Big changes even in small communities: a tourist route has been restored in the Cherkasy region

Last year's winners of the social initiative competition "Time to Act, Ukraine!" restored a tourist route to unique natural monuments and picturesque places in the Cherkasy region, reports UNN.

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We are talking about the Bobrytska community, which is unique in its places - with incredible landscapes and healing water. People from different parts of Ukraine come here to recharge and be alone with nature.

The most popular are "Rozhena Krynytsia" and "Mount over Lake Buchak", which is popularly called the pearl of the Bobrytska community.

These places have long been shrouded in legends and stories. They attract people like a magnet. Our "Rozhena Krynytsia" is never empty and the path to it is trodden throughout the year. We constantly walk through these places, so we knew that they were neglected and needed restoration. In one of the conversations with the team of the local public organization "Reboot - Forward", we discussed the problems of the community. Thus, a joint idea of the project "The Way to the Pearl of the Bobrytska Community" arose. The "Reboot - Forward" team helped write a grant application and create a tourist route, and our project won last year 

The total budget of the project amounted to UAH 169,000, of which UAH 91,000 was grant funds and another UAH 78,000 from the local budget. With this money, the winners of the competition made a new path, steps with handrails, put benches, a swing, installed stands and signs.

Near the "Rozhena Krynytsia" they restored the covering of the well itself, put up a statue and equipped a place for dousing. Local residents and entrepreneurs also joined in - some gave wood, others sawed and cut it for steps and benches, Babenko recalls.

This project is of great importance, because from the beginning of the flowering of the corydalis to the last yellow leaf, we walk through these places to gain strength

The restored tourist attractions in the community will also serve as a space for the rehabilitation of military personnel and veterans. A psychologist and support coordinator, together with employees of the village council, are developing an adaptation plan for military personnel, veterans and their families. As part of this plan, hiking trips will be organized along local routes.

We plan to participate in this year's competition from "MHP-Hromadi". After all, you always need to try, and do not be afraid that something will not work out. If one door is closed, you need to knock on another, because financial and mentoring support is about the quality of life of the residents of your community 

Let us add that during the entire existence of the competition "Time to Act, Ukraine!", the charitable foundation "MHP-Hromadi" has provided more than UAH 42 million in funding, supported 552 social initiatives that have benefited more than 3.2 million people. The main stages of the competitive selection:

• start of applications: March 18, 2025;
• deadline for applications: April 21, 2025 (until 16:00 Kyiv time);
• announcement of winners: June 10, 2025.

Projects are submitted through the Competition website.

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"MHP - Hromadi" is a Ukrainian charitable foundation that started its activities in 2015. Its main mission is the comprehensive development of communities. The geography of activities includes 13 regions of Ukraine, with more than 700 towns and villages. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Foundation has systematically supported people in the war zones, Ukrainian defenders and rescuers, communities, hospitals and maternity hospitals, charitable institutions that care for orphans and the elderly, as well as people who have been left homeless and without means of livelihood due to the war.