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Kyiv, January 20, 2016.<\/strong> <\/em>In 2015 volunteer organization \u201cNovy Donbas\u201d (New Donbas) implemented a series of projects that aim at restoring peaceful life in Donbas and establishing a dialogue between Ukrainians from frontline areas and other regions of Ukraine. Last year volunteers cooperated with three schools in Nyzhnyoteple and Plotyna villages in Stanytsia-Luhanska district (Luhansk region) as well as with the Kindrashivska school in Stanytsia Luhanska itself. \u201cOur project aims not as much at restoring physical damage but at helping people get back to peaceful life, establish a dialogue and start communication between the east and the west. [\u2026] It can be achieved only through a step-by-step complex method of assistance,\u201d said Larysa Artyuhina, Head of NGO \u201cNovy Donbas\u201d at a press briefing at Ukraine Crisis Media Center.<\/p>\n

Volunteers were coming for three-week periods. They were installing windows and doors, engaged local community into repair works, were bringing new educational materials, literature and sports equipment. At the same time students-volunteers held workshops on dancing, playing block flute and guitar, acting skills, held English language and professional orientation classes etc. \u201cSuch joint cooperation changes us all \u2013 our volunteers who come from central and western Ukraine and see the situation with their own eyes as well as local residents who often have propaganda-planted myths in their heads,\u201d notes Larysa Artyuguina. \u201cIt is our biggest victory: we got a dialogue, we got mutual understanding.\u201d In Mykolayivka, Sloviansk district, after the volunteers left the shadow theatre that remained after St. Nicholas holiday continues existing as well as dancing classes \u2013 children keep consulting with volunteers via Internet. Student newspaper \u201cVoices of town\u201d that was established under support of the German journalist Daniel Schulz continues to be published. The journalist first came to report about their journalistic hobby group and in the end taught them almost everything needed to produce a full-fledged publication. He even presented them two computers with the necessary software. \u201cOur children from Mykolayivka do everything themselves: collect information, write up articles, take pictures, produce layout, take the newspapers from the printing house and distribute them,\u201d explained Artyuhina.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the foreign policy priorities the Republic of Lithuania has got is to be helping Ukraine in all spheres. One of the priorities of such assistance is to be supporting the projects implemented in Luhansk and Donetsk regions as well as the projects that focus on assistance to internally displaced and humanitarian aid,\u201d noted Jonas Daniliauskas, Deputy Ambassador of Lithuania to Ukraine. Several actors are now actively contributing to the charity. They are the Lithuanian initiative \u201cEuropean Help for Ukrainian Children of War\u201d by the Lithuanian couple Vaidotas and Virginia Sankalas who provide financial support, \u201cCreative Partnerships\u201d part of the project \u201cCreative cooperation for schools of Donbas\u201d and the Embassy of Lithuania to Ukraine. Over 2014-2015 Lithuania assisted Ukraine in the amount worth of EUR 2,5 million. \u201cIt includes projects similar to the one in question (implemented by the \u2018Novy Donbas\u2019 \u2013 UCMC), our humanitarian aid and fees we pay Lithuanian experts who are working in Ukraine,\u201d noted Ambassador Daniliauskas. He reminded of the recently signed Lithuanian-Swedish memorandum that foresees joint financial support by these countries to educational projects in eastern regions of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

\u201cNovy Donbas\u201d plans to expand its project and restore 24 schools in Stanytsia-Luhanska district. The organization plans to invite a group of experts from Ukraine and the EU. They are going to define which schools can be saved through major repair works and which ones need to be rebuilt from scratch. Next steps include preparation of business plans, budget and fundraising is to be launched. \u201cI would like to emphasize that almost 190 schools in eastern Ukraine are destroyed. We can wait until the state starts doing it or we can follow the example of the \u2018Novy Donbas\u2019 organization that is doing it with their own hands,\u201d said Lenna Koszarny, Executive Vice-President of the Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF). She also said the WNISEF is ready to financially support the organizations that are ready to engage in these uneasy activities.<\/p>\n

\u201cDrawing on our experience we now understand that the approach to volunteer work needs to be changed. We have done everything we could providing \u2018first aid\u2019. We realize that this \u2018emergency situation\u2019 needs to be changed in a systematic way, changes of quality are required,\u201d emphasizes Larysa Artyuhina. \u201cThe school is bigger than just the walls. It is also relations between students and teachers. It is not only about knowledge but also about communication and understanding.\u201d Taking this into account the organization\u2019s future projects will definitely include training sessions on innovative teaching techniques and various workshops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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