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On February 10, a delegation of high-ranking U.S. officials and the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine will make an official visit to the farms of Chernihiv oblast. The officials will visit one of the locations where the temporary grain storage project is being brought to fruition as part of the Agriculture Resilience Initiative — AGRI-Ukraine, which is implemented through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

This is one of 12 locations located in different regions of Ukraine, for which the USAID AGRO Program purchased and transferred a total of almost 8,000 grain sleeves, equipment for putting grain in sleeves, and modular structures for grain storage in 2022. During the visit, American high-ranking officials will hand over grain aeration equipment to farmers.

Transfer from Kyiv will be organized for the media representatives. Accreditation required.

• Chernihiv

russians destroyed a ski resort in Chernihiv. Ski and biathlon competitions have been held there for years.

Despite the destruction, since May, the resort has started to resume biathlon training for children. They are training on a small part of the track that has survived. Children are also warned not to go far, because there is a danger that unexploded shells may remain within the ski resort territory.

For reference: It is referred to the Olympic Reserve specialized children’s and youth sports school (ski resort). It was established in 1977, and later developed. It even included a hostel for athletes.

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• russian crimes
• Chernihiv

Natalia Mykolaivna from the village of Lukashivka in Chernihiv region lost her home at the beginning of the full-scale war (during the first days of the russian occupation of the village). However, BUR volunteers together with Repair Together team managed to build a house from scratch for Natalia Mykolaivna. Currently, the activists from BUR are doing interior repairs, and journalists have the opportunity to film this process.

If more people join the volunteers of BUR, Ms. Natalia’s family will be able to move into their new home by Christmas.

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• reconstruction
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• Chernihiv

Beauty volunteers who help residents of the liberated villages of Kyiv region, plan to come to the Chernihiv region settlements, which were severely affected by the occupation. Masters will manicure nails, put-on make-up, make hairstyles, haircuts for free to everyone who wishes and talk to people about their experiences. Such visits are planned to be made on a weekly basis.

For reference: The idea of beauty volunteering for the de-occupied villages belongs to Olha Belytska, Make-Up Artist. Together with like-minded people, Olha comes to de-occupied settlements of the Kyiv region weekly to help people who survived the horrors of the occupation feel beautiful again. For six months of work, beauty volunteers managed to serve more than a thousand people.

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• occupation
• volunteers
• Chernihiv

The All-Ukrainian project “Mobile Doctors” invites the media to a press tour to Dobrianka village of Chernihiv Region (2 km from the border with Belarus) on December 10. Journalists will have the opportunity to see the work of the “hospital on wheels”, which has, in particular, its own laboratory and ultrasound room. The departure is scheduled at 6:00 AM from the center of Kyiv with a return at 10:00 PM.

“Mobile Doctors” is a team of professional doctors and nurses who help people in de-occupied communities of Ukraine. Medics go to places where there are no hospitals or pharmacies.

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• doctors
• occupation
• Chernihiv

UAH 4.5 million are needed for the restoration of Chernihiv Central Library named after Kotsyubynskyi, which was partially destroyed by the russians during an aerial bombing on February 27. The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine announced this on its social media. The building’s roof and walls are damaged, windows are missing, internal partitions and doors were knocked out, and the heating system is destroyed. A part of the library’s catalog was also lost. Therefore, to restore the institution, the Ministry launched a special platform for collecting funds.

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• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Chernihiv

In Chernihiv oblast, volunteers of the “Iskra Dobra” (a spark of kindness) charity fund are helping to restore the homes of local residents destroyed due to the war. Since April, they have participated in the repair of more than 300 houses. Currently, there are 700 more buildings in the queue. In addition, since the end of February, volunteers have evacuated 2,500 people. They also provide food to those in need. Currently, the charity fund workers distribute about 30,000 food kits every week.

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At the beginning of August, volunteers of “Repair together” project will once again organize a clean-up rave party with the DJs in Chernihiv region. Recently, they already dismantled the ruins of the House of Culture in the village of Yahidne to the sound of music. In particular, DJs played their sets inside the House of Culture destroyed by russian bombs, and about 200 people, instead of dancing, dismantled its ruins. 

For reference: volunteers of “Repair together” project help people rebuild houses damaged and destroyed as a result of the war. In addition, they organize communal work in villages, during which they help clean up the debris after the destruction in people’s yards. In addition, representatives of the initiative provide targeted assistance to those in need. For example, they can provide people with the necessary household appliances.

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• volunteers
• Chernihiv

The construction of a modular town in Novoselivka, Chernihiv oblast, is almost complete. Currently, furniture is being installed there and water is being piped in. In general, people whose homes were destroyed as a result of shelling are planned to be housed in this town. According to preliminary data, about three and a half hundred people will be settled in the modular town.

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• reconstruction
• Chernihiv

Volunteers of the Repair Together Project help people renovate their homes damaged and destroyed due to the war. They also organize toloka – collective community work events – in villages to help clean up the debris from the destruction in the yards. Also, the initiative provides targeted aid to people in need, for instance, by providing people with the necessary household appliances. Currently, the volunteers work in Chernihiv Oblast.

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• russian crimes
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• Chernihiv