Contrasts of Ukraine

What is the current situation in Ukraine? Are you interested in the current events in the country, cross-cutting social issues, views of the locals as well as experts from different fields? The goal of the Contrasts of Ukraine project was to increase interest in this country that is very close to us in terms of distance, culture as well as history.

Ukraine is very close to us. We even share a common part of history. However, people do not know much about it, as deep-rooted stereotypes still tend to prevail. The mission of the Contrasts of Ukraine project was to show people the country in the real light, to touch upon the current social issues and to point out that Ukraine was not only Transcarpathia, Nikola Šuhaj and pothole roads. Not much is known about the conflict in the east part of the country anymore either, despite the fact that the fighting is still ongoing, forcing a significant part of the population to live in everyday fear and danger. SHPaRS has also popularised the topics of the Czech Republic’s Foreign Development Cooperation in general, thus contributing to its support by the Czech public.

There were five thematic areas which the employees of the Centre had been working on and which were being gradually published throughout 2018:

  • Helping people affected by war
  • Children of the street and socially weak families
  • Contemporary culture
  • Travelling in Ukraine
  • Old age in Ukraine

A documentary video and a photo report were created as part of each topic. We also prepared various related articles, interviews and information regarding the given subject. All material was being published here on our website as well as on the Centre’s Facebook. With each topic a new newsletter was also prepared, full of information and referring to the final video, photos and interesting articles.

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The “Contrasts of Ukraine” project was supported in the framework of the Czech Republic’s Foreign Development Cooperation.