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Stanislav is a school bus driver at the Volodarka Professional Lyceum in the Kyiv region. At the beginning of the russian invasion, he started selflessly helping evacuate people from the occupied towns and villages. The man was carrying civilians from Bucha, Irpin, Brovary, Borodianka, Nemishajeve, Rudnya, and Chernihiv. During this period, Stanislav took dozens of people to safe places.

There have been cases of people evacuation carried out in close proximity to the firing positions of the invaders.

• occupation
• Chernihiv
• Kyiv
• evacuation

On Saturday, March 11, the all-Ukrainian project “Mobile Doctors” invites journalists to come along on a medical trip to Novoselivka village in Chernihiv region. The organizers pointed out that the Polish government helped to put up a modular town there. At the moment, up to 300 Ukrainians, whose homes have been destroyed, live in this town.

Accreditation required.

For reference: “Mobile Doctors” is a team of professional healthcare providers who have come together to treat people in the de-occupied villages and communities of Ukraine. They go to places where there is a shortage of doctors, pharmacies, and hospitals. They also developed a prototype of a “hospital on wheels” with its own laboratory.

• casualties
• doctors
• Chernihiv

Maria Kobets quit her job (she used to work as a junior employee in one of the museums of Chernihiv region) and decided to continue her husband’s blacksmith business, as he is currently defending the country.

For nine months, Maria has been working in the forge and performing difficult work by herself: grinding coal, lighting the furnace and shaping the heated metal. During this time, the woman learned to make objects of various types and sizes, among them, for example, cutlery.

• women
• Chernihiv

In the next 2 months, the team of SavED charity foundation plans to open 5 educational hubs in 5 schools in Mykolaiv (mostly in shelters). The goal of digital education centers is to give children more space and opportunities for socialization, joint extracurricular activities, and academic subjects. Among other things, the spaces will contain books and gadgets. So far, the process is in its initial stages.

However, journalists have an opportunity to see already created digital educational centers in Kyiv and Chernihiv region.

For reference: Digital educational centers are cozy locations for learning and leisure located on school grounds (with some exceptions). There is comfortable furniture, necessary equipment, gadgets, books, board games and art supplies. The work of centers is managed by mentors. These centers are places for entertainment and relaxation. 

• children
• Chernihiv
• Kyiv

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.

• children
• 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.

• casualties
• reconstruction
• volunteers
• 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.

• casualties
• 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.

• casualties
• 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.

• culture
• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Chernihiv