To enable Ukrainian children to return to in-person learning, the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) has successfully rehabilitated 74 educational institutions in the Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv regions. This work was carried out as part of the “School Repairs in Ukraine” project, implemented with support from the European Union and a total budget of €28 million.
The rehabilitated facilities include kindergartens, secondary schools, and vocational colleges. Significant attention during the reconstruction was devoted to safety: shelters in most facilities were repaired and equipped to ensure comfortable conditions for students and educators during air-raid alarms.
“Access to education is a fundamental right of every child that war must not take away. By restoring schools and creating reliable shelters, we are bringing back a sense of normal life, safety, and the joy of interacting with peers to children. As long as Ukrainian communities need our support in protecting this right, the European Union will stand by them,” said Marianna Franco, Head of the European Union Humanitarian Aid Office in Ukraine.
Depending on the extent of the damage, the scope of construction works encompassed a range of tasks: from replacing shattered windows and doors to capital repairs of roofs and facade insulation. Specialists also modernized heating systems and renovated classrooms, gyms, corridors, and sanitary facilities.
Photo: ©UNOPS
Source: UN in Ukraine
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