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The competitive season is officially open! 💪

09.01.25

Olympic silver medalist @Dina Miftakhutdinova held the 8th Open Tournament in Rowing. We were also there to support her and the participants. This year, the competition was held among children aged 9 to 13 who are just beginning to practice this sport. More than 60 girls and boys from the cities of Dnipro, Kamianske, and Samar gave their best during their performances on the rowing ergometers. The noise of the machines was almost drowned out by the loud cheering of the children for one another. ☺️ Everyone left with gifts: participants received certificates, medals for their will to win, and sweets, while winners and medalists additionally received KFC restaurant vouch...

New Year’s greetings for children ❄️🤗

07.01.25

The New Year holidays are ongoing. For children, this is pure joy. The most valuable thing for adults is to see their smiles and to know that, at this moment, they are immersed in a New Year’s adventure. Today it was Uncle Scrooge and a Christmas miracle from the Dnipro Academic Drama and Comedy Theatre. So, for us personally, the year began with the continuation of a pleasant mission — bringing a fairy-tale mood to children from social categories. The New Year and the New Year’s mission were started together with Serhii Mazanyi and Anton Borysenko. Special thanks to those who created miracles on stage — the actors of the Dnipro Academic Drama and Comedy Theatre.

A Celebration for Children

31.12.24

All children look forward to the winter holidays. In December, they watch their behavior, help their parents with household chores, and even try to get better grades at school so that St. Nicholas and Santa Claus will bring them gifts. However, there are children for whom this time is especially difficult, as they are currently in hospital. But miracles do happen during the holidays… Such a miracle was created by the talented students of the Dnipro Vocational College of Arts and Culture for the young patients of one of the city’s hospitals. They organized an interactive performance that transported the children into a magical world filled with kindness, warmth, and hop...

Children for Children

30.12.24

From children to children 🎄🎁 Throughout the entire autumn, children of the parish (community) of Calstock, United Kingdom, prepared Christmas and New Year gifts for the children of Petrykivka. On November 18, a vehicle carrying this most precious cargo arrived in Warsaw. Let us recall that it was on this very day that a cooperation agreement between Calstock and Petrykivka 🤝 was signed, covering collaboration in the fields of culture, sports, and local self-government. This project was initiated and implemented with the direct involvement of the NGO “WOMEN plus”. Thus, on the eve of the New Year holidays, children from the Petrykivka Inclusive Resource Center “Pyramida...

“Pershotsvit” Ensemble Turns 40

27.12.24

🫶 “PERSHOTSVIT” has been performing Cossack songs for 40 years!!! Recently, we congratulated the folk amateur ensemble “Pershotsvit” from the village of Kocherezhky in the Pavlohrad region on this remarkable milestone. “Pershotsvit” is a true ambassador of Cossack culture in the region and across the country. The ensemble performs more than 20 Cossack songs of the Dnipropetrovsk region 🎶 and is one of three groups highlighted in the nomination dossier of the element “Cossack Songs of Dnipropetrovsk Region”, which UNESCO has included in the list of intangible cultural heritage in need of urgent safeguarding. Throughout its history, the ensemble’s members hav...