Location Velyka Lepetykha, Velyka Lepetykha Region, Khersonska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Velyka Lepetykha is a rural community of 7,000 inhabitants located in the Khersonska Oblast in the south of Ukraine. Khersonska is an agricultural oblast in which money and outside resources are scarce. Water in Velyka Lepetykha is filled with contaminants, including nitrates and excess […]
This project has been completed under the direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Donna Thompson. To read about the beginning of the project, CLICK HERE. The project was to purchase and install a hot water heater and a filtration system at the institute. Donna reports: Two hot water heaters were purchased. One was placed in the […]
Location Bolgrad, Odesa’ka Oblast, Southwestern Ukraine Community Description Bolgrad is a small town in Odesa’ka oblast. It has a rich history, and the community treasures its Bulgarian roots. As the Bolgradksky regional capital, Bolgrad serves as a center for the surrounding villages and towns. Within the town is Bolgrad Gymnasium, named after G.S. Rakovsky, which […]
Location Krivoy Rog, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Considered to be the main steel industry city of Eastern Europe, Krivoy Rog consists of many social and ecological problems due to its abandoned mines, polluted ore-processing waste and prevalent poverty. Due to these issues, Krivoy Rog is thought by some to be one of the most […]
Location Kozova, Kozivskiy Rayon, Ternopilska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Kozova is a small town in western Ukraine. Historically part of the tradition-rich Halychyna area of Ukraine, Kozova is now a Regional Center in Ternopilska Oblast. Before World War II, Kozova’s population was made up of about 1,300 Ukrainians, 2,100 Poles, and 1,200 Jews. The current […]
Location Barinkovka, Lugansk, Ukraine Community Description Barinkovka is a small village in the Lugansk Oblast. The town is isolated from the rest of the oblast, with one road going into and out of the town. During the 1980s the town had a population of 10,000, but with the closing of the factories, the town currently […]
Location Nizhnehorskiy, Nizhnehorskiy Rayon, Autonomous Region of Crimea, Ukraine Community Description Nizhnehorskiy is a neglected region in the agricultural northeast of Crimea, away from the resort coast. There are approximately 58,000 residents, 15,000 of those residing in the rayon center, also named Nizhnehorskiy. The flat steppe territory stretches from the center of Crimea to the […]
Location Senkiv, Kupianks region, Kharkov oblast, Ukraine Community Description Located on the banks of the Oskil River near the Ukrainian-Russian border, Senkiv has a population of 1,200. The community has a single school, the Senkiv School, servicing grades 1-10. During the Soviet era, the town was known as a scenic holiday destination for both Communist […]
Location Izmail, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine Community Description With 75,000 citizens, Izmail is approximately 160 km directly south of Odessa at the mouth of the Danube River Delta and is the southern-most city in West Central Ukraine. The Romanian border is just across the river. Throughout history, this region has been very strategically important as a […]
Location Kirovograd, Ukraine Community Description Kirovograd is the Oblast center, located in Central Ukraine. The Kirovograd Teacher Trainer Institute trains the instructors who provide the methods and materials classes to the teachers in the field. In addition, it provides certification programs for the teachers in the field. Located in the town center of Kirovograd, the […]