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On December 1, Ukrposhta will officially open the New Year’s Postal Residence and announce its December festive events.

This year, the organizers will come up with an innovation: a large-scale initiative “Miracles for Christmas”, which is launched in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). Among other things, a poll of the little ones’ most cherished wishes will be taken. 

Event prior registration is required.

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The Save Ukraine charitable organization and its partners have installed modular houses as part of the Fort Home project for people displaced from their homes by war. The modular housing is available in Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Chernivtsi regions. Currently, 117 Ukrainian families have settled in the modular homes.

Despite their small size (20 square meters), these modular homes are of good quality and have all the necessary living conditions for families to feel comfortable and cozy. These are dwellings with water supply, heating systems, a generator/air conditioner, a fully equipped kitchen, and household appliances. Housing is provided free of charge and for a long-term period. The residents receive monthly humanitarian and medical assistance.

Journalists can learn more about the Fort Home project and talk to the residents of the modular homes, whenever possible. 

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On December 6, savED international charitable foundation together with Finn Church Aid international aid organization and the Zhytomyr City Council will present the results of the year’s work on the concept, strategy and curriculum for the specialized high school in Ukraine, as well as plans for the implementation of the specialized high school reform.

The event will also feature the discussion entitled ” Specialized High School Reform: challenges and priorities”

Participants:

• Oksen Lisovyi, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine
• Anna Novosad, Co-Founder of savED
• Patricia Maruschak, Ukraine Country Director for Finn Church Aid
• Liliia Hrynevych, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine in 2016-2019
• Vasyl Hopachenko, Principal of Lyceum No. 12, Chernihiv
• Sofiia Hryhorenko, 10th grade student of Lyceum No. 24, Zhytomyr

The event will be moderated by Yevhenii Yanovych, blogger, host of “20:23” show.

Registration is required. 

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The official opening of the learning ‘mini hub’ in the liberated Rudnytske village in Kyiv Oblast will be held On November 30. The settlement was severely damaged during the occupation of the region in the spring of 2022: private houses were utterly destroyed, and the school and other infrastructure facilities were smashed up. The children, eventually, had no place to study, attend after-school clubs, or just get together.

Thanks to the grant and philanthropists, we managed to create a hub where teachers can give lectures, the youth can organize their leisure time, and children can stay online to do their homework in case the power is out.

Event prior accreditation is required.

For reference: The learning ‘mini hub’ in Rudnytske in the Kyiv region, was created by the MHP-Gromadi Foundation with the support of ISAR Ednannia as part of the Ukraine Civil Society Sectoral Support Activity project.

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• Kyiv

The NGO Ukrainian Valkyrie conducts self-defense training for women in Kyiv and the Oblast. These classes aim to overcome the fear of weapons, learn the gun culture, and acquire skills in armed self-defense. It also focuses on giving every woman, wife, and mother in Ukraine a chance to protect herself and her family from attacks on their lives and health.

Group classes are held 4 times a week. It combines two components: spiritual balancing and armed security training.

Among other things, women can train on a multimedia shooting simulator; gain basic knowledge of the law on hunting weapons; receive training in practical shooting exercises with rifled and smoothbore weapons; and receive first aid training.

The classes are attended by women of diverse occupations: accountants, educators, and beauty industry workers. Overall, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, about 800 women have completed the training, and about 150 have joined the Ukrainian security forces.

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• Kyiv

On December 1, journalists are invited to attend the medical conference “Health of the Nation and Society”. The physical and sexual rehabilitation for the military is the event’s main topic.

The conference by: the Association of Urologists of Ukraine, the State Institution Academician Vozianov Institute of Urology, and the National Institute of Sexology and Sexual Health. Other themes to be discussed include research and current issues of modern urology and men’s sexual health.

Event accreditation is required.

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• Kyiv

On November 28, an exhibition “100 Paintings by Wives of Real Heroes” will take place in Kyiv as part of the Music and Poetry Festival. The paintings were created by women who lost their husbands in war. 

The exhibition was made possible by the charity project “A Thousand Love Stories. Paintings by Wives of Real Heroes”. It was launched 10 months ago by artist Oleg Yurov. During this time, 200 women took part in art workshops to create paintings in memory of their husbands who died defending Ukraine. In particular, women painted dreams, objects, or phenomena that they associate with their husbands.

Journalists will have the opportunity to talk to the participants of the charity project during the exhibition on November 28 and December 2.

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• military
• women
• Kyiv

On November 26, the “Acting for Survivors” race will take place in Irpin, Kyiv region, on the occasion of the “16 Days of Activism Against Violence international campaign. 

The launch of the “16 Days of Activism Against Violence” international campaign as a running race competition, in particular, is a manifestation of indifference to people who have experienced or are still experiencing violence. It also encourages people to take care of their mental and physical health.

The participants of the race are government officials, MPs, heads of diplomatic missions, public and cultural figures, and many others.

Participation in the event is voluntary. All funds raised will be used to provide charitable assistance to Ukrainian civilian violence survivors. 

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• Kyiv

The event to honor victims of the Great Famine (Holodomor) of 1932-1933 will be held in Kyiv on November 25. It will take place near the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide, also volunteers will collect aid for the Armed Forces of Ukraine on this occasion. Representatives of the Orthodox and Greek Catholic churches will also hold a prayer service there.

At 4:00 pm, a nationwide minute of silence and the “Light a Candle” candlelight vigil campaign will be held across the country.

Journalists can talk to the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide and the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory representatives by prior arrangement.

For reference: The Holodomor was a genocide of the Ukrainian nation committed in 1932-1933. A man-made famine was perpetrated by the leadership of the Soviet Union to subjugate Ukrainians, to finally eliminate Ukrainian resistance to the regime and attempts to build an independent Ukrainian state. During the Holodomor of 1932-1933, the communist regime killed millions of Ukrainians.

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• Kyiv

On November 24, at 11:00 AM, Media Center Ukraine — Ukrinform will host a briefing entitled: “The new calendar of the holidays of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine: how the dates of religious holidays have changed.”

Participants:

– Heorhii Kovalenko, priest of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, (online).

For reference: On September 1, 2023, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church switched to a new type of calendar. They will use the Revised Julian calendar. For example, if Christmas used to be celebrated on January 7 in Ukraine, now it is on December 25.

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