The teachers and parents of Balanivska school (Vinnytsia region) took part in the social initiative competition "Time to Act, Ukraine!" and won a grant to purchase and install a new modern solid fuel boiler to heat the school. This was reported by MHP-Zernoproduct, according to UNN.
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The amount of the grant is 100 thousand UAH. It was provided by the organizer of the competition, the MHP-Hromada Charitable Foundation.
"First of all, it is a comfortable environment for teaching and upbringing of schoolchildren. It is also about reducing emissions of harmful substances into the environment, i.e. the environmental component, which is no less important for us. In addition, it means lower energy costs and less need for maintenance. The list goes on. That's why the expert committee agreed to select this project as one of the winners. It's nice that we managed to do everything before the frost. Now the children are studying in classrooms with appropriate temperature conditions," comments Lesia Turchynska, a representative of MHP-Hromada.
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The "Time to Act, Ukraine!" contest has been running for four years in a row. A record number of applications for participation in the contest was submitted this year - 837.
"This year, initiatives from charitable and civic organizations were actively submitted - 151 projects. Many proposals are aimed at developing public spaces, educational and medical projects, and infrastructure in small towns and villages. The experts of the competition committee also noted initiatives aimed at rehabilitating and preserving traditions and cultural heritage," adds Volodymyr Panchenko, head of national projects at the MHP-Hromada Charitable Foundation.
The budget of the competition is almost UAH 13 million. The grant competition covers 12 regions of Ukraine.
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MHP-Gromadі is a Ukrainian charitable foundation that started its activities in 2015. Its main mission is the integrated development of communities. The geography of its activities includes 12 regions of Ukraine: more than 700 towns and villages. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Foundation has been systematically supporting people in the regions of hostilities, Ukrainian defenders and rescuers, communities, hospitals and maternity homes, charitable institutions that take care of orphans and the elderly, as well as people who have lost their homes and livelihoods due to the war.