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One of the educational institutions in Nemishayeve, Kyiv region, will hold a lesson in the ‘special safety classroom’ for the first time on February 20. 

Students will particularly learn how to provide first aid and familiarize themselves with the mine safety standards. The lesson will be held with the participation of the State Emergency Service representatives. Accreditation is required on the spot.

For reference: The government approved the equipping of ‘special safety classrooms’ throughout Ukraine in September last year. It has the appropriate equipment to organize training on fire and mine safety. Children are also taught rules of conduct in an emergency and in case of an air-raid warning. The ‘special safety classroom’ will involve teachers, specialists from the State Emergency Service, the National Police, medical workers, combatants, and mine safety experts.

• children
• Kyiv

The Voices of Children Charitable Foundation and the Kharkiv Institute for Social Research will present a report on russia’s crimes against Ukrainian children on February 22. The presentation of the unique book “Voices of Children on War” and the opening of an exhibition of illustrations created by famous Ukrainian and foreign artists for children’s quotes will also be held during the event. 

In particular, the book “Voices of Children on War” contains up to 100 moving quotes by children illustrated by Ukrainian and foreign artists. All the donation funds raised for the book sale will be used to provide psychological assistance to children.

For reference: the Voices of Children Charitable Foundation provides psychological and psychosocial assistance to children affected by the hostilities.

• children
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

Tomorrow, February 15, “Safety Class” will kick off in one of the villages of Fastiv district, Kyiv region, with the participation of rescuers.

The government approved the beginning of such “Safety Classes” throughout Ukraine last September. For example, just last week, two such classes already started working in Kyiv region. They are well-equipped for organizing fire and mine safety training. Among other things, children will be taught what to do in the event of an emergency and during air raid alerts. Students will also be taught first aid.

Teachers, experts of the State Emergency Service, the National Police, medical workers, combatants, and mine safety specialists will be involved in “Safety Classes” (which can be accessed remotely). 

• children
• Kyiv

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. 

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• Chernihiv
• Kyiv

Since the beginning of the all-out war, volunteers of “Save Ukraine” charitable foundation have brought back 44 children who had been deported to russia and occupied Crimea. To do this, they even had to organize rescue operations. Volunteers also actively evacuate children from the war zone.

Journalists can ask Mykola Kuleba, Founder of “Save Ukraine”, Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children’s Rights (2014-2021) about how these processes take place, what difficulties have to be overcome in order to save deported children and those in the danger zone. You can find out more about the legal issues of the return of young Ukrainians from the foundation’s lawyer.

For reference: according to Children of War, a state platform for searching for missing children, as of February 7, more than 16,000 Ukrainian children were deported by the occupiers.

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• children
• occupation
• russian crimes
• volunteers

The Regional Center for Human Rights is investigating illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to russia. According to their data, at least 260,000 Ukrainian children have already been deported to the russian federation, the real figure may reach 700,000. Most of the illegally displaced children have parents. According to Kateryna Rashevska, a lawyer at the Regional Center for Human Rights, at least 400 Ukrainian children have already ended up in russian families. 

• children
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

24-year-old military serviceman Volodymyr Dubrovets from Zhytomyr oblast, a former fighter of “Azov” with the call sign “Wolf,” became the legal guardian of his brother’s 8 children. The children’s parents died in December 2022. The couple was returning home on a forest road, when their car fishtailed to the side of the road, where the vehicle was blown up by a mine. Eight children became orphans: the oldest child is 14 years old, and the youngest is two and a half months old.

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• children
• dead
• military
• Zhytomyr

As of today, Children of War platform has collected information on 13,876 deported children. They claim to have returned 125 children who were illegally deported to russia and temporarily occupied territories.

For reference: Children of War platform started working in August 2022. It was created by decree of the President of Ukraine. This platform provides up-to-date and consolidated information on the children who suffered as a result of the russian federation’s war against Ukraine (killed, injured, missing, deported) and those who were found and rescued. The platform also helps with the search for children.

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• russian crimes
• Kyiv

At the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion, a large family of 5th grader Serhii moved from Luhansk region to Dnipropetrovsk region. The boy went to a new school and tried very hard during his studies. But when the other kids go home after lessons, he goes to the next classroom, because that is where he now lives. In one of the classrooms of Serhii’s new school, the whole family of the boy found shelter.

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• children
• Dnipro

Children’s protective kits: helmets and bulletproof vests manufactured by the Lviv Defense Cluster “work” actively on the front line. For example, in the Donetsk region, every crew of Bilyi Ianhol (the white angel) — the local police officers who help people evacuate — is equipped with children’s helmets and bulletproof vests manufactured by the Lviv Defense Cluster. Owing to these protective equipment, police officers can better protect children from shelling during evacuation.

For reference: The main threat to children during evacuation is fragments of shells, glass, and concrete. Lviv Defense Cluster produces three sizes of bulletproof vests for 4–6, 7–10, 11–14 years’ age groups.

Lviv Defense Cluster groups together specialists of defense enterprises, volunteers and production facilities from all over the country to provide the Defenders of Ukraine with high-quality and proven bulletproof vests. It has its own laboratory for testing the finished products.

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• volunteers
• Lviv