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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

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. 

• reconstruction
• 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.

• casualties
• 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.

• reconstruction
• volunteers