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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ГРУ ДЕНЬ 2 017 WWW. UNWLA .ORG 3 Oka Hrycak, on behalf of UNWLA, receiving a “Thank you” from the Lyceum . Volunteering at the Dnipro Army Hospital Oka Hrycak and Maria Furtak with soldiers in the war front Visiting with students at Dzherelo Centre be made to address the need to integrate individuals with special needs into soc iety. With the help of a Facebook friend, Larisa Shevchuk, I was able to spend the next morning at a typical school where inclusion, the practice of main - streaming children with special needs into the general population, was practiced. I enjoyed speaking with the director and social worker and hearing about their successes and challenges. I was then taken to the university where I met faculty from the Pedag ogy Dept. where we further discussed concerns. By 4 p.m. I was back in Kyiv, looking forward to meeting Maria Furtak, our UNWLA liaison who assists us in connecting with organizations and individuals nee ding d onations. Maria arrived, and I immediately knew we would get along. She decided that we should visit Mezhihirya, so we joined an excursion group going there. I must say I wasn’t eager to make this trip, having seen the estate on television. The groun ds wer e indeed elaborate, and I saw what had been stolen from Ukraine. Day 5. Vasyl Pazyniak arrived with a colonel to pick up Maria and me. This was the day we were driving to the Military Lyceum in Boyarka to deliver five washing machines and five dry ers. We stopped at EpiCenter, a Home Depot - like store to pick out the needed appl iances and were greeted by the store manager. Everything was already organized for us, and delivery was scheduled for early afternoon. We travelled on to the facility, where w e were treated to coffee, rolls, meats, and cheeses. We then went on to tour the school and campus, which had once been a hospital for children with tuberculosis. I had a short exchange in English with a student who had mastered the
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