reference: in February-March 2022, Irpin in Kyiv region became a major battlefield during the russian offensive on Kyiv. A third of Irpin was occupied, and it was here that the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Territorial Defense Forces managed to crush the russians. During the fighting, more than 300 civilians were killed, and thousands were left homeless. In particular, one of the micro-districts of the city (mentioned above) was almost completely destroyed, due to the use of russian aerial bombs, among other things.

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Malteser Relief Service has been providing psychological support to the people affected by the war since 2014. With the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the work of the psychological team was expanded.

Psychologists provide both group and individual consultations. They work in shelters, transit centers for refugees and displaced persons (for example, train stations and border crossing points) and in inclusive child care centers. They also work with schoolteachers and with people in hospitals, who have lost their limbs due to the war, and so on.

Journalists are invited to learn more about how psychologists work.

Fore reference: Malteser Relief Service is an international charity working in 120 countries. It has been operating in Ukraine for 32 years. Malteser Relief Service has a number of branches in Ukraine and the main office in Lviv.

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• Lviv

For the second time, “volunteer paratroopers” are being trained in Odesa to go to Kherson. Those who volunteered will pack and unload the humanitarian aid, as well as deliver it to the addresses, explains the coordination headquarters for humanitarian aid in Odesa region. Some of the volunteers will work in villages near the city. One of the tasks they will face is clearing the rubble. Therefore, there is a need for drivers of special vehicles.Departure to Kherson is planned for the middle of February, and the volunteer work will last for at least two months.

For reference: 11 people from Kyiv, Odesa, the UK and the U.S. worked in Kherson as part of the first such mission, which lasted 10 days. 

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• Odesa

Currently over 750 refugees from various regions of Ukraine live in the largest modular town of Lviv, which is located in the city’s Sykhiv district. However, residents of the other three modular towns in the city are currently being resettled here, since the modular houses in Sykhiv are the most suited to winter conditions. The main advantage of this town is that the houses in it are of the so-called ‘corridor type.’ When people living in modular houses leave their rooms, they don’t go outside, but to a corridor. This way heat is better preserved.

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