Themes by tag: Lviv

In Denmark, the Bikes4Ukraine campaign is raising 2,000 bikes and UAH 8,500,000 to buy and deliver them to Lviv. Mikael Colville-Andersen, a Danish urban designer and TV host, became a project ambassador. The first bikes will be delivered to Lviv the next month. In the meantime, Rover.rent, a charity bike-sharing scheme for IDPs, is being set up in the city.

Lyana Mytsko, Director of Lviv’s Municipal Arts Center, suggested that the City Council’s Office for Transportation establish a bike-sharing scheme for IDPs. IDPs registered in the city will be able to take a bike at one of 10 stations to use it free of charge. The main condition is that the bike must be returned by the start of the curfew.

• volunteers
• Lviv

A campaign to gather embroidered items to support Ukraine’s Armed Forces is going on in Lviv. People bring both modern and old embroidered shirts and dresses. There are even designer items. These items will be sold at a charity auction in New York, and the proceeds will be used to help Ukrainian soldiers.

• culture
• volunteers
• Lviv

100 educational institutions in Lviv remain a temporary shelter for forcibly displaced Ukrainians. On a daily basis, many educators combine teaching with volunteering work by helping those who have been forced to leave their homes because of the war.

In particular, “Lvivsky” lyceum alone has housed more than 500 migrants since the beginning of the war.

• casualties
• volunteers
• Lviv

The National Rehabilitation Center will help 50,000 Ukrainians every year. First, the Center will focus on the people who suffered physically and mentally as a result of russia’s military aggression against Ukraine. Rehabilitation services will also be available to patients who need it due to other injuries and illnesses.

T​he Center will also focus on surgery, including reconstructive surgery, as well as orthopedics and robotic prosthetics. Not only will the Center install prosthetics for Ukrainians affected by the war, but also produce them there. 3D printing of bone implants is also in the planning.

The project of the National Rehabilitation Center will be presented by Ukraine’s Minister of Health Viktor Liashko. This presentation will take place as a part of “NEZLAMNI” (the unbreakable) donor forum, which will take place on June 10 in Lviv. The forum’s venue will be disclosed after passing the mandatory accreditation.

Accreditation is available until 4 PM on June 9, 2022 via the link: https://forms.gle/SowfrvEw7Mo7uaxL7

• casualties
• doctors
• russian crimes
• Lviv

Oleh Skavysh, also known as Tiahnyzub (Mr. Tug-Tooth) in Ukraine, has been treating internally displaced children in Ukraine’s west since the start of the russian invasion. Oleh works as a pediatrician for Western Ukrainian Specialized Medical Center for Children and, together with his mobile crew, makes house calls to shelters for people who had to flee their homes due to the war. He claims his little patients are not afraid of a huge tattooed strongman.

By way of background information: Oleh “Tiahnyzub” Skavysh is known for lifting and tugging various heavy objects with his teeth. In 2018, his achievements made it to the Guinness World Records. He pulled a 614-tonne cargo vessel for over 16 meters.

• casualties
• children
• doctors
• Lviv

Objects from battlefields will be offered at a charity auction hosted by Lviv Municipal Arts Center on June 2 at 7:00 PM. These objects include, for instance, an RPG tube, Grad fragments, a helmet, and shell cases. Visitors will be told stories of each of these unique objects. The funds will be raised for the UAID charity foundation to procure items needed at the frontline. Paintings by Ukrainian artists will also be sold at the auction to help the Army.

Please follow the link to view all lots: https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=/uaid.auction/

• culture
• weapon
• Lviv

Artists in Lviv paint fragments of russian missiles downed by air defense units. One of such fragments will be offered at an online lottery.

The lottery started on May 30; it will end with a live drawing on June 1, 8:30 PM. An online lottery ticket costs UAH 100. All proceeds from the lottery will be transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

• culture
• Lviv

“A tour of Lviv that will never take place” performance art event will take place in Lviv on June 1 on International Children’s Day.

Empty school buses will be exhibited in Rynok Square to represent 243 Ukrainian children killed by the invaders who could have come to Lviv on a tour if not for…

#stopUkrainiangenocide

Venue:
Rynok Square (northern side)

The performance event will end at 4:00 PM

• dead
• russian crimes
• Lviv

At the start of the war, Domazhyr, a bear sanctuary near Lviv, took in seven new residents from Bila Skelia, a bear shelter in Kyiv Oblast. According to Domazhyr employees, the journey was very hard because some roads were unsafe. Trucks with bears had to make a long detour because of fighting on the most direct road.

Four bears from Kyiv Oblast have already been moved to Germany. Four bears still live in Domazhyr. They will be transported back home to Kyiv Oblast soon.

By way of background information: Domazhyr Bear Sanctuary helps bears by rescuing them from hunting training centers, traveling zoos and circuses, hotels, and restaurants. The living conditions in the sanctuary are close to the natural conditions.

Please visit the sanctuary’s website at: www.bearsanctuary-domazhyr.org/ua

• animals
• Lviv

Daria and Stanislav’s family lived near Donetsk airport before 2014. When russia invaded Donbas, they moved to Mariupol; however, they lost almost everything there this year—their apartment near Azovstal Steel Works was burned down. Their business—an eatery with thousands of loyal customers—could not work either. Nevertheless, the family decided to hold on. They opened a cafe in Lviv together with their friends who also came from Mariupol. Currently, they are open for delivery and takeaway of Japanese food.

• casualties
• reconstruction
• Lviv