“Having analyzed the activity of the Volyn Public Center of the All-Ukrainian Public Organization ‘Our Ukraine,’ we found that more than half of the events carried out by us in recent months directly or indirectly concern children, so we decided to outline and organize our activity into a long-term campaign ‘We – for Children!’,” noted Acting Head of the Volyn Public Center of the All-Ukrainian Public Organization ‘Our Ukraine’ Oksana Prokopchuk.
The campaign aims to promote and assist educational institutions and cultural departments in creating or organizing elements of the educational process; in particular, demonstrations of the anti-drug educational video lecture “The Truth About Drugs” were held in Lutsk schools No. 10 and 25. At school No. 25, over four days, the film was viewed by 19 classes, homeroom teachers, and the school administration. According to feedback from school psychologists, the lecture can be fully used during homeroom periods, easing the work of homeroom teachers and, at the same time, conveying to students the necessary information warning against harmful habits in an interesting and informal format.
This month, with the help of the public center, the library systems of five districts (Lutsk, Kovel, Manevychi, Ratne, and Kivertsy) and two more regional libraries purchased books from the “Shkilna Biblioteka” series from the Kyiv publishing house “Kotyhoroshko” at very low prices, which gave them the opportunity to replenish library collections and improve conditions and book provision for young readers.
The next stage of the “We – for Children!” campaign will be a children’s creativity competition “Modern Ukrainian Woman, Modern Ukrainian Man,” which will take place in five schools of Lutsk. The best competition works and drawings will be posted on a separate Internet page and in an exhibition hall in Kyiv, where drawings from six regions of Ukraine will be presented.
The Volyn Public Center expresses sincere gratitude to school administrations for organizational assistance and to the executive committee of the Volyn Regional Organization of the Political Party “People’s Union Our Ukraine” for assistance in transporting the ordered books from the “Kotyhoroshko” publishing house (Kyiv) to Lutsk.