NGO News | Women plus

Together in the future – with young dreamers

28.05.21

TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE – under this slogan there was a competition of student media creativity, organized by the Dnieper Academy of Continuing Education with the support “WOMEN Plus” and ME “Predstavnytstvo Prydniprovia”. Students presented their vision of the future through videos and publications. They dreamed of space travel, interplanetary flights, imagined the teacher of the future. And all this through the prism of the immortal values of mankind – friendship, reliability, responsibility and other virtues. 13 “dreamers” together with their parents received gifts that they will definitely need during the time travel...

Cultural projects of the NGO were presented to the communities of the region

26.05.21

For specialists in the field of culture, more than 40 communities of the region held a presentation of cultural projects implemented by WOMEN plus together with the regional council, the National History Museum named after Dmytro Yavornytsky and ME “Predstavnytstvo Prydniprovia”. In particular, talked about the culturological project “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Dnipropetrovsk Region” and the festival of tourist projects “Dnipropetrovsk Tourist Region”. Regarding the first direction – we aim to create a list of elements of the ICH, which in the future may be in line with the Cossack songs and Petrykivka painting. In many co...

We implement the project #Doctors_to children

20.05.21

Together with the regional medical psychiatric center for addiction treatment and the regional center of public health, we are implementing the project #Doctors_for children. The project includes preventive work with adolescents. Narcologists, psychologists explain to children about the effects of alcohol, tobacco and drugs on the adolescent body, answered difficult frank questions. Such meetings have already taken place in Dnipro, Nikopol, Pavlohrad, and in a number of rural communities. We are confident that this project will prevent many teenage problems.

The first comic book in Ukraine based on a fairy tale by Yavornytsky

18.05.21

The first in Ukraine comic based on a folk tale written by Dmytro Yavornytsky in 1885 in Novomoskovsk district was presented to scientists, educators and librarians of the region. We implemented this project together with “Representation of Prydniprovia” and Dnipropetrovsk National History Museum. The discussion of the new book turned out to be lively and emotional. The participants of the meeting agreed on the main thing – this format of presentation of the work will not only attract the attention of readers, but also force them to discover the history of our region. Another successful Women’s Plus project! We are proud that our initiatives alw...

The project “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Dnipropetrovsk Region” starts

14.05.21

We announce the beginning of a new cultural project! It will help to learn about the elements of intangible cultural heritage that exist in the communities of the region. Our goal is to identify and promote them! For example, do you know about the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List? Today in this List there are as many as 🧐584 items from 131 countries! In the List you can read about our Petrykivka painting https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/petrykivka-decorative-painting-as-a-phenomenon-of-the-ukrainian-ornamental-folk-art-00893 and Cossack songs of Dnipropetrovsk region https://ich.unesco.org/en/USL/cossacks-songs-of-dnipropetrovsk-region-01194 So join the project. It...