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In Ploske village, Kyiv region, savED charity fund is creating a Digital Education Center with the support of U-LEAD program. It will serve as a learning environment equipped for extracurricular activities for children of all ages.

The Digital Education Center is being set up in the premises of a kindergarten (renovations are currently underway there), next to a school that was damaged at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. Occupants stayed in it, and put their tanks near its walls. During the battle with the Ukrainian troops, tank ammunition detonated. A part of the school burned down to the ground.

For reference: Digital Educational Centers are locations for learning and leisure, which are set up in school premises (with some exceptions). There is comfortable furniture, necessary equipment, gadgets, books, board games, and creative materials. The work of the centers is organized by mentors. The centers, in particular, host entertainment and relaxation activities.

savED is an international charity fund that restores access to education in communities affected by russia’s war against Ukraine.

• children
• occupation
• reconstruction

Lyceum No. 3 will be opened in Irpin, Kyiv region, on September 16. The institution suffered the greatest destruction at the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion. The Lyceum building and the surrounding area were hit by 30 enemy shells and mines. The level of damage was about 75%.

The restoration of the building of Irpin Lyceum No. 3 is currently being completed. The work was funded by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Ukraine. Foreign and Ukrainian philanthropists have also contributed to the reconstruction of the lyceum, and funds have been raised from the local budget.

The opening ceremony will be attended by:

– Oksen Lisovyi, Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine;

– Ruslan Hurak, Head of the State Education Quality Service of Ukraine;

– Serhii Babak, Chair of Verkhovna Rada’s Education, Science, and Innovations Committee;

– Ruslan Kravchenko, Head of Kyiv Oblast Military Administration;

– Danylo Mavlianov, Head of Bucha District Administration;

– Oleksandr Markushyn, Mayor of Irpin.

Event accreditation is required.

For reference, Irpin Lyceum No. 3 is one of the largest general secondary education institutions in the community and the only one located in a densely populated city neighborhood. Before the start of the full-scale war, about 2,000 students took morning or evening classes. 

• children
• occupation
• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Kyiv

In the Korolenko State Scientific Library of Kharkiv, emergency works are currently ongoing. In particular, a temporary protective cover is being installed over the building.

In March 2022, the entire library complex was damaged due to rocket attacks by the occupiers on the center of Kharkiv. For instance, fragments of shells and rockets pierced the roof of the main building, destroyed the lantern above the atrium (damaging stained glass windows). Blast waves knocked out windows throughout the library. The ceilings in the workrooms began to crumble. The heating system was destroyed. Workers are trying to keep the library fund safe from moisture and mold.

According to preliminary estimates, UAH 70 million are needed for repair and restoration works.

For reference: The main building of the library was designed by O. M. Beketov, an outstanding Ukrainian architect (built in 1901). The building is an architectural monument and a part of urban infrastructure of state importance. It is under state protection.

• culture
• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• Kharkiv

Dobrobat volunteers are helping to restore a destroyed school in Romny, Sumy region. They are currently clearing the rubble and repairing the roof of the workshop.

Four people: the school director, her deputy, a secretary, and a librarian died, the school building was destroyed, and the nearby facilities were vandalized as a result of a Russian drone hitting the educational institution on August 23. 

For reference, as of July 2023, according to the Ministry of Education, 180 schools were completely destroyed, and more than 1,300 educational institutions were damaged as a result of Russia’s full-scale invasion.

“Dobrobat” is a volunteer construction division that helps victims in the urgent restoration of housing and social infrastructure in the de-occupied territories.

• reconstruction
• russian crimes
• volunteers
• Sumy

On August 24, the Independence Day of Ukraine, Lithuanian high-ranking officials, together with representatives of the local administration, will open a kindergarten restored by Lithuania in Irpin, Kyiv region. The officials will then talk to media representatives.

Lithuania rebuilt the largest kindergarten in the city in just eight months after it had been almost completely destroyed by russian troops. The project budget exceeded EUR 4.8 million.

Pre-registration is required.

For reference: This kindergarten sustained the most damage among all the kindergartens in Irpin community. As a result of repeated shelling and fire, the facility was 75% damaged.

• occupation
• reconstruction
• russian crimes

In Chernihiv region, an international construction camp for the reconstruction of housing destroyed as a result of russian aggression has started working. It was launched by the organization Repair Together, which is known for its community clean-up events. The project will last three months (until October 10 this year). During this time, there are plans to build at least 9 houses on the site of destroyed buildings.

Eoin, a professional construction worker from Ireland, is one of the many foreign volunteers who joined this camp. The man became the chief foreman, and he helps with reconstruction. There are also volunteers from France, Israel, Finland, Peru, Spain, Lithuania, Germany, Romania, Italy, U.S., Belarus, Poland and Austria.

For reference: Repair Together is an organization that involves volunteers in restoring destroyed villages. Volunteers have already rebuilt 7 completely destroyed houses, repaired another 20 and coordinated the repairs and restoration of 49 buildings.

• reconstruction
• volunteers
• Chernihiv

Hamish came to Ukraine from Australia. It was in the local newspaper that he found out about the volunteers of the “Brave to Rebuild” project, who are helping to restore Ukraine, and decided to join them. The man is a carpenter by profession, so he decided that his skills might prove useful in reconstruction. Hamish volunteers in Kyiv region. Among other things, the man sorts out rubble.

For reference: The “Brave to Rebuild” project aims to help residents of the de-occupied territories of Ukraine. Volunteers are restoring housing and social institutions damaged in russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine.

• reconstruction
• volunteers
• Kyiv

Kulykiv community, in Chernihiv oblast, suffered at the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion: 300 houses were damaged and more than 40 were destroyed as a result of shelling by the occupiers.

In order to help the residents with reconstruction, the community leadership has implemented dozens of grant projects and attracted foreigners since last year. Among other things, they were able to restore two damaged culture centers and an urgent care center. They also managed to involve volunteers from different parts of the world to put up 24 modular houses for people to live in temporarily. (For example, volunteers from Norway, France, Poland, the Czech Republic, Latvia, etc. worked there.)

Journalists are welcome to talk with people who lost their homes and for whom modular houses were built.

• casualties
• reconstruction
• Chernihiv

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.  

• reconstruction
• volunteers
• Kyiv