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I want people to breathe clean air
Carry on living and fighting
Fighting for a healthy future for Ukraine’s children
The UPSHIFT programme has helped a team of doctors to distribute healthy food boxes to internally displaced children in Ukraine. My name is Ivan Panasko, I am the initiator of the Health-BOX project. My teammates are Vladyslav Tokariev and Catherine Penia. We are all intern doctors in Kharkiv (a neurologist, a traumatologist and a surgeon, respectively). I participated in the first wave of UPSHIFT, an opportunity to support youth and adolescents to become a force for positive social and economic change, contributing to a competitive labour force, sustained economic growth, improved governance...
#LetMeLearn It's time to stop the inequality child refugees face in education
With the Covid 19 pandemic, the education of us children has been significantly affected. Unfortunately, the schooling of refugee children who are displaced from their homes and countries is much more impacted, causing them to lose hope for tomorrow. The lucky ones try to continue their education by connecting to their teachers from their home country through their mobile phones. I observed this situation with the Ukrainian child refugees I had the opportunity to meet last June. Some try to hold on to their academic life with teachers provided by institutions such as UNICEF, as I witnessed...
Magic of Friendship
Peace is an active relationship characterized by cooperation, harmony and the ability to address differences without resorting to violence.