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In Mykolaiv, the “DREAM Recovery Management Ecosystem for Regional and Local Authorities Presentation” recently took place, backed by the Ministry of Community Development, Territorial and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, and the DREAM Project Office. The event aimed to rally regional authority figures and local community representatives around leveraging the DREAM ecosystem. Its objectives included showcasing its utility in executing regional recovery and modernization initiatives, as well as reshaping perceptions regarding collaboration with international donors and securing investments for community initiatives.

For reference: The Digital Restoration Ecosystem for Accountable Management (DREAM) serves as a comprehensive state reconstruction management system, streamlining the digital pathway for reconstruction projects and ensuring their transparent and effective execution at national, regional, and local tiers. Positioned as a “one-stop shop” for managing recovery endeavors, DREAM aims to facilitate smoother project execution.

• reconstruction
• Mykolaiv

In a span of one year and three months, the Mykolaiv region has witnessed the complete reconstruction of 22 bridges destroyed by Russian military forces during their aggression. Among these bridges are vital crossings like the one by the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant and the Inhulets River bridge, a crucial link between the Mykolaiv and Kherson regions. The restoration efforts have been a collaborative endeavor involving the Oblast Military Administration, military personnel, the State Special Transport Service, United24 donors, district military administrations, Snihuriv City Military Administration, Mykolaiv Oblast Road Service, Inhulets River Canal Authority, and the State Enterprise “Agency of Local Roads of Mykolaiv Region”. 

Journalists are invited to access visual documentation of the bridge reconstruction process and conduct necessary interviews.

• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Mykolaiv

In a significant initiative, philanthropists have established drinking water points in twelve schools across Mykolaiv. This endeavor, spearheaded by the savED charitable foundation in collaboration with Plan International, received crucial funding from The Grundfos Foundation (Poul Due Jensen Foundation) from Denmark and the Radiohjälpen Swedish Broadcasting Foundation.

These wells, equipped with reverse osmosis systems, ensure the safety and suitability of the water for consumption. Beyond serving the schoolchildren, nearby residents also benefit from this initiative as modern pump rooms featuring four taps have been installed outside the schools, offering free access to water. For added convenience, the pump rooms are equipped with separate lighting for nighttime use, and special heaters are in place to withstand sub-zero temperatures, ensuring continued functionality during cold weather.

Inside the schools, children and staff will have access to coolers for their convenience. This initiative comes as a crucial response to the water crisis in Mykolaiv, which stemmed from a Russian attack on the Dnipro-Mykolaiv water supply system in the Kherson region on April 12, 2022. As of January 2024, Mykolaiv’s water supply system remains in a technical state.

SavED, an international charitable foundation focused on restoring access to education in communities affected by the war Russia unleashed in Ukraine, was established in the summer of 2022 by Anna Novosad, former Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine (2019-2020), in collaboration with the GoGlobal Education Foundation.

• Mykolaiv

The MiNiMISTO project, which combines LEGO modeling with the history of the native area, was founded by Alexander Yermolayev, a designer from Mykolaiv, in early 2020. At first it was an ordinary hobby, which gradually evolved into a full-fledged Internet project.

At the very beginning of the full-scale war (March 2022), Alexander decided to use LEGO models to talk about the buildings destroyed or damaged by the russians throughout Ukraine. At that time, Mykolaiv (a city in the South of Ukraine) was suffering from a chaotic enemy shelling, and it building LEGO live took too long in such conditions. Therefore, Alexander started working with a special digital designer software (the same LEGO blocks, only virtually). According to Alexander, this made it possible to promptly reproduce destroyed buildings, as well as involve other creators in the project. Currently, there are three creators in the MiNiMISTO team. The project website, among other things, features the Mariupol Drama Theater as well as Bakhmut and Kramatorsk railway stations.

Journalists are welcome to learn more about the Internet project, as well as talk to the founder.

• culture
• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Mykolaiv

One of the areas of work of the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) in Ukraine is non-technical survey of the territory and clearance of explosives. The DRC work involves training sappers of the State Emergency Service and volunteer civilians to search for explosive ordnance. Since the contaminated areas are quite large, DRC is raising the number of demining specialists who, after completing their training, will get a job in the organization. Deminers work in Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Mykolaiv regions together with the State Emergency Service, because it is sappers who have to remove explosive objects. In addition, the organization provides grant support to those affected by mines or other explosive remnants of war.

For reference: Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s territory has become one of the most contaminated with explosives in the world. According to the UN, it will take dozens of years to demine the country.

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• Chernihiv
• Kharkiv
• Kyiv
• Mykolaiv

Before the full-scale invasion, Daniel Bodu worked as a state auditor in Mykolaiv city in the south of Ukraine. He drew up energy performance certificates for buildings. After the russian invasion on February 24, 2022, Daniel Bodu almost lost his job, because energy efficiency was no longer a top priority for the front-line city, which was suffering from constant russian shelling. Daniel began to look for a new direction to apply his knowledge.

At first, he helped his friends working on production of power stations. In the winter of 2022, when russia began large-scale shelling of the energy infrastructure of Ukraine and everyone needed batteries and power banks, he decided to start his own production. Daniel received funding from a state grant, with which he bought equipment and materials. Then he started 3D printing power banks and power stations. He also hired two specialists and together with them developed several long-lasting power stations. Daniel donates his products to the Ukrainian military free of charge. Civilians can also buy his products.

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• Mykolaiv

Starting October 14, short-term reconstruction actions will begin in Kherson Oblast by the NGO Building Ukraine Together (BUR), which has announced the launch of the rebuilding initiative in southern Ukraine. BUR South is a volunteer construction activity in the communities of Kherson and Mykolaiv oblasts to restore hospitals, village councils, community centers, and private homes before winter.

The main goal is to involve residents in the restoration of infrastructure and private homes damaged by Russian shelling and to unite the community. It also aims to engage Ukrainian youth in volunteering.

BUR cooperates with three rural communities where critical social infrastructure was destroyed during the full-scale invasion.

For reference: Building Ukraine Together is an all-Ukrainian non-governmental organization that has been engaging young people in volunteering and working with communities and activists to implement socially important projects for 9 years. BUR welcomes volunteers to join restoration events and week-long BUrcamps to help communities. 

• reconstruction
• volunteers
• Kherson
• Mykolaiv

At the time of the occupation, Viktoriia was the principal of the Kalynivka Lyceum of the Snihurivka City Council (Mykolaiv Oblast), as well as a chemistry teacher and the natural scence for kids. 

The occupied educational institutions’ principals suspended their work. However, Victoria managed to organize Ukrainian education for about 40 children.

Viktoriia and two other teachers held in-home classes according to an individual schedule to ensure that the students did waste an academic year. To prevent the occupiers from finding out about the educational work, they pass off their teaching activities as “providing consultations.” Teachers who had left the occupation sent assignments to Viktoriia, and she got online without Internet service in a garbage dump to send it to her students via Bluetooth.

Today, she serves as the Snihurivka Lyceum principal in the Mykolaiv region. The Russian occupiers wanted to introduce the educational process in this institution, but have failed miserably. During their retreat, they looted the lyceum, and even earlier they hit the institution with two S-300 missiles. Part of the school is still destroyed and they are trying to rebuild it.

Journalists can contact Victoria online or offline.

For reference: the Snihurivka community in Mykolaiv region was occupied from March to November 10, 2022. Four schools in Snihurivka were damaged during the full-scale invasion (one of them is beyond repair due to enemy attacks, and another is being designed with a bomb shelter and a digital educational center for the means of philanthropists). Filming the scene requires the Oblast Military Administration permission. 

As a reminder, Ukraine celebrates Teacher’s Day on October 1.

• children
• occupation
• women
• Mykolaiv

A team of beauty industry professionals will visit one of the de-occupied villages in Mykolaiv region on September 10. The beauty volunteers will give free haircuts and massages and do eyebrows to the villagers.

For reference, the idea of beauty volunteering belongs to makeup artist Olha Belytska. Together with like-minded people, Olha comes to the de-occupied settlements of the Kyiv region, as well as to the other areas of the country, to help people who have faced the horrors of the occupation feel beautiful again.

• casualties
• occupation
• volunteers
• Mykolaiv

To commemorate the Earth Overshoot Day, “Let’s do it Ukraine” invites media representatives, opinion leaders and volunteers to join the Good Kitchen, an environmentally friendly cookhouse on August 18, 2023 to make and deliver hot meals for IDPs and the Ukrainians affected by the war.

During the event, each of the participants can personally become a charity kitchen volunteer and prepare dinners for residents of the affected areas of Mykolaiv region.

Transfer services from Kyiv to Mykolaiv and back will be provided for journalists.

Accreditation required.

• casualties
• ecology
• food
• Mykolaiv