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In Ukraine, “Winter is Coming” initiative has been launched. As a part of this initiative, opinion leaders use their influence to raise funds for the restoration of houses. “Repair.together” charity project sets up construction camps for volunteers to rebuild housing. The goal of the initiative is to restore 12 houses and repair 25 more before the start of winter

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Lviv Defense Cluster will start manufacturing bulletproof vests for children who will be evacuated from the combat zone, as well as for medics. In addition, volunteers will also armor civilian cars that will go to the front line.

Lviv Defense Cluster unites specialists of defense enterprises, volunteers and production facilities from all over the country to provide the Defenders of Ukraine with high-quality and well tested body armor. Since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion, Lviv Defense Cluster has produced over 80,000 bulletproof vests.  

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• Lviv

Volodymyr Skovorodka, a rescuer of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, will run the “ultramarathon of gratitude”. The Emergency Service employee will run 800 kilometers from Kyiv to Warsaw in 14 days, overcoming 50-70 kilometers every day. It is planned that on August 24, on the Independence Day of Ukraine, Skovorodka will cross the finish line of the ultramarathon in Warsaw and set a record of the National Register of Records of Ukraine. The goal is to collect UAH 2 million for the purchase of special equipment to eliminate the consequences of hostilities in Ukraine. Also, Ukrainians can join the marathon offline by running kilometers together with a rescuer of the State Emergency Service.

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• Kyiv

In Chernihiv oblast, volunteers of the “Iskra Dobra” (a spark of kindness) charity fund are helping to restore the homes of local residents destroyed due to the war. Since April, they have participated in the repair of more than 300 houses. Currently, there are 700 more buildings in the queue. In addition, since the end of February, volunteers have evacuated 2,500 people. They also provide food to those in need. Currently, the charity fund workers distribute about 30,000 food kits every week.

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• reconstruction
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• Chernihiv

62-years-old Iryna was seriously wounded due to the russian artillery attack on her neighborhood in Sievierodonetsk. Only 5 buildings remain standing on the street where Iryna and her grandson used to live. Her thigh had to be amputated due to the heavy injuries. Currently, she is in one of the hospitals in Lviv Oblast. The Hands for a Mom project raised money to buy a prosthetic leg for Iryna. Within the framework of this initiative, prominent artists sold their works at auctions abroad and in Lviv. They raised over 30,000 euros to provide prosthetics for women gravely injured during the war. Soon, project organizers will buy prosthetics for two more injured women.

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• doctors
• russian crimes
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• women
• Lviv

Due to russia’s all-out invasion, a posh restaurant in Zakarpattia Oblast is now working as a social canteen. In early March, the establishment’s owners decided to provide food to internally displaced persons from all over Ukraine free of charge. They had to work extremely fast and were assisted by volunteers and locals. The restaurant is still operating as a social canteen now.

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• volunteers
• Uzhhorod

An Urban-toloka will take place in Lviv from August 12 to 14 to help clear the space for the future shelter camp for families with children. Residents of Lviv are invited to clean up an area of 5,700 square meters. A new modern shelter for people affected by the war is scheduled to open its doors in early October.

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• reconstruction
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• Lviv

Students of the “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” University have started collecting used electronic cigarettes, spare parts of which might come in need for the production of drones. After all, the battery of an e-cigarette can become a part of the discharge system in drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Used cigarettes are collected on campus. In addition, an agreement has been reached with ROZETKA chain of stores: they will also collect e-cigarettes.

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• Kyiv

A mine safety app has been made available in Ukraine. It was developed by volunteers of Free Ukraine, a Swiss charity, with support from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. Users can view a map indicating potentially hazardous areas according to the SESU and receive alerts when approaching an unsafe area. This app is important for people living in Ukraine’s de-occupied areas because russian invaders have left many mined areas there.

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On August 12-14, 2022, Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation will hold an exhibition of photographs by Dmytro Kozatskyi (call sign Orest), a photographer and head of the press service of the Azov regiment.

The purpose of the event is to raise funds for military aid for the soldiers of the Azov regiment, who continue to fight while their comrades are in russian captivity, and to remind the world about the defenders of Mariupol and their heroism. Along with 25 of Orest’s famous works, the exhibition will showcase his photographs from the Azovstal bomb shelters, which have not been published before. They were provided by his mother Iryna. Visitors will also be able to view videos that the defenders of Azovstal sent to their families right from the siege laid by the occupiers.

In addition, the three-day event will feature a meeting with relatives of soldiers of various units who were in Azovstal. It will be held on August 12.

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