The “Smart Osvita`s” activity over the past year has been very fruitful. We implemented many projects and expanded cooperation with people and organizations worldwide. Large and local foreign media often mentioned the successes of NGOs, took expert comments from the founders, and covered the course of projects. We would like to share a selection of mentions in the world media that noticed and talked about our work to improve Ukrainian education.
The Guardian: ‘Algebra under air raids’: the children in a Ukrainian war zone who attend class in Australia
The Guardian’s Australian editorial team talked about the Smart Education project through the stories of forcibly displaced Ukrainian children. 13-year-old Sofia and 15-year-old Margo went abroad because of the war. In the article, the girls share their experiences of emigrating and studying. They talk about the children’s community, which was formed thanks to educational meetings organized by “Smart Osvita.” They talked enthusiastically about the classes where they learned a lot and met interesting people, such as astronaut Chris Hatfield.
Read here: https://bit.ly/3AvP84x
Sofia’s story was also shared by many Canadian and Australian media:
CBC: ‘An island of normal life’: Canadian volunteers teach virtual lessons to displaced Ukrainian children
Read here: https://bit.ly/448hIXA
CBC The National: Canadians help teach displaced Ukrainian students
Read here: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2047947843596
ABC Australia: Monash University joins international effort to educate thousands of Ukrainian children
Read here: https://bit.ly/3n8hQFy
CochraneToday: Cochrane recruiting teachers for online lessons for Ukrainians
Read here: https://bit.ly/40NXFuE
The Star
British media The Star told about our project “Stay with Ukraine”. The Romaniykhas, who now lives in Sheffield, moved there after the full-scale war. The family tries to keep in touch with Ukraine with all its might. Their son Dmytro joined the “Staying with Ukraine” project. The student studies at a local school, but thanks to the program, he can catch up to the Ukrainian one. The Romaniukhas want to return home, so “Staying with Ukraine” will help Dmytro to adapt to studying at a Ukrainian school more quickly.
Read here: https://bit.ly/3LvUR0J
Podcast “‘Diario de Ukraine’: Un año de guerra. Así es cómo se ayuda (“Ukrainian Diary”: A year of war. This is how you help yourself)”
The hosts of the Spanish podcast “Ukrainian Diary” took a comment from one of the heads of “Smart Osvita” Halyna Tytysh. She spoke in particular about the project “Stay with Ukraine.” Mrs. Halyna emphasized the importance for children to stay connected with the Ukrainian education system and the project’s role in this. She also mentioned our other projects: psychological support and catch-up classes.
Listen here: https://bit.ly/3Av0MN7
Theirworld
The activity of “Smart Osvita” is mentioned in the article “Resilience and Ingenuity: Young Ukrainians’ Experiences of Emergency Education.” This organization actively supports Ukraine. With its support, “Smart Osvita” implements, in particular, the “Staying with Ukraine” project. The article is a summary of the organization’s report. In the report itself, you can find Halyna Tytysh’s comments on the activities of “Smart Osvita”, a story about catch-up classes, English-speaking meetings with foreign teachers, and comments from the project manager, Olena Zhupanova.
Read the article here: https://bit.ly/3oLU7f7
Detailed story here: https://bit.ly/3VfTCpB
Nunatsiaq News
Our partner David Falconer gave a lengthy interview to the Canadian newspaper Nunatsiaq News. In it, he shared a personal story that inspired him to help children from war-torn countries. And also about the experience of cooperation with “Smart Osvita.” Almost from the very beginning of the full-scale invasion, he joined the organization of English-language educational meetings, and helped to find volunteer teachers around the world. In particular, David talked about the specifics of the meetings, and how they occur.
Read here: https://bit.ly/3NeMwj2
David also shared the story of the project with the following media:
Alberta Teachers’ Association: Ukrainian students need Alberta teachers
Read here: https://bit.ly/3n49cb8
Alberta Teachers’ Association: Volunteer teachers needed to help Ukrainian students
Read here: https://bit.ly/40Afmh7
CounselorTalk: Hoping and Coping: Volunteering with Students Living in Ukraine
Read here: https://bit.ly/40HoIHZ
Open LMS. Interview with Dr. Phillips, Monash University
This is a podcast about online learning. This issue is dedicated to supporting students in Ukraine with online education, which Monash University provides in collaboration with Smart Education. Michael Phillips and Ladek talk about how Monash University and Open LMS have teamed up to provide a free distance education and learning platform. In particular, they talked about the organization of training and the content of educational meetings.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjA02katGrc
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