Restoration of the roof and modernization of the cafeteria of Voznesenska Gymnasium in Chernihiv Region
With the administrative support of the Ukraine Support Team (UST) coalition, the school in the village of Voznesenske in Chernihiv Region will receive a current roof repairs and major renovation of the food block along with a dining room. The total cost of the works is over 150,000 euros.
Voznesenske of Kyselivka community is located 7 km from Chernihiv. From the first days of the full-scale invasion until April 2022, the village was under occupation. Russian soldiers based in the premises of the gymnasium.
During one of the shelling, the roof of the educational institution was damaged by projectile fragments. During heavy rains and after heavy snowfalls, it flows, says the director of Voznesensk Gymnasium, Leonid Horbach.
Full-time education was resumed here already in September 2022, thanks to the available shelter. Currently, 66 students study in the gymnasium (including those from the village of Novoselivka, which suffered large-scale destruction during the Russians’ attempts to take Chernihiv), as well as 14 kindergarten students.
Repair work will begin here shortly. The project is implemented by a member of the UST coalition – the SavEd fund, which takes care of restoring children’s access to education in Ukraine. The funding for this project is provided by Slovak foundations – Open Society Foundation Bratislava and Pontis Foundation – thanks to the generous support of the Taipei Representative Office in Slovakia.
Another 97,000 hryvnias for the development of the project and estimated documentation are provided by the Kyselivska community council.
