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Lyceum No. 3 will be opened in Irpin, Kyiv region, on September 16. The institution suffered the greatest destruction at the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion. The Lyceum building and the surrounding area were hit by 30 enemy shells and mines. The level of damage was about 75%.

The restoration of the building of Irpin Lyceum No. 3 is currently being completed. The work was funded by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Ukraine. Foreign and Ukrainian philanthropists have also contributed to the reconstruction of the lyceum, and funds have been raised from the local budget.

The opening ceremony will be attended by:

– Oksen Lisovyi, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine;

– Ruslan Hurak, Head of the State Education Quality Service of Ukraine;

– Serhii Babak, Chair of Verkhovna Rada’s Education, Science, and Innovations Committee;

– Ruslan Kravchenko, Head of Kyiv Oblast Military Administration;

– Danylo Mavlianov, Head of Bucha District Administration;

– Oleksandr Markushyn, Mayor of Irpin.

Event accreditation is required.

For reference, Irpin Lyceum No. 3 is one of the largest general secondary education institutions in the community and the only one located in a densely populated city neighborhood. Before the start of the full-scale war, about 2,000 students took morning or evening classes. 

• children
• occupation
• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

The survey results “From Poland to Germany. New Trends in Ukrainian Refugee Migration” are to be present in Kyiv on September 13. The study was conducted in August 2023 by the EWL Migration Platform, the EWL Foundation, and the Centre for East European Studies at the University of Warsaw and commissioned by the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland. It was conducted among 400 Ukrainian citizens who came to Poland after the outbreak of war, received temporary protection status in Poland, and then left for Germany.

Speakers:

• Jan Malicki, Professor, Head of the Center for East European Studies, University of Warsaw (online)
• Andrzej Korkus, the EWL Migration Platform Group Chairman of the Board (in person)
• Mariusz Kowalski, PhD, social geographer (online)
• Margarita Sytnyk, spokesperson of the EWL Migration Platform (in person)

• casualties
• Kyiv

A short film, “What Have We Lost?” written and acted by teenagers, will be screened in Kyiv. The film’s authors are children who survived the occupation, life near the fighting unfolded, traveling abroad, and other challenges of war. They will also present the film to journalists.

The teenagers created the film as part of an art therapy screenwriting course implemented by the Voices of Children Charitable Foundation. For three months, under the supervision of the director Marisa Nikitiuk, a group of children learned to live through the trauma of war through art.

The private screening of the film will take place on September 13.

Participants of the conversation:

• Nastia, Valeria, and Sofia, participants of the course, screenwriters, and actors of the film;
• Olena Rozvadovska, children’s human rights activist, Chair of the Voices of Children Foundation;
• Marysia Nikitiuk, film director (Ya.Nina, When Trees Fall), the screenwriting course tutor.

Actress Irma Vitovska and Azad Safarov, the second director of the “A House Made of Splinters” documentary, are others in attendance. 

Event accreditation is required.

For information: The Children’s Voices Charitable Foundation provides psychological and psychosocial support to children and parents affected by war.

• casualties
• children
• culture
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

On September 11, a presentation of a VR exhibition about the crimes of russians in the temporarily occupied territories will be held in Kyiv. During the presentation, the authors of the exhibition will show a clip from the documentary film, photos, as well as a VR-video with testimonies of Ukrainian citizens from de-occupied territories.

The VR video of the documentary project “Deoccupation ” will allow “transporting” the viewers to the de-occupied territories and, with the stories of eyewitnesses, viewers will be able to experience everything that happened there more fully. It will be possible to “visit” Kharkiv, Kukhari village (Kyiv Polissia) and settlements of Sivershchyna.

Participants:

• Oleksandra Romantsova, Executive Director at the Center for Civil Liberties
• Vitalii Poberezhnyi, Producer of the docuseries “Deoccupation”
• Karina Piliugina, Producer and Author of Ukraïner projects
• Spokesperson for the National Resistance Center of Ukraine

• casualties
• occupation
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

A “Safety Training Classroom” starts classes in the village of Baryshivka, Kyiv region, on September 8. The classroom training will teach students how to provide first aid and familiarize them with mine safety rules. The State Emergency Service representatives will attend the opening of the classroom.

For reference, The government approved the Safety Training Classroom to start across Ukraine in September last year. The room is fitted out with appropriate equipment to organize training on fire and mine safety. Among other things, children are taught how to act in the event of an emergency and in the event of an air raid alarm. The experts from the State Emergency Service, the National Police, medical workers, combatants, and mine safety specialists are engaged in taking “Safety Training Classroom” classes. 

• children
• Kyiv

On September 2-3, volunteers of the Brave to Rebuild project will be dismantling the rubble of buildings destroyed by the all-out invasion of Russia. They will work in Irpin, Horenka, and Hostomel in the Kyiv region: 

For reference: The Brave to Rebuild project aims to help residents of the de-occupied territories of Ukraine. Volunteers are restoring housing and social institutions damaged as a result of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine. Volunteers from Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia are also involved in the project. 

• volunteers
• Kyiv

On August 31, Media Center Ukraine and the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance will hold an educational project presentation that will help to bring the context of this war to the knowledge of foreign and domestic audiences in short-form video content format to debunk myths about Ukraine’s history, and uncover the truth about ‘ruscism.’

Participants:

– Anton Drobovych, Head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance;

– Volodymyr Tylishchak, Deputy Head of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance;

– Svitlana Chepurenko, communications manager at Media Center Ukraine;

– Maryna Ponomarenko, producer. 

• Kyiv

On August 30, the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Center for Civil Liberties is organizing “VOICES” rally in support of civilian prisoners.

The purpose of this rally is to draw the attention of both the Ukrainian and the global community to the problem of civilians forcibly detained by russia.

The rally will include the following events:

1. A meeting with relatives of civilians detained by russia;

2. Performance by the Actors For Future team, during which actors will show the conditions in which civilians are being kept;

3. Presentation of a brochure containing 50 stories of civilian prisoners, created within the framework of the Prisoners Voice initiative.

Accreditation is required. The rally will take place in Kyiv.

For reference: The Center for Civil Liberties is aware of more than 150 penitentiary facilities in russia and in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine that detain civilians abducted during the occupation without reason. The prisoners were kidnapped from their own homes, on the way to the store or from the workplace.

If journalists are interested in the topics and stories of civilian prisoners and need professional comments, they are welcome to contact the Center for Civil Liberties.

• casualties
• prisoners
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

Kateryna Pryimak is one of the leaders of the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement and a veteran of the russo-Ukrainian war. Kateryna knows firsthand how uncomfortable a uniform for women can be, if it has been sewn by man’s uniform standards. Therefore, when servicewomen began to request uniforms, the Ukrainian Women Veteran Movement, led by Kateryna and her sister in arms Yuliia Sidorova decided that it was time to create one on their own. The workshop started its work about a year ago, later Kateryna turned to the Ukrainian Veteran Fund for help in order to receive a grant and financial support for the development of production. They succeeded. With the grant, the workshop was able to expand to include workstations for volunteers and start courses on sewing technique. Civilians and three female veterans became their first students.

Kateryna is in Kyiv. The veteran woman is ready to communicate with journalists, both online and offline.

• military
• women
• Kyiv

On August 30, media representatives are invited to visit the rehabilitation department at Bila Tserkva Hospital. During the event, the journalists will visit the rehabilitation unit, get acquainted with the work of the multidisciplinary rehabilitation team, and see how the department is organized to provide the best possible care to patients—military and civilians undergoing rehabilitation. Physical therapists will demonstrate the importance of an active approach to rehabilitation using the example of a patient with brain damage.

During the event, journalists will be able to learn about:

– The role of active, evidence-based rehabilitation in the process of treatment and improving the quality of life of patients;

– The rehabilitation process and its stages;

– How a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team works

– Why rehabilitation care it’s about a team of specialists rather than walls and equipment? 

– Why should a rehabilitation unit be integrated into a healthcare facility, to work as a part of it, and not as a separate institution?

Event accreditation is required. 

• casualties
• doctors
• Kyiv