Cooperation News
The first thing that Yurii asked to bring him to Kyiv from the occupied Luhansk was an old woodworking machine.
– Everyone wondered why i need it, and besides in a one-room rented apartment, he recalls.
Yurii Ovsianko and his family moved to Kyiv in 2014: his eldest daughter was 3 years old at that time, and his wife Olha was pregnant with twins. Read more
Natalia Solovian has three daughters: the eldest takes contemporary dance classes, the middle one loves oriental dance, and the youngest does rhythmic gymnastics.
And all three need costumes.
The mom makes costumes for all of them.
Before the war, Valentyna lived in Horlivka, working at the Horlivka Mechanical Engineering Plant that manufactured coal cutters. Her position was titled a “chief specialist for stock management at the production support department”. In fact, she oversaw 12 large storage facilities employing 28 persons.
Mykyta Kurylko is 25 years old. In 2014, he moved from Luhansk to Zaporizhzia. To provide for his family, Mykyta began selling coffee in a coffee shop attached to a bicycle at concerts, forums and fairs. In 2018, the entrepreneur won at the investment fair of the EU project “Bridging Gaps for Inclusive Civic Engagement” and received a grant for the development of his business. Read more
In autumn 2018, old and buzzing light bulbs were replaced in Severodonetsk school number 20 in Luhansk region. Instead, 250 LED-lamps worth almost a million hryvnias were installed. These and hundreds of other projects in the east of Ukraine are being financed by the EIB under the Early Recovery Programme. Read more
The satellite city of Kyiv has accepted about 4,000 internally displaced people. A joint project of the EU and the International Organization for Migration supports the local IDP relief center. Here people can get clothes and household items, talk to a psychologist, find work and a kindergarten or a school for children, attend courses and creative classes. Read more
Kateryna Lytvynenko from Mykolaivka, Donetsk region, with the support of the EU and UNDP, helps people in wheelchairs to freely move around the city. She also created a coworking space, where women, seniors and migrants learn to use computer and other gadgets. Read more
