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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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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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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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• russian crimes
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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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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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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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Victoria managed to rescue 27 dogs and 15 cats during the shelling of Chernihiv. She picked up some animals in the streets and had to extricate others from locked flats. She brought dogs and cats to a steel and metal store she owns. She had to sit out shelling together with the animals in a bomb shelter on the premises. Now, owners are coming back to pick up their pets she rescued.

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Boris Johnson, UK Prime Minister, was initiated into Cossacks in Chernihiv. For his hairstyle, the British politician was given a genuine Cossack name – Boris Chupryna. The decision to initiate Johnson into Cossacks was made by the Cossack community of Saint Catherine Church. The appropriate diploma will be sent to London. On the occasion of this event, Kyiv artists Darya Dobriakova and Yurii Kutylov painted Boris as Cossack Mamay.

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Andrii Sahaidak is an experienced forester and founder of the Polissia Forest Crafts Museum. Before the all-out war, he organized tours of Mizhrichynskyi Regional Landscape Park in Chernihiv Oblast. Now, he resumes the tours of the park’s nature trail to raise money for Ukraine’s Armed Forces and help volunteers recuperate to be able to keep working for victory.

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