Educational Initiatives Fund helped restore the Central Children’s Library in Pokrovsk!
On February 28, 2024, the Central Children’s Library named after Olena Pchilka was affected by shelling.
To restore the library’s collection, a fundraising campaign was launched, which, thanks to the financial support of partners: the Educational Initiatives Fund, the Network for the Protection of National Interests “A N T S”, the Center for Innovation and Partnership U.Mentor, and caring Ukrainians, was promptly closed.
Together, we were able to replace the broken glass panes and entrance doors, which had remained open to the residents of Pokrovsk since the beginning of the war.
We’ve received the next humanitarian shipment from Hearts for Ukraine! 5 pallets of medical supplies, medications, and other necessary items were delivered to one of the regional hospitals today!
We sincerely thank our American partners Hearts for Ukraine for their continuous support of Ukraine!
Thanks to your tireless efforts, we can provide assistance to doctors, wounded individuals, civilians, and everyone in need. Special thanks to our partner Bimex Ukraine www.bimex.com.ua for organizing the logistics!
Stay tuned for reports on the delivery of humanitarian aid from our international partners to those in need!
The team of the Educational Initiatives Fund is proud of its cooperation with Huawei Ukraine and our joint projects supporting educational institutions in Ukraine, including the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute!
In 2023, with the support of the Fund, Huawei provided KPI with server equipment that: * Upgraded KPI’s server cluster by 30%. * Supported the operation of over 600 virtual systems. * Doubled the speed of access to information on the servers!
Additionally, “Huawei Ukraine” helped KPI create the largest Wi-Fi cloud by providing the university with 550 access points! Source: Interfax-Ukraine http://surl.li/roiqu Shoulder to Shoulder towards Victory!
Unbreakable Education: Another Batch of Computer Equipment Delivered to Ukraine from Scotland This week, as part of our Unbreakable Education project, another batch of computer equipment was delivered to Kyiv from Scotland for transfer to educational institutions in Ukraine.
Two thousand computers from the Scottish charity initiative Reusing IT, delivered to Ukraine these days, will be transferred to Ukrainian educators during March 2024 within the framework of the Unbreakable Education project, founded by the Educational Initiatives Foundation with the assistance of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
The project has been operating in Ukraine since 2022 and helps teachers and students of Ukraine to continue the educational process in the conditions of war in a mixed and remote format, due to the establishment of digital educational centers, deployment of WiFi networks in shelters, and direct transfer of mobile and stationary gadgets to educational institutions that need them. The total demand and number of units of equipment transferred for educators in 2022-2024 are displayed in real time on the official dashboard of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine http://surl.li/jjxoj
The number of partners involved in supporting the digitalization of educational institutions in Ukraine is constantly growing. The collection of equipment takes place in the UK, the EU countries, the USA, and among socially responsible businesses in Ukraine.
In particular, the Unbreakable Education project has already received and transferred to educational institutions of Ukraine more than 500 high-quality refurbished laptops, computers, and servers, donated by Reusing IT (UK) and Megatrade (Ukraine), and during March 2024 the next large batches of equipment for the project will be transferred from these donors and the Nibulon company (Ukraine), two thousand computers of which have already been delivered to the warehouse of the project’s service partner in Ukraine, the IT-Integrator company, from Scotland thanks to the logistical assistance of Yorkshire Aid Convoy (UK). Fundraising for the restoration of the project equipment for Ukrainian educational institutions is taking place not only in Ukraine but also abroad, thanks to the involvement of the Hearts for Ukraine charity initiative (USA).
On March 12, 2024, a working meeting of the Deputy Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine for Digital Development, Digital Transformations, and Digitalization of Ukraine Dmytro Zavhorodniy with the founders and charity partners of the Unbreakable Education project took place at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
The meeting was attended by:
Anton Dziuba, Chairman of the Board of the Educational Initiatives Foundation (Ukraine) Nadiya Omelchenko, Founder of the Educational Initiatives Foundation (Ukraine) Yevhen Tarasov, Founder of Hearts For Ukraine (USA) Ross Cockburn, Founder of Reusing IT (UK) Gary Dooly, Volunteer at Yorkshire Aid Convoy (UK) Olena Masliy-Shyshova, HR Director of IT-Integrator (Ukraine) Yana Romanenko, HR Director of NIBULON, charity partner of the Unbreakable Education project (Ukraine) Olena Miroshnichenko, Administrative Director of Megatrade, Head of the Megatrade Workplace Challenge project, charity partner of the Unbreakable Education project (Ukraine). During the meeting, a four-party Memorandum of the participants of the Unbreakable Education project was signed and further plans for its development to support teachers and students of Ukraine were discussed.
You can apply to join the Unbreakable Education project by calling the free hotline of the Educational Initiatives Foundation 0 800 351 018 or on the website of the foundation www.eif.org.ua.
More information is available on the official portal of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine:
The Charity Program “Unbreakable Education”, launched by the Educational Initiatives Foundation with the assistance of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and support from development partners, aims to help provide access to distance education and improve the material and technical equipment of educational institutions.
According to the Ministry of Education and Science, as of November 2023, 327,881 digital devices for children and 68,073 devices for teachers from socially vulnerable groups are currently needed to ensure access to distance learning. At the same time, the critical need for devices is 96,449 and 29,012 devices, respectively, for participants in the educational process from ten regions of Ukraine, where most schools operate in a mixed or online format. Therefore, further strengthening the material and technical base of educational institutions working remotely is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Education and Science and development partners.
First results of the project
In September-November 2023, as part of the Unbreakable Education Program, 480 PCs were received from the Scottish partner Reusing IT and sent to 22 educational institutions in 17 regions of Ukraine.The interactive public dashboard https://shorturl.at/givE1
In addition, in order to further fruitful cooperation to ensure the digitalisation of education in Ukraine, representatives of the Educational Initiatives Foundation and Hearts for Ukraine made a working visit to Scotland at the invitation of Reusing IT.
During the visit, many productive meetings were held with sponsors and partners of Reusing IT to take further steps to strengthen the material and technical base of Ukrainian educational institutions.
In particular, at a meeting with representatives of the global leader in the purchase, refurbishment and sale of equipment for corporate IT systems, we discussed the mechanics of cooperation with IT companies to buy back used equipment and implement charitable initiatives for further cooperation with partners in the United States.
With the logistics partner Reusing IT, we discussed organisational issues related to the next delivery of humanitarian aid to Ukraine in the amount of 2,000 computers for educational needs, which is expected in March 2024.
With representatives of Reusing IT, the largest donor, we discussed key issues such as the importance of building sustainable partnerships between businesses and charities, the mechanics of transferring devices for educational needs, and the company’s cooperation with Reusing IT.
During the meeting with the Reusing IT partners, the project team also discussed the possibility of supplying used work computers for reuse instead of recycling and disposal, in particular, Apple equipment, by involving representatives of Ukraine in negotiations with technology companies.
An important meeting was held between the project team and colleagues from the University of St Andrews, which is one of the main donors of equipment for Reusing IT (and later for Ukraine). As a result of the meeting, colleagues from the university plan to involve other Scottish higher education institutions in the program to collect and transfer used equipment to be donated to Ukrainian educational institutions.
What educational needs are already met with computer equipment.
As of November 2023, according to the Ministry of Education and Science, 135,805 units of computer equipment were donated as humanitarian aid for the needs of education, including:
• 96,011 units for the needs of teaching staff;
• 38,441 units for the needs of students;
• to improve the material and technical support of educational institutions, including computer science classrooms – 1,353 units.
All information about the equipment received, including the level of the educational institution, types of users, and partners who provided the transfer, can be tracked through an interactive public dashboard created and presented by the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of Digital Transformation in July this year.
Next steps and new opportunities
The implementation of the Unbreakable Education Program continues and mobilises even more development partners.
In particular, together with the American foundation “Hearts for Ukraine”, we plan to expand the programme in the United States to collect devices from American Silicon Valley companies, similar to the mechanics of Reusing IT in Scotland.
“Socially responsible companies in Ukraine also have the opportunity to take part in the project,” says Nadiia Omelchenko, Project Founder, Advisor to the Directorate of Digital Transformation at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
The equipment that is transferred to the Educational Initiatives Foundation to meet the needs of Ukrainian educational institutions under the Unbreakable Education Project must meet three parameter:
• no critical damage or scratches on the monitor;
• have a memory capacity of at least 3 GB;
• network and Wi-Fi equipment in any condition.
To donate such equipment and participate in the Unbreakable Education Project, you can contact the all-Ukrainian toll-free hotline at 0 800 351 018.
Children are our future. Ensuring their education today should be a priority for every socially responsible enterprise in Ukraine.
With the support of Megatek, a set of network equipment has been handed over to one of the higher education institutions in Ukraine.
The network equipment will ensure the operation of three educational computer labs for working with students.
By the way, in the latest enrollments, this educational institution has 50% female students, and up to 50% of the instructors are also women. Gender balance in action in cybersecurity!
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Thanks to Nova Poshta Humanitarian for assistance!
