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Journalists can visit a retirement facility in the village of Prybirsk, Kyiv region, together with “Yulyni Babusi” (Yulia’s Grannies) charitable foundation. There are 30 pensioners living there who cannot take care of themselves (disabled or bedridden). The foundation plans to organize a small celebration for these people on the eve of St. Nicholas Day, December 18

For reference: a presenter of the morning show on the radio helps pensioners in Kyiv region, particularly, those living in settlements that suffered from the russian occupation. To do this, the girl founded Yulyni Babusi charity foundation. One of the foundation’s main activities is to care for elderly and lonely people. There are five employees in the foundation, they regularly go to retirement homes in Kyiv region, provide help and simply talk to the retirees.

• occupation
• volunteers
• women
• Kyiv

A school damaged by the russians at the beginning of the invasion is being restored in the village of Maryanivka in Kyiv region. A new roof is being constructed over the part of the building that was affected the most. The restoration is supported by the Government of Canada and the SURGe project. The work is to be completed by December 25.

For reference: the russians destroyed a part of the school in Maryanivka on February 26 during their invasion into the north of Kyiv region.

• occupation
• russian crimes
• volunteers
• Kyiv

Mitzi Purdue, an American presenter, writer and philanthropist, the heiress of Sheraton hotels, will arrive in Kyiv region on December 14. In order to support Ukraine, she sold her engagement ring at an auction for a million dollars. Now she will hand over cars to the Kyiv region police for work in the Chornobyl exclusion zone. It will occur at the checkpoint “Dytiatky” at the entrance to the Chornobyl exclusion zone. Accreditation is required.

• volunteers
• women
• Kyiv

The performance was organized by the efforts of Looking at the Stars Canadian Foundation, with the support of All-Ukrainian Forum for Democracy NGO, People-Army volunteer initiative, and Izium community in Ukraine.

Performer Darius Mažintas, Vice President of Looking at the Stars Canadian Foundation, representatives of Ukrainian partners and volunteers of Izyum will be available for comments after the performance.

• culture
• volunteers
• Kharkiv

Natalia Mykolaivna from the village of Lukashivka in Chernihiv region lost her home at the beginning of the full-scale war (during the first days of the russian occupation of the village). However, BUR volunteers together with Repair Together team managed to build a house from scratch for Natalia Mykolaivna. Currently, the activists from BUR are doing interior repairs, and journalists have the opportunity to film this process.

If more people join the volunteers of BUR, Ms. Natalia’s family will be able to move into their new home by Christmas.

• casualties
• reconstruction
• volunteers
• Chernihiv

Despite the all-out war, volunteers of “St. Nicholas’ Reindeer” project will deliver gifts to children almost all over Ukraine (they will also visit de-occupied cities).

The organizers say that they have already received over 1,500 letters from children. Most often, they ask St. Nicholas for peace. They also dream of soft toys that can be hugged, assembly toys, scooters, dolls, etc.

The premise of the project is that anyone can pick a child’s letter with a dream and fulfill it. Volunteers will deliver gifts, hold festive events and make a photo report. Currently, St. Nicholas’ helpers are sorting and packing delivered gifts for children in the city of Svitlovodsk, Kirovohrad region.

For reference: “St. Nicholas’ Reindeer” project was founded in 2015 in Kharkiv to support children from front-line settlements.

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• volunteers

Beauty volunteers who help residents of the liberated villages of Kyiv region, plan to come to the Chernihiv region settlements, which were severely affected by the occupation. Masters will manicure nails, put-on make-up, make hairstyles, haircuts for free to everyone who wishes and talk to people about their experiences. Such visits are planned to be made on a weekly basis.

For reference: The idea of beauty volunteering for the de-occupied villages belongs to Olha Belytska, Make-Up Artist. Together with like-minded people, Olha comes to de-occupied settlements of the Kyiv region weekly to help people who survived the horrors of the occupation feel beautiful again. For six months of work, beauty volunteers managed to serve more than a thousand people.

• casualties
• occupation
• volunteers
• Chernihiv

Knitters from different cities of Ukraine have joined for a common goal: to provide as many Ukrainian defenders as possible in the cold trenches with warm clothes. As well as, to give care. Participants of the “Zihrii” (warm up) movement knit warm hats, scarves, balaclavas, mittens and socks for Ukrainian soldiers. Those who cannot knit, but want to join the initiative, donate money for yarn.

According to Yulia Savostina, co-founder of the “Zihrii” (warm up) movement, they do not try to compete with tactical equipment for soldiers. Knitwear has a different purpose. “Soldiers can move somewhere or have a break, and they need, for example, to pick up tires at the post office, cook borshch after all, do some other things in the fresh air, and it is important that they are warm and comfortable. This is the intended use of socks, hats, balaclavas being knitted by our girls,” Yulia Savostina explains.

• military
• volunteers
• Kyiv

The host of the morning radio show helps pensioners in the Kyiv region. In particular, in localities affected by russian occupation. For this purpose, the girl founded the Charitable Foundation “Yulia’s Grannies”. One of the main activities of the Foundation is guardianship of the elderly and single people. Now the fund has five employees who regularly go to nursing homes in the Kyiv region, bring aid and just communicate with persons under care. On the holidays’ eve, the team goes to the foster house in Prybirsk of Kyiv region. “Yulia’s Grannies” urge Ukrainians to become a secret Santa and buy gifts for elderly gents.

• casualties
• occupation
• volunteers
• Kyiv

Lviv Defense Cluster raised funds for the production of evacuation kits for children. Each set consists of a bulletproof vest and a helmet. Now the LDC is already completing the production of bulletproof vests and ordering the helmets. In next to no time, hundreds of children can be evacuated at the same time in protective kits.

Recall that Lviv Defense Cluster was addressed by the Juvenile Prevention Directorate of the National Police of Ukraine with a request to develop protective kits for children’s evacuation from the war zone and other dangerous areas.

• children
• volunteers
• Lviv