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Twenty-three years old Ryan used to work in the US Navy.  During the full-scale invasion, he decided to come to Ukraine and help people. He joined the Building Ukraine Together volunteers, the Odesa department in particular, where volunteers built the first Military Leadership Center in Ukraine. The man poured concrete and prepared the walls for painting. And now, as part of the Building Ukraine Together camp, he is assisting to equip the space of the Ridne Misto  (‘Hometown’) youth center in the city hall in the Ternopil region. The man says he is impressed by the strength and unity of Ukrainians.

For reference:  Building Ukraine Together is a non-governmental organization that creates opportunities for young people to change the country through volunteering.

• reconstruction
• volunteers
• Ternopil

Chi came from Hong Kong to help Ukrainians affected by the full-scale war. A 53-year-old accountant joined the volunteers of the “Brave to Rebuild” project two weeks ago. Now he spends his weekends dismantling the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Kyiv region.

The foreign volunteer will be available for journalists to talk to after July 10.

For reference: Brave to Rebuild is a volunteer project aimed at helping residents of the de-occupied territories of Ukraine restore housing and social institutions damaged due to Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine.  

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• volunteers
• Kyiv

Before the full-scale Russian invasion, Anastasiia Strokach had never done any repairs, let alone roof repairs. However, she was always keen on restoring things. In April 2022, Anastasiia joined the Dobrobat volunteer building division. At first, she got down to clearing the debris in the Kyiv region but later realized there was a lack of people who could repair roofs. Then Anastasiia overcame her fear of heights and now works in a team that repairs roofs mercilessly shattered by Russian shelling. 

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• volunteers
• women

On June 28, the first of three “Mariupol Reborn” project offices will be opened. This platform will work on strategic and architectural modeling of Mariupol’s reconstruction. During the event, Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boichenko will present the Mariupol Restoration Plan after the De-Occupation. Leading world architects, urban planners, urban design experts, donors and representatives of municipalities will also join the event.

For reference: Mariupol Reborn is Europe’s largest city restoration project since World War II. The project is being carried out upon the decree of Pavlo Kyrylenko, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, as well as under the auspices of the EBRD, the World Bank, the USAID Project “Economic Resilience Activity” and the SCM company. They united to rebuild Mariupol using modern techniques, the latest equipment and best practices. They are already working on the action plan, so that after the de-occupation, reconstruction can begin quickly and efficiently.

• reconstruction
• Lviv

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Representative in Ukraine, Caroline Lindholm Billing, will give a briefing in Kyiv on the occasion of World Refugee Day. The topic of the exact number of Ukrainian refugees in the world and assistance to Ukraine in addressing the issue of housing recovery and reconstruction is among the issues to be discussed.

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• reconstruction
• Kyiv

Building Ukraine Together NGO in cooperation with military personnel of the 126^th Separate Territorial Defense Brigade is organizing a camp to set up the Military Leadership Center in Odesa. In June and July, 150 volunteers from all over the country will work in the camp. First volunteers are expected to arrive on June 4.

The Military Leadership Center is to become a space for informal education of current and future officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In particular, military management, command formation, military history and cyber security will be taught there. The military of NATO countries, Israeli officers and representatives of combat units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are to be involved in the work of the Center.

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• volunteers

The scale of destruction affected Ukraine as a result of Russian aggression requires new approaches to infrastructure restoration. In order to make the recovery plans and processes as clear as possible to the public, the Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program in Ukraine, with financial support from the Government of Japan, has initiated a media training “Restoring Ukraine Together” to be held on June 3.

Among the lecturers: Olena Shulyak, Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Organization of State Power, Local Self-Government, Regional Development and Urban Planning; Oleksandra Azarkhina, Deputy Minister of Development of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure of Ukraine; Valeria Ivanova, Deputy Head of the Recovery Agency and others.

Registration is required by 6:00 PM on June 1, 2023. Details on the venue will be sent after registration is confirmed. Upon completion of the training, participants will receive certificates of successful completion.

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The independent volunteer art collective Spilka started drilling a well in the village of Korolivka, Makariv district, Kyiv Oblasts, on May 30. This village was heavily damaged during the fighting in February-March 2022. The drilling of the well is one of the stages of the project to help the village community: the hospital reconstruction, partially damaged by explosions, was the project’s first phase. Another stage will be constructing a bomb shelter at the Korolivka Lyceum. Currently, students cannot attend the institution having no shelter.

For reference: Spilka is an independent volunteer collective of artists based in New York, Paris and Kyiv. Spilka’s activities are focused on raising funds through artistic, cultural and sporting events in the cities of its main base.

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• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• volunteers
• Kyiv

Heavily damaged during the fighting, Irpin’s private sector is under comprehensive reconstruction. The area suffered most from constant artillery shelling and air strikes carried by the Russian military. More than 60 families who lost their homes could finally move back into their own homes by the end of this year. The houses will be restored at the expense of local and regional budgets, as well as the UN Refugee Agency. The agency is providing more than $2 million in construction materials. In addition to the houses, public works aim to complete street repairs. 

For reference: In February-March 2022, Irpin city in the Kyiv region became the main battlefield during the Russian offensive against the capital. Russian invaders occupied a third of the city, and it was here that the Ukraine Armed Forces and the Territorial Defense Forces managed to defeat the Russians. Over 300 civilians were killed in the fighting, and thousands have become homeless. In particular, one of the city’s neighborhoods (described above) was almost completely destroyed, including by Russian air bombs.

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• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

On June 28-30, Lviv Urban Forum will be held in Lviv. The event will largely focus on rethinking the principles of restoration, transformation and development of Ukrainian cities and villages. The participants include more than 30 Ukrainian and foreign architects and urban planners, particularly, Shigeru Ban, a Japanese architect and laureate of the Pritzker Prize, and Kees Christiaanse, a leading world urban planner from the Netherlands.

In addition to the lectures, the program features workshops and a community opportunity fair.

• reconstruction
• Lviv