NGO News | Women plus

Meeting with a psychologist

19.04.22

Why is it important to live in the present? How to switch and not loop? How to deal with emotions and feelings of anxiety? These and many other topics were discussed with Olena Shilova, a psychologist and partner of the NGO “Women Plus”. Today, as never before, it is necessary to communicate with a psychologist, support each other, be able to hear and help not only with deeds, but also with words. Because all our worries are about the future, we need to learn to live in the present, sometimes opening the door to the past and the future. #ukraine #psycho #support

Art therapy for IDP children

14.04.22

Maintaining the mental and emotional state of children in today’s realities is extremely important. Children of different ages react to stress and perceive the crisis in different ways: they feel irritable, cry, may show aggressive behavior, anger, helplessness and fear. One of the effective tools for reducing stress and overcoming the crisis is art therapy. It helps the child to overcome emotional pain, traumatic situations, aggression, anxiety, fears, cope with difficulties, correct negative behaviors. The Dnipropetrovsk Academy of Uncertain Education (Dnipro, Ukraine) has initiated art therapy classes for children of internally displaced persons who are in the...

ICH safeguarding. International support.

12.04.22

Today, a Ukrainian-Polish open round table on the protection of intangible cultural heritage in emergencies and internal / external resettlement took place. The most important issues of today were discussed: – threats for viability of Ukraine’ ICH because of violation basic human rights: rights for life, freedom of cultural expression and self-identification, right for language and cultural memory, other rights and behavior menacing to wipe out the ICH; – forced relocation (deportation), internal and external migration; – common ICH elements uniting different countries which could mitigate the negative impact of emergencies and help replaced persons a...

Safeguarding of Ukrainian cultural values. Community dialogue.

06.04.22

Safeguarding of cultural values of Ukraine. Community Dialog. On April 5, 2022, there was a online meeting on safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage in emergencies for representatives of regional centers of folk art, practitioners, and other interested organizations in Ukraine. The event was organized by the Ukrainian Center for Cultural Studies, the Center for Development “Democracy through Culture” with the participation of the Odessa Regional Center for Ukrainian Culture and the Educational and Methodological Center for Culture of Bukovina. Were discussed the current situation in the field of intangible cultural heritage, the practice of bearers ...

First aid training continues

04.04.22

From the beginning of March on the basis of the regional library trainings on first aid are organized for workers of education, social sphere, culture, tourism, sports and social protection, students and volunteers of Dnipropetrovsk region, which was joined by NGO “WOMEN plus ”. We have already held 11 classes for more than 1,500 of our compatriots of Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukraine. Trainings are conducted by: Vladislav Denysenko , orthopedist-traumatologist of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital “DOR”; Lidiia Dukach , Director of the Dnipropetrovsk Center for Sports Medicine DOR; Tetiana Kanchura , anesthesiologist of the Dnipr...