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The results of the “Austrian postcard” competition were summarized

25.12.23

We talk a lot about the objects and elements of the NKS of Dnipropetrovsk region and Ukraine, because we love this topic with all our hearts. A large number of people responded and joined our “movement” to popularize information about our heritage. 🤝 And how much do you know about the objects and elements of the NKS of other countries? For example, Austria. Personally, we do not. And that is why we were doubly pleased when we were invited to join the jury of the “Austrian postcard” competition organized by the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Austria in the city of Dnipro. ✅ And it happened… We read a lot of information in order to im...

Volleyball tournament for the Day of honoring the participants in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chornobyl NPP

21.12.23

Philosopher George Santayana once said, “He who does not remember his past is doomed to relive it.” Of course, we cannot remember everything. However, we remember some events every year…🙏 So, recently our colleague Viktoriya Oreshyna held a volleyball tournament for the Day of Commemoration of participants in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chornobyl NPP. 🤾 ✅ 4 men’s teams aged 65+ from Kamianske, Dnipro, Novomoskovsk and Verkhnedniprovsk took part in the competition. 1st place was won by the Avtomobilist team from Dnipro 2nd place – team from Kamianske 3rd place – team from Novomoskovsk It was a fierce, interesting an...

The winners of the regional creative competition “Great Space Cleaning” were awarded

18.12.23

Despite the war, our children continue to study and learn new things. And we, adults, encourage them to develop by coming up with new competitions and projects.🧑‍🔬 Space occupies a special place in children’s hearts. Children are interested in stars, planets, black holes and even space debris 😲 More: they develop plans to save the space around Earth from it.👆 Do not believe? Recently, we became guests of honor at the award ceremony of the winners of the regional creative competition “Great Space Cleaning” based on the book “Beyond the Sky: Great Space Cleaning” by Jan and Joachim Checherski.💫 We had great pleasure from the children’s...

Inventory of the elements of the ICH at the national level

12.12.23

What will we leave behind? And this question is not only about our gains, but also about preserving the possessions of our ancestors: folk traditions, songs, recipes, painting, embroidery and much more. ✅As a public organization, we have already taken many steps to spread the word about the ICH protection. Every time there was feedback from people! However, life goes on and new challenges appear before us every time. ☝That is why we constantly update information on ICH issues, knowledge of legislative narratives, enrich our experience and receive new ones from Ukrainian partners and the international community. So now we have joined the online seminar on the inventory ...

Women and girls at war

11.12.23

When we talk about gender-based violence, we immediately imagine violence against women. But this social phenomenon has no gender or age. It does not depend on wealth, place of work. Both men and the elderly suffer from it, and what is most terrible – children. The numbers are staggering. Among the cases recorded in the Dnipropetrovsk region alone, more than 240 are related to children. We – NGO Women plus – learned about this during the International Forum “Stopping gender-based violence starts with you”. He graduated from the Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs. This year, the global theme of the international company is ...