Voiny: creating traditions to commemorate Ukraine’s fallen heroes
Solution |
Republic, together with partners, initiated the project Voїny. The project involves representatives of civil society, government institutions, socially responsible businesses, and legal experts. Voїny calls to create a system for commemoration of fallen soldiers as well as engage people to thank the ATO soldiers who still defend the new democratic Ukraine. (Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone - armed conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine which started in April 2014). In our project we especially focused on children and youth, because they are the ones who will carry on the tradition of commemorating fallen soldiers. The first phase of the campaign was ongoing for three months. The project was launched on a pro bono budget. We asked people all over Ukraine to look for existing places of commemoration - at schools, city councils, in public parks - and put them on Google Maps. Together we created the first national map of commemoration sites and encouraged people to visit them on Day of Defender of Ukraine through a Facebook campaign. For Day of Defender of Ukraine, we reminded Ukrainians about those came to their defense but did not come back home. And about their families. In the school class of 8-year-old Bohdan whose father died in the war, we shot a video asking his classmates what being a hero means to them. And it went viral. |
POSTS TO PERSONALIZE THE TRATEGY |
ADVOCACY EVENT |
results |
• The first public discussion on this topic since the invasion started in 2014, the conference Honor the Heroes was held on the 17th of November 201 |