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An Urban-toloka will take place in Lviv from August 12 to 14 to help clear the space for the future shelter camp for families with children. Residents of Lviv are invited to clean up an area of 5,700 square meters. A new modern shelter for people affected by the war is scheduled to open its doors in early October.

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Since February 24, Lviv Defense Cluster, together with the city institute, have sewed 80,000 body armor vests for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. More than a thousand people were involved in the production. During the first few months, up to 1,500 bulletproof vests were produced per day. In the first months, all body armor was delivered directly to the warehouses of the Ministry of Defense for the fastest possible distribution to the troops.

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Families of “Azovstal” defenders will hold a rally in Lviv. The rally will take place on August 5 at 7:00 PM in front of the Lviv National Opera building. The purpose of the event is to call on the world community and international organizations to save the lives of the prisoners, to return the Mariupol garrison to the territory controlled by Ukraine, and to recognize russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. According to the relatives of Azov soldiers, there has been no contact with the Ukrainian prisoners of war for several months, and the russians violate all possible rules for the treatment of prisoners. The families of prisoners of war also plan to hold rallies similar to the one in Lviv in various European cities.

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Lviv School No. 23 will get a new building for its elementary classes. It will be built using 3D-printing technologies. Kyiv-based Balbek Bureau developed the exterior and interior design of the school. The first students will start using the new school building with the start of the new academic year in September 2023. The delivery of the 3D printer to Lviv is expected the next week.

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On August 6, Lviv City Council and Lviv State University of Life Safety will host a familiarization training for residents of the city on what to do in the case of a chemical, radiation, or biological attack. Registration for the training event is required. This event is organized for the second time after more than two hundred people took part in the first training event.

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About a hundred works of the legendary Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko are exhibited in Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv. The opportunity to see these paintings exists thanks to an art critic and an academician from Kyiv, Eduard Dymshits, who has collected the artist’s works for 30 years.

For reference: Maria Prymachenko is a Ukrainian folk artist who worked in the genre of naïve art.

At the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion, a shell of the invaders hit a museum in Kyiv region, where a part of her paintings was kept. Local residents, risking their own lives, rescued the pieces of art from the burning building.

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At the start of russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine, Uliana and Vitalii stayed in their Bucha apartment for two weeks (without electricity, gas, water, and communication). Later, they risked their lives to get out of the russian occupation. Now the spouses who use wheelchairs live in Lviv and help people with disability. For instance, they evacuate people with spinal cord injuries to other countries and provide humanitarian aid.

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Nazar Kiryk, a Plast member from Lviv who runs a half-marathon daily to raise funds for a UAV drone for Ukraine’s Armed Forces, will visit Media Center Ukraine on July 26 at 1:00 PM.

In addition to his marathoner experience, he will talk about Lviv’s locations for running and share his professional expertise with all prospective runners. Furthermore, every week, he invites interesting people to run together, covering the stories on the web page of Lviv’s Plast group.

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On July 24, a competition for weaving camouflage nets among youth centers will be held in “Na Valakh” park in Lviv.

As a part of the initiative by “Porokhova Vezha” (Powder Tower) camouflage net weaving center, TVORY! (create) network of youth spaces and Lviv Regional Youth Center will compete for the weaving cup. TVORY! network invites everyone to join their team.

The organizers will teach how to weave nets and tell about the evaluation system at the competitions.

Registration is available at this link.

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Oksana, who lost her leg due to the russian shelling of Huliaipole in Zaporizhia Oblast, is preparing to get her prosthesis soon. She undergoes rehabilitation in Lviv. Oksana became one of the first patients of the Rehabilitation Center, a part of the #UNBROKEN network. Oksana will receive the prosthesis abroad.

According to earlier reports, the Nezlamni (Unbroken) National Rehabilitation Center is to open in Lviv. This 37,000 square meters large Center will help 50,000 Ukrainians every year, first of all, those who suffered physical injuries and mental trauma due to russia’s military aggression against Ukraine.

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