💡 14 publications in May – about challenges, changes, and the daily resilience of Zaporizhzhia.
🖊 This marks the second month of work by journalists and influencers at the AIC Media Center. As part of a 6-month mini-grant program, they produce meaningful stories about regional life – education, culture, business, and community support.
📝 In May, 14 materials were published:
Education
🔷 Feedback from the principal, students, and parents on the underground school in Zaporizhzhia. (Inform.zp.ua, Ye. Kazantseva)
🔷 Offline education during wartime: another comfortable and safe underground school. (SODA, O. Herasina)
🔷 How children study in underground schools in Shyrokivska and Komyshuvakha communities. (Suspilne Zaporizhzhia; Yu. Topolnyk, A. Natalukha, O. Lysenko)
🔷 Video report: underground schools as a new normal in frontline communities. (Suspilne Zaporizhzhia; A. Natalukha, O. Lysenko, M. Savchuk, Yu. Topolnyk)
🔷 A new culinary hub at the lyceum – masterclasses, catering, and modern learning. (Akzent, I. Kramarenko)
🔷 Inside an underground school: influencer Kateryna Markova gave a video tour of the new learning space.
International cooperation and development
🔶 Zaporizhzhia builds partnerships with France, Germany, and the USA. (ZaBor, Yu. Alekseenko)
Social initiatives & communities
🔶 Charitable projects in action: support for children, hospitals, and IDPs. (Vidbudova Zaporizhzhia, D. Symonenko)
🔶 About the “Zhnyva Peremohy” fund: free tractors and seeders for farmers. (Vidbudova. Zaporizhzhia, D. Symonenko)
Energy resilience & environment
🔶 How many solar plants are already operating, and why investment matters. (Vidbudova. Zaporizhzhia, D. Symonenko)
🔶 Khortytsia is growing: the reserve’s story during wartime. (Vidbudova. Zaporizhzhia, D. Symonenko)
Culture & theatre
Business & recovery
🔶 The story of Nataliia from Mariupol, who launched a decorative candle workshop in Zaporizhzhia. (Pershyi Zaporizkyi; Yu. Hlushko, A. Vavilov)
🔶 How the evacuated “Orikhovselmash” factory resumed operations in Zaporizhzhia. (Pershyi Zaporizkyi; O. Nosok, A. Vavilov)
🖇 Local media working in difficult conditions are more than just informers – they are co-creators in the transformation of Zaporizhzhia: through truth, trust, and being present.
Fighting today for tomorrow 🇺🇦
