SOCIAL PROJECTS TO HELP UKRAINE

If you are interested to sponsor any of these social projects, 
please contact Lada Toptschan, project coordinator, through her private message box in:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008456103045 

Index of projects: 

1. Katranka Summer Rehabilitation Camp for War Veterans
2. Khodoriv Rehabilitation Center for War Veterans
3. Vasylkiv Rehabilitation Center for War Veterans
4. Computer Classes for Handicapped War Veterans
5. Buzova Halfway Home for Adult Orphaned Children
6. Zashkiv Help Center/Halfway Home for Adult Orphans
7. Buzova Main Rehabilitation Center for War Veterans
8. Bandura and National Musical Instruments Centre
9. Junior Academy of Science Academic Training Center
10. Book translation (“Moskovstvo” by Pavlo Shtepa)
11. Ukrainians’ Priceless Gifts to the World (12 series documentary film)
12. Vynnytsia Children Alternative Education Center
13. Kitchen Facilities of the Kyiv Military Hospital
14. Takhtaulove Halfway Home for Adult Orphaned Children
15. Irpin Halfway Home for Adult Orphans

1.  Katranka Summer Rehabilitation Camp for War Veterans

Location:  Katranka, 165 km from Odesa (Tatarbunar region, Odesa oblast), in proximity to the Black Sea.  This is a resort area.

Purpose:  This camp is to be used in the summer period to provide physical and psychological rehabilitation to handicapped veterans and their families, and families of deceased soldiers.  Rehabilitation activities are conducted through a wide range of workshops in arts, music, sports, manual and physical work.

Description of the land plot and buildings:  This is a land plot of 0.9 hectares (90 ares or 9,000m2) on which are located eight small buildings (60-70m2) which can lodge a total of 128 people (i.e. 16 people per building.  Each building has four rooms.  Each room can accommodate four people on two bunk beds.)  Each building has a small balcony.  In the summer of 2015, 200 war veterans and their families took advantage of these facilities but the living conditions were very difficult.

Physical condition of the buildings:  The buildings are old and need repairs.  Doors, windows, walls and floors need refurbishing.  Ramps for access by wheelchair need to be installed for every building. 

Bio washrooms and shower cabins need to be installed, as well as kitchen facilities.

Some basic furniture must be bought – bunk beds, tables, chairs and benches.

Self-financing:  to ensure self-financing of this summer camp, a covered stage needs to be built, and wooden bases installed in the camping area.  Some revenues will be generated by the shows and mini festivals which could be held, and the space rental fee for campers.

Financial assistance needed:  65,000 USD for the repairs and purchases, 7,000 USD for administrative costs; and 3,000 USD to cover the debt for the rental of the land from the local authorities to whom the land belongs. 
Please visit page on:  https://ukrainekatrankasummercamp.blogspot.com

N.B.  4,000 USD have been raised in August 2016.  This reduces the total amount needed to 71,000 USD from 75,000 USD.

Total cost of the “Katranka Summer Rehabilitation Camp for War Veterans” project:  75,000 USD

2.  Khodoriv Rehabilitation Center for War Veterans

Location:  village of Khodoriv, 130 km south from Kyiv (Kaharlyk region, Kyiv oblast), in proximity to the Dnipro river.

Purpose:  This center is to be used during the whole year to provide physical and psychological rehabilitation to handicapped veterans and their families, and families of deceased soldiers.  Rehabilitation activities will be conducted through a wide range of therapy workshops in arts, music, sports, manual and physical work, animal care.

Description of land plot and buildings:  This is a land plot of approximately 1 hectare (100 ares or 10,000m2) on which are located one big two-story building with an auditorium (previously the building was a school) which can lodge a total of 200 people; a smaller building which was a cafeteria, and some four smaller children buildings which can accommodate four children each.  The total area of the buildings covers approximately 2,000m2.

Physical condition of the buildings:  The buildings are old and for the last ten years have not been occupied.  They are not fit for occupancy except for one or two rooms.  They require major repairs.  Doors, windows, walls, ceilings and floors need total refurbishing.  Ramps for access by wheelchair need to be installed for every building.  The heating system must be brought to condition.  Washrooms, shower cabins, kitchen facilities need to be redone.

Some basic furniture must be bought – bunk beds, tables, chairs and benches; kitchen appliances, bathroom equipment, washing machines.

Self-financing:  to ensure self-financing of this rehabilitation center, the children small buildings could be rented to vacationers during the summer since the center is located 10 minutes walking distance from the beach on the Dnipro river.  Some revenues will also be generated from the rental of the auditorium for conferences, retreats, concerts.  Beehives, farming activities and green houses could also be another source of income provided that a nearby farm could be purchased. 

Financial assistance needed:  650,000 USD for the repairs and purchases, 20,000 USD to purchase the farm nearby the rehabilitation center; 25,000 USD for administrative costs for two years; and 5,000 USD to cover the accumulated debt for the last ten years.

Total cost of the “Khodoriv Rehabilitation Center for War Veterans” project:  700,000 USD

3.  Vasylkiv Rehabilitation Center for War Veterans

Location:  nearby the town of Vasylkiv, 20 km south from Kyiv (on the Odesa Highway, Kyiv oblast).

Purpose:  This center is to be used during the whole year to provide physical and psychological rehabilitation to handicapped veterans and their families, and families of deceased soldiers.  Rehabilitation activities will be conducted through a wide range of therapy workshops in arts, music, sports, manual and physical work, animal care.

Description of the land plot:  This is a bare land plot of 0.6 hectare (60 ares or 6,000m2) nearby the main Odesa Highway.  The local authorities are ready to sell the land at a very low price.

Planned construction:  It is envisaged to construct a building (250m2) to lodge 20 people who will be taking care of two greenhouses producing vegetables and flowers which will be sold to the local population and restaurants.

The building and greenhouses will be built with a ramp for access by wheelchairs.

Some basic furniture will be bought – bunk beds, tables, chairs and benches; kitchen appliances, bathroom equipment, washing machines.

Self-financing:  to ensure self-financing of this rehabilitation center, the focus will be on permaculture, beehives, farming activities and other activities which will be sold on a large or small scale depending on the level of production.  Raising farm animals (chickens, goats, partridges, fish) may also be considered.

Financial assistance needed:  20,000 USD to purchase the 0.6 ha land plot; 125,000 USD for the construction of the building; 200,000 USD to build and equip two big greenhouses; 24,000 USD for administrative costs; and 8,000 USD to cover the cost of the construction and registration documentation for the building and two greenhouses.

Total cost of the “Vasylkiv Rehabilitation Center for War Veterans” project:  377,000 USD

4.  Computer Classes for Handicapped War Veterans

Temporary Location:  Sanatorium nearby Kyiv, 5 km west of Kyiv (on the Zhytomyr Highway, Kyiv oblast).

Purpose:  Theses courses will be provided to groups of 10 war veterans at a time, to enable them to acquire the necessary knowledge in web design, graphic design, site programming, programming languages Java, C#, Python.  After completing the course, the handicapped veterans will be expected to return to their hometowns and be able to find work from their homes.  Also, they will be encouraged to start their own money making projects and to organize computer classes in their communities.

Description of the courses:  To implement these courses 12 computers are needed as well as teaching staff, and facilities where the handicapped veterans can be lodged for the duration of the course i.e. one month.

Computer equipment:  The computer specifications are:  Intel Core i5 6500, DDR3 8Gb 1666MHz, 3.5” 500 Gb (Artline Business B29VO3); Monitor Phillips 21.5”; keyboard, mouse (Genius KM110X), UPS (Powercom BNT-1000), 16-port unmanaged switch (D-Link DES-1016A), cable and accessories.  The cost for the 12 computers including the accessories amounts to 12,000 USD.

Accommodation and food:  Daily rate at the sanatorium based on double occupancy is 12 USD per person per day.  Per person monthly (30 days):  360 USD.  For 10 people, 3,600 USD. 

Teaching staff:  Teachers will teach 8 hours per day at the rate of 20 USD per hour for 30 days, for a total of 4,800 USD for one month.

Room rental at the sanatorium:  10 USD per day x 30 days for a total for 300 USD. 

Modalities:  It is estimated that it will take six months to obtain for the handicapped veterans the needed accommodations and teaching facilities at the Liutizh Center for the Handicapped (town of Liutizh, Kyiv oblast).

Self-financing:  Grants applications have been submitted to different organizations and a decision is being expected.

Financial assistance needed:  12,000 USD to purchase 12 computers; and

+ For a one-month period:  9,700 USD distributed as follows:  3,600 USD for accommodation and food; 4,800 USD for teachers’ fees; and 300 USD for classroom rental; and 1,000 USD for administrative costs. or

+ For six months:  58,200 USD  i.e.  9,700 USD x 6 months.

Total cost of the “Computer Classes for Handicapped War Veterans” project:  21,700 USD for 1 month or 70,200 USD for 6 months.

5.  Buzova Halfway Home for Adult Orphaned Children

Location:  village of Buzova, 30 km west from Kyiv (on the Zhytomyr Highway, Kyiv oblast).

Purpose:  Since the state does not provide accommodation facilities for orphans after they finish high school, this halfway home is being set up to provide a home for orphaned children who have nowhere to go after their studies.  This halfway home is to prevent that these orphans end up in the world of drugs, crime and despair.  They will be given the opportunity to learn the skills they need to integrate the society as responsible individuals.  The home will accommodate from four to sixteen (or more) children aged seventeen and older. The halfway home will be a smoke free, alcohol free, drugs free, and arrogance free area.  Children will learn to be community leaders, to do volunteer work, to devote themselves to good actions, good thoughts, and good deeds.

Description of the land plot:  A bare land plot of 0.15 hectare (15 ares or 1,500m2) has already been purchased for the halfway home located two km off the main Zhytomyr Highway.  A preliminary sketch of the house has been done.  A plot of 0.7 hectare (7 ares or 700m2) must be purchased to allow access to the initial 0.15 ha land plot.  Another four plots of 0.115 hectares (46 ares or 4,600m2) located nearby must be purchased to provide space for a garden and an orchard.  A well must be dug, a metal fence installed, and electricity connected to the building. 

Planned construction:  It is envisaged to construct a two-story house (550m2) to lodge up to 20 people.  There will be seven rooms for children with multiple occupancy. A big kitchen, dining room and living room will be used as a general daily gathering place for the children to learn cooking, socializing and responsibility taking.  The building will be sober.  There will be no useless furniture, or obsolete objects.  A big library and a sport area will be part of the home to help children acquire good habits.  The children will have a clean, bright, safe and comfortable environment to facilitate their passage from a dormitory setting to a more normal life environment.

The children will be encouraged to take part in the management of the house from cleaning to groceries buying.  They will learn gardening, taking care of fruit trees, pets and people.  For this purpose, a small cat shelter will be set up to allow the children to take care of animals for a fee when their owners will be traveling.

Basic furniture will be bought for the house (bunk beds, tables, chairs and benches; kitchen appliances, bathroom equipment, washing machines).  Nothing superfluous.

Self-financing:  to ensure self-financing of this halfway home, children will be initiated to permaculture, gardening, pet care, handicraft and hosting small parties at the home for a fee.  The animal shelter will be another source of income.

Financial assistance needed:  5,000 USD for the building documentation; 20,000 USD to purchase the 0.51 ha (five land plots); 20,500 USD to dig the well, fence the property, connect the electricity to the building; 275,000 USD to build the home, 10,000 USD for the animal shelter, 24,000 USD for administrative costs; and 20,000 USD for a used multi van.

Total cost of the “Buzova Halfway Home for Orphaned Children” project:  374,500 USD

6.  Zashkiv Help Center/Halfway Home for Adult Orphans

Location:  Zashkiv village, 20 km west from the city of Lviv (Lviv oblast).

Purpose:  Since the state does not provide accommodation facilities for orphans after they finish high school, this halfway home is being set up to provide a home for orphaned children who have nowhere to go after their studies.  This halfway home is  to prevent that the orphans end up in the world of drugs, crime and despair.  They will be given the opportunity to learn the skills they need to integrate the society as responsible individuals.  The home will accommodate from four to sixteen (or more) orphans aged seventeen and older. The halfway home will be a smoke free, alcohol free, drugs free, and arrogance free area.  Children will learn to be community leaders, to do volunteer work, to devote themselves to good actions, good thoughts, and good deeds.

Description of the land plot:  Two bare land plots of 0.15 and 0.15 hectare (30 ares or 3,000m2) have already been reserved for the halfway home located on a slope nearby a forest at the end of a quiet street.  A preliminary sketch of the building has been done for a fee.  These two land plots will provide space for a garden and an orchard.  No need to dig a well, but a metal fence has to be installed, and electricity connected. 

Planned construction:  It is envisaged to construct a two-story house (550m2) to lodge up to 20 people.  There will be seven rooms for children with multiple occupancy. A big kitchen, dining room and living room will be used as a general daily gathering place for the children to learn cooking, socializing and responsibility taking.  The building will be sober.  There will be no useless furniture, or obsolete objects.  A big library and a sport area will be part of the home to help children acquire good habits.  The children will have a clean, bright, safe and comfortable environment to facilitate their passage from a dormitory setting to a more normal home environment.

The children will be encouraged to take part in the management of the house from cleaning to groceries buying.  They will learn gardening, taking care of fruit trees, pets and people.  For this purpose, a small cat shelter will be set up to allow the children to take care of animals for a fee when their owners will be traveling.

Basic furniture will be bought for the house (bunk beds, tables, chairs and benches; kitchen appliances, bathroom equipment, washing machines).  Nothing superfluous.

Self-financing:  to ensure self-financing of this halfway home, children will be initiated to permaculture, gardening, pet care, handicraft and hosting small parties at the home for a fee.  The animal shelter will be another source of income.

Financial assistance needed:  5,000 USD for the building documentation; 34,000 USD to purchase the 0.30 ha (two land plots); 15,500 USD to purchase the third land plot (0.15 ha); 15,500 USD to fence the property, connect the electricity to the building; 350,000 USD to build the home; 20,000 USD for the greenhouse; 20,000 USD for the animal shelter; 24,000 USD for administrative costs; and 20,000 USD for a used multi van.
Please visit pages on:  https://orphanadultsinukraine.blogspot.com / https://www.facebook.com/skif11

The land plots must be  purchased without delay.  34,000 USD are needed immediately.

Total cost of the “Zashkiv Help Center/Halfway Home for Adult Orphans” project:  504,000 USD

7.  Buzova Main Rehabilitation Center for War Veterans

Location:  village of Buzova, 30 km west from Kyiv (on the Zhytomyr Highway, Kyiv oblast).

Purpose:  This center is to be the main rehabilitation center to provide physical and psychological rehabilitation to handicapped veterans and their families, and families of deceased soldiers.  Rehabilitation activities will be conducted through a wide range of therapy workshops in arts, music, sports, manual and physical work, animal care.  The center will also provide orphaned children and school students the opportunity to do volunteer work with the physically handicapped, war veterans and their families to hone their leadership skills.  Through these activities children will learn to devote themselves to good actions, good thoughts, and good deeds. The center will be a smoke free, alcohol free, drugs free, and arrogance free area.  

Description of the land plot:  A bare, flat land plot of 20 hectares (2,000 ares or 200,000m2) has already been reserved for the rehabilitation center to be located two km off the main Zhytomyr Highway.  A construction plan has already been approved by the local authorities.

Planned construction:  According to the approved construction plan, it is envisaged to build 192 single homes and public buildings (school, sports center, day care center, administration building to include hotel premises).  This will be a self-encompassing small town for handicapped veterans and their families where they will be able to obtain a wide variety of services ranging from physical to psychological, and social rehabilitation.

Self-financing:  to ensure self-financing of this main handicapped veterans rehabilitation center, school premises will be rented for conferences, weddings, retreats, parties, festivals, extra-curricular classroom activities, etc.  The administration building will provide services for a fee ranging from photocopying, page making, photography to day care and messaging center. Also, a time sharing resort area will be available near the water front.  The possibilities are many, and managing them will be the key to proper use of resources.

Financial assistance needed:  2,000,000 USD for the purchase of the 20 ha land plot.  1,250,000 USD to build the first ten homes, 72,000 USD for administrative costs for 3 years; and 20,000 USD for a used multi van.

Total cost of the “Buzova Main Rehabilitation Center for War Veterans” project:  3,342,000 USD

8.  Bandura and National Musical Instruments Centre

Location:  village of Buzova, 30 km west from Kyiv (on the Zhytomyr Highway, Kyiv oblast)

Purpose:  To revive the almost lost art of bandura manufacturing and of other Ukrainian national musical instruments as part of the curriculum of the Chaikovskyi National Music Academy (known as the Kyiv Conservatory).  The bandura is a very revered Ukrainian national instrument which, during the soviet years, was associated with Ukrainian national revival, and therefore its popularization was actively discouraged.  It has about 60 strings which produce a very special sound similar to the harp.  There are many variations of the bandura.  In modern times, the banduras were identified according to the city they originated from – the Kharkivska bandura, the Chernihivska bandura, and the Lvivska bandura.  The Kharkivska bandura almost disappeared when in the 1930’s the Russians killed almost all of the 300 bandura players at a nationwide conference they lured them into.

Since 1991 the Chernihiv and Lviv musical instruments factories have either ceased to fabricate Ukrainian national instruments or have significantly scaled down their production.  Today, to purchase or repair a bandura has become a real problem.  Adults and children willing to learn to play the bandura face the difficult reality of not being able to buy a quality instrument at an affordable price.

In the past 25 years many of the experts who knew how to make a bandura passed away without having been able to teach this trade to the younger generation.  Some people still have the skills but they cannot produce banduras or repair them on a large scale.  The demand is there but the supply is inadequate.

The center will be a smoke free, alcohol free, drugs free, and arrogance free area.  

Description of the land plot:  Three bare land plots of 0.15 hectare each (45 ares or 4,500m2) are available in the village of Buzova.  The land plots are located two km off the main Zhytomyr Highway.  A well must be dug, a metal fence installed, and electricity connected. 

Planned construction:  It is envisaged to construct a two-story building (500m2) to accommodate students who will be learning the art of bandura making.  There will be rooms for designing the bandura and other instruments, carving, cutting, sanding, painting, drying and displaying the finished work of art for sales purposes.  There will be also a storage room for materials and equipment needed for constructing the instruments.  The rooms will have to be functional, well aerated and spacious to allow free movement around the work tables.  Basic amenities such as washrooms, showers and a kitchen will be built.

This building should also be like a small cultural center whereby people will be able to come and learn about the intricacies of the bandura.

Self-financing:  to ensure self-financing of this bandura center, publicity will be made to invite tourists to visit the center for a fee to observe the manufacturing process, by organizing bandura classes for beginners, and concerts and festivals for bandura players.  Small souvenir banduras will also be manufactured and sold to tourists.

Financial assistance needed:  5,000 USD for the building documentation; 45,000 USD (or less) to purchase the 0.45 ha (three land plots); 22,000 USD to purchase two land plots for permaculture; 20,500 USD to dig the well, fence the property, connect the electricity to the building; 250,000 USD to construct the building, 24,000 USD for administrative costs; and 20,000 USD for a used multi van.

Total cost of the “Bandura and National Musical Instruments Centre” project:  386,500 USD

9.  Junior Academy of Science Academic Training Center

Location:  Hamarnyka Street, Pushcha Vodytsia district, 15 km north from metro Akadem-Mistechko (on the Circle Road).

Purpose:  The Junior Academy of Science (JAS) encourages young students to pursue research in the humanities and scientific domains.  These young researchers have brought fame to JAS over the years by their unique discoveries and inventions.  JAS is encouraging students to take part in national and international competitions.  JAS is present in all the oblasts of Ukraine and despite the lack of equipment and facilities conducive to entice youngsters to do research work, the students overcome obstacles and obtain amazing results which become the talk of the international scientific world.  JAS needs facilities to help students who won competitions due to their outstanding results, to further pursue their research.

The center will be a smoke free, alcohol free, drugs free, and arrogance free area.  

Description of the land plot:  Almost three hectares of land (300 ares or 30,000m2) have been given to JAS in the resort area of Pushcha Vodytsia.  The land plot is located at the beginning of the street Hamarnyka.  It has many buildings which are in a very bad shape.  These buildings in the 1950’s belonged to a children sanatorium.  The premises lately were transferred to JAS.

Planned construction:  Many of the buildings must be totally reconstructed, and new ones built to accommodate students and their teachers.  Due to the lack of funds from the public and private sectors, the reconstruction project cannot be started.  The project documentation requires substantial funding in the approximate amount of 500,000 USD.  The construction of the buildings and infrastructure could well amount to 10,000,000 USD.

Self-financing:  Once the JAS Academic Training Center will have been set up, and since it is accountable to the Ministry of Education, the government of Ukraine should be devoting part of its budgetary expenditures for the upkeep of JAS and its facilities.

Financial assistance needed:  500,000 USD for the building documentation; 10,000,000 USD for the construction of the buildings and infrastructure; 300,000 USD for administrative costs for 5 years; and 20,000 USD for a used multi van.

Total cost of the “Junior Academy of Science Academic Training Centre” project:  10,820,000 USD.

10.  Book translation (“Moskovstvo” by Pavlo Shtepa)

Location:  The coordination of the translation will be done from Kyiv, Ukraine.  Translators will be located worldwide including Ukraine.

Purpose:  The idea of this project was born in 2014 during the Maidan to counter the disinformation war Moscow has unleashed against Ukraine and the whole world.  The ideal would be to have the book “Moskovstvo” by Pavlo Shtepa translated into forty languages of the world.  This book and other ones similar in content, are banned in Russia because it is a compendium information that unveils the true nature of this country who tries, for many centuries, to conceal the historical truth from the world by bribing the mass media, politicians and academic staff.  There are other books and scholarly articles whose content must be made known to the world in order to demystify Russia, but “Moskovstvo” by Pavlo Shtepa is the first step in this translation project.  Please note that this book has already been translated into Russian in 1996.

Description of the project:  The search for professional translators started in 2014 and continues.  The translation of the book started in 2015.  One third of the book has already been translated into Turkish.  The Turkish translation will continue as soon as funding will resume.  As soon as funding will become available, translations could begin in the Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish languages.

Professional translators also need to be found for the following languages:  Arabic, Armenian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Belarusian, Bengali, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Georgian, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Kazakh, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Tamil, and Urdu.

Research is being made to identify translators for these languages:  Albanian, Azerbaijani, Cantonese, Dari, Farsi, Indonesian, Icelandic, Kirghiz, Kurdish, Lao, Maltese, Moldovan, Mongolian, Pashto, Tagalog, Tibetan, and Uzbek.

It is important that these languages be covered to ensure that the information about Russia and its wrongdoings be known to world leaders, the mass media and the academic world in order to prevent further Russian expansion.

Other books to be translated are:  “Krayina Moksel” (in three volumes) by Volodymyr Bilinskyi; “Rassieya protiv Rusi, Rus protiv Rassieyi” by Pietr Khomiakov (in 2015 he was killed in a russian prison by the KGB); and a compendium of articles which appeared in the newspaper “Den”.

Planned development of the translation project:  .Contracts will be signed with the translators, editors, page makers.  For a book of 500 pages, 20,000 USD are needed to cover author’s rights, translation, proofreading, editing and preparation for printing.

Self-financing:  Unless a publisher accepts to fund the translation project in one of the languages, it is difficult to envisage self-financing.  The project can only be implemented based on donations.

Financial assistance needed:  20,000 USD per book per language.

Total cost of the “Book Translation – “Moskovstvo” by Pavlo Shtepa” project in 12 languages:  240,000 USD.  For the next 28 languages:  560,000 USD.  For a grand total of:  800,000 USD.

11.   Ukrainians’ Priceless Gifts to the World (12 series documentary film)

Location:  The coordination of the documentary film will be done from Kyiv, Ukraine.

Purpose:   This documentary film project is important because it will provide Ukrainians and the world with information about the contributions Ukrainians made to the world in all domains.  This information is not readily available because during the soviet era any mention of discoveries or inventions by Ukrainians were hushed, and the latter were either presented as citizens of other countries or totally ignored to prevent a rise in the pride of Ukrainians for their country and its achievements.  Even today such information is not accessible even in Ukraine because of the anti-Ukrainian propaganda unfolded by Moscow to denigrate everything Ukrainian.  It is not uncommon to hear people say that the Ukrainian language does not exist, that Ukrainian music is not popular, that Ukrainians are not a nation, etc.  Such baseless declarations have for effect to develop a complex of inferiority among the population and to distort the historical facts which constitute the base for national pride of any country.  The planned documentary film will not only counter this anti-Ukrainian propaganda but also it will enrich and update the sources of information about Ukraine.

Description of the project:  The project consists in a series of 12 documentary films of 24 minutes each depicting little known facts, heroes, discoveries, inventions made by Ukrainians in Ukraine or in other countries where they lived or worked.

Planned development of the film project:  Scenarios will be written and submitted for discussion and approval.  Monitoring, follow-up and distribution of the films will be handled by a committee composed of historians, writers, filmmakers and other consultants.

Self-financing:  Unless TV stations will accept to purchase the films, it is difficult to envisage self-financing.  The project can only be implemented based on donations.  However, after these series will be aired and contracts signed, the generated income could be used to finance other educational films, or be used to reimburse the 46,720 USD received for this project.

Financial assistance needed:  42,720 USD for 12 series (or 3,560 USD per serie); and 4,000 USD for administrative costs.

Total cost of the “Ukrainians’ Priceless Gifts to the World” project:  46,720 USD for the 12 series.

12.  Vynnytsia Children Alternative Education Center

Location:  City of Vynnytsia (Vynnytsia oblast)

Purpose:  The creation of such a children center is critical for the social, emotional and intellectual development of children who nowadays are glued to the TV and iPads.  Since the state does not provide funding for various extracurricular activities, children end up on the street experiencing alcohol, smoking, drugs, foul language and other negative influences.  The children center will provide the children from the age of three a learning environment ranging from sports, visual arts, arts and crafts, weaving, wood carving, gardening, music, dancing, to pottery, wood working and even metal working.  Children will be given the opportunity to discover their likes from an early age and chose their favorite activities at their own rate of development.  This will ensure that the children will be brought up based on integrity, respect, love of work and learning, and readiness to do good around themselves.  The center will be a smoke free, alcohol free, drugs free, and arrogance free area.  

Description of the land plot:  Very few existing buildings in the city of Vynnytsia can be adapted to such activities.  To build such a center would require one hectare of land on which could be built several buildings to accommodate the children and their parents.  Pottery, wood working, metal working all require separate locations.  Dancing and sport activities requires spacious rooms, weaving and painting ventilated areas, etc.  Therefore the main building and other smaller buildings must be designed to render possible various types of activities.

Planned construction:  It is planned to construct a two-story building (1,000m2) to accommodate 200 people or more.  There will be rooms, kitchen facilities, dining room and a dormitory for the children for napping time.

Basic furniture will be bought for the building (bunk beds, tables, chairs and benches; kitchen appliances, bathroom equipment, washing machines).  Nothing superfluous.

Self-financing:  to ensure self-financing of this children center, art and music festivals, community activities, fundraising activities will be organized in addition to the fees that will be charged for hall rentals and other services that will be provided by the center.

Financial assistance needed:  5,000 USD for the building documentation; 120,000 USD (or less) to purchase one hectare of land, 25,500 USD to dig a well, fence the property, connect the electricity to the building; 500,000 USD to construct the building; 24,000 USD for administrative costs; and 20,000 USD for a used multi van.

Total cost of the “Vynnytsia Children Center” project:  694,500 USD

13.  Main Kitchen Facilities of the Kyiv Military Hospital

Location:  City of Kyiv

Purpose:  The main kitchen of the Kyiv Military Hospital which services the soldiers injured in the war, needs to be refurbished because due to lack of funding, it has not been maintained for the last forty years.  The kitchen staff works in very unhuman conditions due to the heat and with equipment that is not functioning properly and needs replacement.

Description of the premises:  The main kitchen needs to have an air conditioning unit installed.  Its electric frying pan, cooking equipment, meat grinder, vegetable cutter and juice maker need to be replaced.  Wheel carts used for food distribution on the hospital territory, garbage disposal bins, trays, buckets need to be replaced because they are very old and malfunctioning.  The ceiling, walls and floor of the kitchen need to be repaired. 

Planned repairs and equipment replacement:  As soon as funding can be identified the works can begin, and the equipment purchased.

Self-financing:  The needs of the hospital main kitchen can only be covered through donations or state funding.

Financial assistance needed:  350,000 USD for the refurbishing of the main kitchen; 150,000 USD to replace the old or broken kitchen equipment; and 4,000 USD for administrative costs.

Total cost of the “Kitchen Facilities of the Kyiv Military Hospital” project:  504,000 USD

14.  Takhtaulove Halfway Home for Adult Orphaned Children

Location:  Takhtaulove village, 3 km from the city of Poltava (Poltava oblast).

Purpose:  Since the state does not provide accommodation facilities for orphans after they finish high school, this halfway home is being set up to provide a home for orphaned children who have nowhere to go after their studies.  This halfway home is  to prevent that the orphans end up in the world of drugs, crime and despair.  They will be given the opportunity to learn the skills they need to integrate the society as responsible individuals.  The home will accommodate from four to sixteen (or more) children aged eighteen and older. The halfway home will be a smoke free, alcohol free, drugs free, and arrogance free area.  Children will learn to be community leaders, to do volunteer work, to devote themselves to good actions, good thoughts, and good deeds.

Description of the land plot:  One bare land plot of 0.17 hectare (17 ares or 1,700m2) has been already purchased for the halfway home located on a quiet street 400 m off the main road.  A preliminary sketch of the building has been done for a fee.  This land plot will provide space for a garden and an orchard.  A well needs to be dug, a metal fence has to be installed, water, electricity and gaz need to be connected. 

Planned construction:  It is envisaged to construct a two-story house (550m2) to lodge up to 16 people.  There will be seven rooms for children with multiple occupancy. A big kitchen, dining room and living room will be used as a general daily gathering place for the children to learn cooking, socializing and responsibility taking.  The building will be sober.  There will be no useless furniture, or obsolete objects.  A big library and a sport area will be part of the home to help children acquire good habits.  The children will have a clean, bright, safe and comfortable environment to facilitate their passage from a dormitory setting to a more normal life environment.

The children will be encouraged to take part in the management of the house from cleaning to groceries buying.  They will learn gardening, taking care of fruit trees, pets and people.  For this purpose, a small cat shelter will be set up to allow the children to take care of animals for a fee when their owners will be traveling.

Basic furniture will be bought for the house (bunk beds, tables, chairs and benches; kitchen appliances, bathroom equipment, washing machines).  Nothing superfluous.

Self-financing:  to ensure self-financing of this halfway home, children will be initiated to permaculture, gardening, pet care, handicraft and hosting small parties at the home for a fee.  The animal shelter will be another source of income.

Financial assistance needed:  3,000 USD for the building documentation; 17,000 USD to purchase an adjacent land plot of 0.17 ha; 15,500 USD to fence the property, connect the electricity to the building; 275,000 USD to build the home, 10,000 USD for the animal shelter, 24,000 USD for administrative costs; and 20,000 USD for a used multi van.

Total cost of the “Takhtaulove Halfway Home for Orphaned Children” project:  364,500 USD

15.  Irpin Halfway Home for Adult Orphans

Location:  City of Irpin, 15 km from the city of Kyiv.

Purpose:  Since the state does not provide accommodation facilities for orphans after they finish high school, this halfway home is being set up to provide a home for orphaned children who have nowhere to go after their studies.  This halfway home is  to prevent that the orphans end up in the world of drugs, crime and despair.  They will be given the opportunity to learn the skills they need to integrate the society as responsible individuals.  The home will accommodate from four to six children aged eighteen and older. The halfway home will be a smoke free, alcohol free, drugs free, and arrogance free area.  Children will learn to be community leaders, to do volunteer work, to devote themselves to good actions, good thoughts, and good deeds.

Description of the land plot:  One land plot of 0.4 hectare (4 ares or 400m2) with an old house in need of repairs inside and outside including the roof.  It is located on a quiet lane 500 off the main road.  On this land plot there is a small orchard and space for a garden.  There is a water, electricity and gas.  A metal fence has to be installed and the territory needs to be cleaned up from all old run down shacks and side building.  Very convenient transportation to Kyiv directly to the metro Akadem-mistechko.

 Planned construction:  It is envisaged to revamp this one-story house, raise the roof, add a second floor, and one room on the first floor (80m2) to lodge up to 4 to 6 children.  There will be three bedrooms for children with multiple occupancy.  A kitchen, dining room and living room will be on the first floor where children will gather to learn cooking, socializing and responsibility taking.  The building will be sober.  There will be no useless furniture, or obsolete objects.  The children will have a clean, bright, safe and comfortable home environment to facilitate their passage from a dormitory setting to a more normal life environment.  The children will run the home under the guidance of an adult.

The children will be encouraged to take part in the management of the house from cleaning to groceries buying.  They will learn gardening, taking care of fruit trees, pets and people.  For this purpose, a small cat shelter will be set up to allow the children to take care of animals for a fee when their owners will be traveling.

Basic furniture will be bought for the house (bunk beds, tables, chairs and benches; kitchen appliances, bathroom equipment, washing machines).  Nothing superfluous.

Self-financing:  to ensure self-financing of this halfway home, children will be initiated to permaculture, gardening, pet care, handicraft.  The animal shelter will be a source of income.

Financial assistance needed:  3,000 USD for the building documentation; 15,000 USD to purchase the land plot of 0.4 ha with the house; 5,500 USD to fence the property, connect the electricity and gas to the building; 45,000 USD to rebuild the home, 15,000 USD for the animal shelter, 10,500 USD for administrative costs; and 20,000 USD for a used multi van.
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75,350 USD are needed now to secure the purchase, fencing and rebuilding of the property to make it habitable.

Total cost of the “Irpin Halfway Home for Adult Orphans” project:  114,000 USD