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An event to provide information about each form of family-based child care and about preparing for a child to join your family will take place on the occasion of the National Adoption Day at Lviv’s House of Mercy on September 30, 2022, at 12.00 PM (noon). Potential foster families will be able to discuss all issues related to adopting children during the war.

Background information: There are 523 orphans or children left without parental care in Lviv Oblast at the moment. Of them, 103 children can be adopted.

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• Lviv

Lviv Defense Cluster (a non-profit organization) makes armored vests for children. They will be used during the evacuation. There are three body armor sizes for different age groups: 4 to 6, 7 to 10, and 11 to 14. Depending on the size, the vests weigh 2 to 3.5 kg. They can be equipped with GPS trackers. The body armor is designed to be donned and doffed easily by a child. The first 30 armored vests are being produced to be used and tested during evacuation.

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• Lviv

Ukraine as Eldorado of the Future, a ceramic panel, will be the main object of art to be created by the children. The ceramic panel will consist of individual fragments in national colors. Young potters will make it together with Pascal Woestelandt.

It is just one of the entire set of master classes the artist offers. These events are organized to support Ukraine during the difficult time of the war. The idea is to bring together children of the whole world.

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6-year-old Sofia Nersesian performs songs for charity in Kyiv to raise funds for the defenders of Ukraine. The girl has already collected over UAH 14,000 for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and transferred the money to Serhiy Prytula Foundation.

“I want Ukraine to win as soon as possible. That’s why I’m raising money for a big spaceship to send russians to another planet,” — Sofia said. The child started singing Ukrainian songs in February, when she had to go abroad due to shelling of her hometown.

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• volunteers
• Kyiv

UNICEF, United Nations Children’s Fund, will host its first UNICEF YOUTH AWARDS ceremony on August 30, 2022. It will reward young people 14 to 24 years of age who have implemented bright and unusual social initiatives during the war in Ukraine.

The ceremony will be led by Catherine Russel, UNICEF’s Executive Director; Iryna Vereshchuk, Minister for Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine; Vitali Klitschko, Kyiv’s Mayor; James Hope, USAID Mission Director to Ukraine, and others.

The accreditation is required; the accreditation goes on till 6:00 PM on August 29, 2022.

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Lviv Defense Cluster will start manufacturing bulletproof vests for children who will be evacuated from the combat zone, as well as for medics. In addition, volunteers will also armor civilian cars that will go to the front line.

Lviv Defense Cluster unites specialists of defense enterprises, volunteers and production facilities from all over the country to provide the Defenders of Ukraine with high-quality and well tested body armor. Since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion, Lviv Defense Cluster has produced over 80,000 bulletproof vests.  

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• Lviv

10-year-old Daria from Odesa Oblast handed over UAH 10,400 for Ukraine’s Armed Forces.  She raised this amount by cutting and selling her hair.  DOBRE Events, an event agency, found out about what Daria did, invited the girl for a trip to Lviv, and handed over UAH 10,000 to her within the scope of their “Good Deeds Return Hundredfold” project.

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A 15-year-old Lviv resident, Nazar, came up with and assembled a portable charger by himself. The device can charge phones, walkie-talkies and drones of the Ukrainian military in the field. The device itself can be charged from a solar battery. Lviv mayor Andrii Sadovyi has already noticed Nazar’s invention, but he said that the production of this device must be scaled up.

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• Lviv

Eleven years old, Lev evacuated from Sievierodonetsk in Luhansk Oblast this spring. Two months ago, he underwent a major surgical procedure in Lviv. Lev was in a grave condition, with a spinal tumor preventing him from moving; the child also had issues with inner organs. Lev and his family moved to Khmelnytskyi Oblast because his native city was under occupation. The boy is still being rehabilitated after surgery.

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Children who survived the occupation in Bucha are shooting a short film together with Ukrainian filmmakers. Together with teachers, children are writing scripts, selecting locations and props, looking for costumes and acting as directors. Filming takes place in two cities — Kyiv and Bucha. The theme of the short film is childhood and the bright future for children in Ukraine.

The project called “Film Holidays” is organized by Ukrainian Film School. The premiere of the film will take place on July 28 in Bucha.

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• Kyiv