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On November 16, Ukraine Media Center Ukrinform will host a briefing on the signing agreements with the World Food Program in Ukraine by the heads of 11 regions to expand the National School Feeding Program. The briefing will focus on the challenges in providing daily meals to primary school students and children receiving social benefits, as well as the role of WFP in providing cooked school meals.

Participants:

– Andriy Stashkiv, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine;

– Matthew Hollingworth, UN World Food Program (WFP) Representative and Country Director in Ukraine;

– Ruslan Kravchenko, Head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration;

– Ihor Taburets, Head of Cherkasy Oblast Military Administration.

For reference: Last academic year, the UN World Food Program funded 50% of hot meals for children in 58 primary schools in Kyiv Oblast for four months. This year, WFP is expanding a cooked school meals program to reach 11 regions. WFP will provide 30% of daily meals for more than 60,000 Ukrainian school-age children.

• children
• food
• Kyiv

Nataliia Plakhotniuk was born in Luhansk region and dreamed of becoming a teacher from an early age. She graduated from a university in the east, gained her first teaching experience, and later met her future husband. Pavlo is a professional soldier, who has been in the ranks of the Armed Forces since 2004. A few years ago, the couple moved to Bucha, Kyiv region.

On February 24, 2022, Pavlo and Nataliia learned about the beginning of the big war. The husband was immediately called up for duty, and Nataliia and her children left Bucha only on February 25, when russian tanks had already entered nearby Hostomel. After the liberation of Kyiv region and returning home, Nataliia realized that she wanted to teach children and open her own business. She learned about the Smartum training center franchise, got state financial support for military personnel and their families, and opened her training center in Bucha. Currently, 45 children study in Nataliia’s class. They study mental arithmetic, speed reading and English as well as prepare for school. 

• children
• occupation
• women
• Kyiv

The resident of the Wild Animal Rescue Center, tigress named Tyhriula is now slowly getting up on her hind legs. Doctors continue to take care of the animal that was injured on November 11, as a result of the occupiers’ rocket attack on Kyiv region. Shellshocked from the explosions, Tyhriula hit the cage, fell down and could not get up. The animal received anti-inflammatory and analgesic therapy. Then experts assumed that she could have injured her hind limbs or spine.

On the same day, the lion living in the same Center was also injured. Other residents of the Wild Animal Rescue Center experienced stress caused by shelling as well.

For reference: In general, since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Wildlife Rescue Center has taken in more than 800 animals (lions, bears, tigers, wolves, leopards, wild birds, raccoons, etc.). In particular, the volunteers evacuated the animals from the frontline zones and other dangerous areas. As of November, more than 200 rescued animals were transported to European rehabilitation centers.

• animals
• Kyiv

“Honored!” charity project was organized to support the 23rd separate infantry battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operating in the combat zone. The project is implemented by Dukat Auction House in the form of auction & exhibition (silent auction) in Kyiv. The opening of the exhibition will take place on November 14, and the final auction will take place on November 23.

The lots include: paintings, graphics art, sculptures by artists of Ukraine and the Ukrainian diaspora, whose work has become a national treasure. In particular, there are works of Jacques Hnizdovsky (1915–1985), Lyudmila Morozova (1907–1997), Mykhailo Chereshniovsky (1911–1994).

Ukrainian antique books will also be put up for auction: old prints of the 18th century, lifetime editions of Ukrainian classics (T. Shevchenko, P. Kulish, etc.), books with autographs by prominent figures of national culture, collector’s editions of the Ukrainian diaspora.

Auction lots will also include items of war (shells, deactivated projectiles, remnants of cluster munitions), transformed into art objects by the best artists of Ukraine.

• culture
• Kyiv

Oksana, born in Kherson, has 27 years of teaching experience (pursuing a career in out-of-school learning). At the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, Oksana headed to her sister’s house on the left bank of the Kherson region and ended up in an occupied area. She managed to escape on June 1, 2023. Now she lives in a public housing community in the Kyiv region, and since September she has been holding Ukrainian language and literature classes for 9th and 11th graders in-person and online. Oksana gives online lessons in one of the kitchens of the social housing so as not to disturb other IDPs living nearby. 

In addition to teaching essential school subjects, she also runs the Dzhura club, an all-Ukrainian game for children and youth, a form of extracurricular work on the patriotic and moral education of children

For reference: November 11, 2023, marks the one-year anniversary of retaking Kherson. Also, during last year’s counteroffensive in southern Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated some districts of the Kherson region and part of the Mykolaiv region on the right bank of the Dnipro River.

• children
• occupation
• women
• Kyiv

Ksenia Kostenko quit a successful IT career and started a farm in the Bucha district of Kyiv region. She even patented her own fertilizer production technology.

When Russia landed troops in the Kyiv region in February 2022, there were no workers on her field, which was a great joy to Ksenia. The farmer left for Kyiv and later learned that her house had been destroyed and the fields around her contaminated with mines. Ksenia engaged in volunteering and helping the Ukrainian army. Upon the de-occupation of the Kyiv region and having received permission from the sappers, she returned home. Now, the farmer is working to restore the capacity of her enterprise. 

• volunteers
• women
• Kyiv

Presentation of the report “Business and startups: joint steps towards the reconstruction of Ukraine” to take place in Media Center Ukraine – Ukrinform on November 8th. The creators’ goal was to find out how Ukrainian startups can participate in the reconstruction and transformation of Ukraine in various directions (infrastructure, health care, education, trade, etc.) right now. Also, they wanted to investigate the actual needs of local authorities and institutions involved in the development and reconstruction of the regions. The obtained data will help to create innovative products and services that meet Ukraine’s needs and can be used to the benefit of the country in the future.

This is the third time that the Polish-Ukrainian Startup Bridge (PUSB) together with its partners, the Ukrainian Startup Fund and the Warsaw Stock Exchange, are conducting a large-scale analysis of the Ukrainian startup ecosystem.

Participants: 

– Lukasz Wawak, Manager of Polish-Ukrainian Startup Bridge

– Pavlo Kartashov, Director of the Ukrainian Startup Fund

– Kateryna Hrechko, CEO of Techosystem

– Roman Nikitov, Co-Head of ICU Ventures.

Event accreditation is required.

• reconstruction
• Kyiv

EOD specialists of the Municipal Guard of Irpin community can now demine not only land contaminated by explosives, but also local bodies of water. They will do it with an underwater drone. It can descend to a depth of 150 meters and examine the bottom without endangering divers.

A local resident helped to raise funds and purchase a drone. In this way, she wanted to thank the EOD specialists who neutralized the mine in her yard.

In addition, two EOD specialists of the Municipal Guard have already completed a two-month training course for divers at the Kyiv State Maritime School. The priority plans are to clear the local quarry, where russian shells landed during last year’s fighting in Kyiv region.

By prior agreement, journalists are welcome to cover how EOD specialists work with an underwater drone.

For reference: 40 days after the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion, the specialists of the EOD Department of Municipal Guard, public utility service under the Irpin City Council began demining the territory of the community. The land is cleared by local residents who have undergone training and mastered the EOD profession. (Among them are, in particular, war veterans, former special forces, and retired sappers). Over the course of their work, the team discovered 1,000 artillery shells and mortar mines, more than 100 tripwire grenades and about 1,000 anti-tank mines.

• Kyiv
• demining

On November 4-5 in Kyiv, “Sirius” shelter for homeless animals is organizing “AdoptMe Days”: a dozen puppies and cats will be waiting for new families. These are animals that were abandoned on the streets, left at the shelter’s doorstep or rescued from the frontline areas. Anyone can get to know the animals, consult with experts and adopt a four-legged companion. Also, people are welcome to visit the shelter in Kyiv region over these days. Today, more than 3,000 dogs and more than 200 cats live there.

Journalists have the opportunity to cover this topic in Kyiv or visit the shelter in Kyiv region.

For reference: “Sirius” is the largest shelter for homeless animals in Ukraine. It has been working since 2000. Since the beginning of the full-scale war, more than 1,500 animals have been sheltered there. These are, in particular, four-legged animals abandoned by their owners, as well as those brought by volunteers and soldiers from the front-line territories: Kharkiv, Donetsk and Kherson regions. The shelter is located in Kyiv region – therefore, at the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion, many animals experienced stress due to enemy shelling.

Currently, the shelter, like many others in Ukraine, is full of abandoned pets.

• animals
• Kyiv

“Recover together. Psychological issue of military rehabilitation” information seminar aims to bring together key participants in the rehabilitation process for a professional discussion on the psychological aspects of multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams and their interaction with patients in the military.

Event participants:

• Viktor Liashko, Minister of Healthcare of Ukraine,
• Vasyl Strilka, Director General of the Directorate of High-Tech Medical Care and Innovation of the Ministry of Healthcare of Ukraine,
• Masi Nayyem, Co-Founder of Human Rights Center for Military Personnel “Principle”,
• Yulia (Taira) Paievska, paramedic, volunteer,
• Kseniia Voznitsyna, Chief Doctor of Lisova Poliana Veterans Mental Health and Rehabilitation Center of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine,
• Hlib Stryzhko, marine, veteran, head of the Veteran Hub in Kyiv.

Prior accreditation is required to attend the event. 

• psychological support
• Kyiv