Location Sofievka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Sofievka is a district center located in between two big cities (Kryvyy Rih to the southwest and Dnipropetrovsk to the northeast) in Dnipropetrovsk Region, central Ukraine. Sofievka is a town of about 10,000, although more people work and do business there, as it is the district center. It […]
Location Bila Krynytsia, Rivnenska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description The Village of Bila Krynytsia is located in northwestern Ukraine in Rivnenska Oblast, about 15 kilometers east of Rivne, the oblast center. The village is home to approximately 3,000 people, five small shops, a post office, an administration building, a school, a church, and a Cultural Building. […]
Location Novoukrainka, Kirovohradska Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Novoukrainka is a regional center with a population of nearly 20,000 people, located in the Kirovohradska Oblast of central Ukraine, approximately 65 kilometers from Kirovohrad (the oblast center). Novoukrainka is desperately trying to recover after the collapse of some industrial businesses, including a sugar plant factory and the […]
Location Novoukrainka, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Novoukrainka is a small city that serves as a Regional Center in the Kirovohrad Oblast, 350 kilometers south and slightly east of Kyiv, in the heartland of Ukraine. It is a farming community surrounded by rolling hills of corn, sunflower, and wheat fields. The main industries in the […]
Location Vynnyky, Ukraine Community Description The Vynnyky Sanatorium Secondary Boarding School is home to 220 orphans and social orphans. Fourteen are orphans and ten are special needs children. All of the children have tubercle bacillus, but they are not ill. Most of the children are from poor families where the parents are ill with tuberculosis. […]
Location Izmail, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine Community Description Izmail is a small city of 80,000 people, located approximately 160 km south of Odessa at the mouth of the Danube River Delta. It is home to an internationally protected wildlife, plant and nature preserve. Izmail is the largest Ukrainian port on the Danube, with direct access to […]
This project has been completed under the technical direction of Peace Corps Volunteer Barbara Trecker. To read about the beginning of this project, CLICK HERE. The project was to engage in a publicized Clean-Up and Conservation effort in the public access areas of the Danube River banks in the wetlands area. Barbara reports: We have […]
Location Kiliya, Odesssa, Ukraine Community Description The Danube Delta is the second largest river delta in Europe and is the best preserved on the continent. It is a low alluvial plain, mostly covered by wetlands and water. It consists of an intricate pattern of marshes, channels, streamlets and lakes. The greater part of the Danube […]