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On June 1, a multi-functional educational center will be opened in a school shelter in Horodnia, Chernihiv oblast, near the border with Belarus. This is “the first aid” for education in communities affected by the war. This center in the shelter is a safe space with comfortable furniture, books, and computers, where the educational process will not be interrupted even during air raids. It will be a really important event for the students, because the school received permission to hold in-person classes only a month ago.

For reference: Digital educational centers are locations for learning and leisure, put up on school grounds (with some exceptions). The centers are run by mentors, who provide entertainment and relaxation activities. Digital educational centers for children are already in operation in Kyiv and Chernihiv regions.

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• Chernihiv

The Kolonshchyna Lyceum of Bucha district in Kyiv region will hold a charity fair on May 27 to commemorate Children’s Protection Day. The funds will go to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The second reason for the fair is to raise awareness. Representatives of the Kyiv Aeronautical Society will start a campaign to collect sponsorship funds to build a safe shelter for students of the Kolonshchyna Lyceum.

According to the organizers, Kolonshchyna has always been the center of aviation in Kyiv region. Currently, more than 200 children from the de-occupied village are studying online, and flights are banned until the area is completely cleared of mines. But the aeronauts, who have already collected money for 8 ambulances with the help of foreign colleagues, will once again turn to the international aeronautical community to get help for children.

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• occupation
• Kyiv

Some UAH 15 million were raised by Save Ukraine charitable fund and PrivatBank as a part of the charity campaign “Give Light to Children.” With these funds, benefactors purchased “security and development” backpacks for almost 2,000 children who lost their parents due to the war.

The results of the campaign will be announced on June 1, 2023 in Kyiv during a charitable educational event for 25 children cared for by Save Ukraine fund. PrivatBank specialists will hold a lesson on financial literacy for them, and Save Ukraine volunteers will talk about psychological practices that reduce the negative impact of war related trauma.

Visitors at the event will be the first to receive “security and development” backpacks as a part of the campaign. There is a tablet with educational apps in each gift bag. In addition to tablets, the backpacks also contain power banks, blankets, and other useful items that can give a sense of support to the children, from whom the war took away their most precious ones.

For reference: June 1 is International Children’s Day

As reported, Save Ukraine rescue network went on 6 missions to return 96 children to Ukraine after they had been illegally deported by russia.

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• russian crimes
• Kyiv

More than 140 Ukrainian children are currently studying at the newly established school in Cambridge. Lessons are taught in Ukrainian and English, according to the program of the Ministry of Education of Ukraine. All the teachers have experience working in Ukrainian schools.

The school’s founder, Rend Platings, herself fled the war in Iraq as a child. Right now, she is a pro-Ukrainian activist in Britain. She also organized the celebration of Vyshyvanka Day and other events in support of Ukraine. Currently, she is in Kyiv and can talk to journalists.

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• Kyiv

Gen.Ukrainian NGO deals with the treatment of children’s psychological trauma caused by the war. The organization is supported by the Olena Zelenska Foundation.

One of the project’s missions is to update international protocols for helping war-affected children around the world based on the real experience of the war in Ukraine.

Gen.Ukrainian organized a Gen.Camp, a health and educational camp for the psychological rehabilitation of children who have experienced traumatic events, lost their parents or witnessed war crimes.

Gen.Camp is a free camp that was based in Spain last year, and this year is located in the Carpathians. Ukrainian therapists work with young Ukrainians to stabilize their psycho-emotional state. (A new group of children will come to the camp on May 18).

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The Save Ukraine rescue network has brought back 96 children illegally detained by Russia to the homeland during six missions. The following rescue mission preparation is currently underway. 

Journalists can learn more about Ukrainian children rescue from Mykola Kuleba, Founder of “Save Ukraine,” Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children’s Rights (2014-2021). 

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• russian crimes

International Day of Families is observed on May 15. Recently, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, announced the reform of the boarding school for orphaned children, which will be implemented with the help of the European Union. 30 Ukrainian NGOs appealed to international donors with the plea not to fund the reconstruction of destroyed children’s orphanages. They note that children who grow up in such boarding schools are more likely to have delayed cognitive and physical development, and legal problems in the future.

Zinaida Kyianytsia, Deputy Director at international charitable organization Partnership “For Every Child,” former Deputy Minister of Family, Youth and Sports of Ukraine can tell:

•  how the reform of boarding schools for orphaned children is progressing;
• about the lives of adoptive families, families that adopted children after russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine;
•  about the problems that families raising children most often face during the war (loss of housing, problems with payments, moving abroad)
• during the war, many families with children are forced to live in uninhabitable living conditions: how you can help them. 

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During the press conference, representatives of Save Ukraine rescue network will present the evidence of crimes committed by the aggressor country against Ukrainian children, which are manifestations of genocide. The evidence was obtained during one of the rescue missions carried out by the network’s team, which resulted in the return of 96 children.

A family of mother and daughter, brought home as part of the sixth mission, will talk about the circumstances of the child’s deportation to russia and the intentions of the aggressor country regarding the girl’s future.

Participants: Svitlana Popova, mother of a girl deported to russia; Alina Kovaleva, a girl, returned after being deported to russia; Mykola Kuleba, Founder of “Save Ukraine”, Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children’s Rights (2014-2021); Myroslava Kharchenko, a lawyer at “Save Ukraine”; Kateryna Rashevska, Legal Expert at the Regional Center for Human Rights (RCHR) NGO.

The press conference will be held on May 11, at Media Center Ukraine — Ukrinform. Registration is required.

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• russian crimes
• Kyiv

Students of the Ukrainian Leadership Academy brought a 50-kilogram book “Crime without Punishment” to Europe. This book contains information on russia’s crimes in Ukraine. The book is 6,000 pages long, which symbolizes the 6,000 children kidnapped by the russian occupiers. The activists were “inspired” to create the book, the title of which is an allusion to the russian classics, by the arrest warrant for Maria Lvova-Belova, the children’s ombudsman of the russian federation. The book will arrive in Ukraine in a few days.

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• culture
• russian crimes

The Victoria Drone School project goal is to create a talent pool for both the Armed Forces (future UAV operators and engineers) and civilian industries where drones are used. 

The three-block classes are a theoretical part, simulator exercises, and practical classes where teenagers can try flying a quadcopter independently. The training school is free of charge and accepts children aged 12 to enter. 

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• Poltava