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21 May 2010 17:23

Winners of Third Doing Good Starts with You Charitable Projects Competition Awarded

May 20, 2010, Kyiv Teacher’s House hosted the Doing Good Starts with You National Forum, the final part of Third Doing Good Starts with You Charitable Projects Competition held by Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation.

Among the participants of the session were Head of the Supervisory Board of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation Kateryna Yushchenko, President of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences Vasyl Kremin, Director of Ukraine’s Development Foundation Anatoly Zabolotny, Advisor to the Minister of Ukraine for Family, Youth, and Sports cum President of the Gifted Children – Ukraine’s Future Charitable Foundation Vlada Prokayeva, Director for Educational Programs of Intel Corporation Ukrainian office Tetiana Nanayeva, representatives of the authorities, educational and academic circles, Ukrainian and international charitable foundations, public organizations experienced in youth charitable activities, and children’s groups – participants and winners of the Third Doing Good Starts with You Charitable Projects Competition. In total, around 350 people were present.

The plenary session was opened by Head of the Supervisory Board of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation Kateryna Yushchenko. She described to the young philanthropists the mechanisms of Ukraine 3000 Foundation’s work and shared her experience in implementing charitable programs.

Mrs. Kateryna said that, in her view, Doing Good Starts with You project is the Foundation’s most efficient. “The first sign of its efficiency is the great number of participants,” she said, quoting this years’ competition statistics: 557 charitable projects were submitted, with 459 selected for moving into the second stage. Mrs. Yushchenko also mentioned the wide range of charitable activities conducted by school and college students. “You work is even more important because you do it on a local level,” she said. “You know what your town needs most, and you give help.”

“Taking part in our competition, you learn how to do good, acquiring the culture of philanthropy,” Mrs. Yushchenko said. “You can see how satisfying good deeds can be. You don’t complain on problems – you think how to solve them. You have already found your self-actualization in it, and you can’t stop doing good.”

“Keep up with your good work,” Mrs. Kateryna called upon the Forum participants, “Believe in God, support your elders, build up the country your grandparents dreamed about. The main thing is not the award but what you have done and experienced. You are changing the society; you are making the world better.”

Among other speakers were President of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences Vasyl Kremin, Head of the Programs and Methods Sector at the Ministry of Education of Ukraine Halyna Labaychuk. Minister of Ukraine for Family, Youth, and Sports Ravil Safiullin sent his greetings to the Forum participants.

After the official part the awards ceremony for winners and laureates of the Third Doing Good Starts with You Charitable Projects Competition was held. This year winners were selected in two nominations: children’s and junior groups. Children’s projects, in their turn, were divided into three areas: social, cultural, and ecologic. First, second and third place winners, as well as laureates, were selected in each of the four nominations:

The winners of the Third Doing Good Starts with You Charitable Projects Competition are 12 children’s and junior groups from 10 Ukraine’s oblasts. Another 20 projects became its laureates.

All winners and laureates received diplomas and money prizes: UAH 5,000 for the first place, 3,000 for the second, 2,000 for the third, and 1,000 for the laureates.

Winners of the Third Doing Good Starts with You Charitable Projects Competition

Project Name	Íàçâàíèå îðãàíèçàöèè
SOCIAL PROJECTS
First place
River of Love	Kryvy Rih Magnet School No.71, Dnipropetrovsk oblast
Second place
Child’s Fate	Kivertsi Experimental All-Ukrainian School, Volyn oblast
Third place
Everything tarts with Parents	Kindrativka Magnet School with advanced study of information sciences and programming, Donetsk oblast
Do Good	Ternopil School No.21
Laureates
Children’s Hearts Warmth – To People!	Educational and Pedagogic Complex No.122, Dnipropetrovsk
Playground of Sun and Kindness	Yasynuvata School No.5 – pre-school educational institution, Donetsk oblast
1. Do Good When Your Hearts Tells You 2. The Warmth of Little Hearts	Ternopil Magnet School No.3 with advanced study of foreign languages
Kindness Heals	Otradivka School, Kherson oblast
Health Starts with Doing Good	Kherson Magnet School-Kindergarten-Boarding School No.29
There Are No Obstacles to Dreams	Dolyna School, Zaporizhzhia oblast
Let Your Good Come Back to You	Radyn School and Kindergarten Group, Kyiv oblast
Hearts Open for Kindness	Magnet School No.9 with advanced study of Foreign languages, Bila Tserkva, Kyiv oblast
Intellectual Development for Special Children	Ternopil School No.10
Arts for Children: Artistes at Sick Children’s Bedside	Donetsk School No.20
ECOLOGY PROJECTS
First place
I Vote for Protecting the Environment	Peacemaker Havryliuk  School No.2, Kryzhopil, Vinnytsia oblast
Second place
Invest Your Soul into Good Deeds	Kirov Extracurricular Activities Center, Luhansk oblast
Third place
Let’s Hold the Fort of Our Future	Mykhaylivka School, Vinnytsia oblast
Laureates
Humanitarian Environment in Local Communities: Forming Tolerance toward Stray Animals	Okhtyrka School No.8, Sumy oblast
Flourish, the Land of Tavria!	Otradivka School, Kherson oblast
Let People Do Good, Because the World Needs It	Muzykivka School, Kherson oblast
CULTURAL PROJECTS
First place
Light the Torch of Faith in People’s Heart	Zhytomyr Specialized Boarding School for deaf children
Second place
Active Holidays for Active Young People	Tokmak School No.5, Zaporizhzhia oblast
Third place
Along the Ways of Famous Luhansk People	Luhansk School No.10
Laureates
Pokuttia Wedding	Zabolotivka School, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
Smile	Antratsyt Magnet School No.5, Luhansk oblast
Boriv School Is the Best – Nobody Forgets It!	Boriv School, Vinnytsia oblast
SECOND NOMINATION
First place
Doing Good	Khmelnytsky Humanities and Pedagogic Academy
Second place
Lend Your Shoulder	Pervomaysk Medical College, Mykolayiv oblast
Laureates
One Kopiyka	Vinnytsia Oblast Brigantine Charitable Foundation
Pure Water for Children’s Hospital	You’re an Angel Charitable Foundation, Ivano-Frankivsk oblast
Hear Me, Ukraine!	Zhytomyr Oblast Christian Youth Church public organization
Share Your Warmth	Ivano-Frankivsk Management Institute at Ternopil National Economic University

The awards were bestowed on the winners by Kateryna Yushchenko, Vasyl Kremin, Vlada Prokayeva, Tetiana Nanayeva, managers of the University of Education Management at the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences. First place winners presented their projects for the audience.

The competition’s partners - National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences, School World Publishing House, and University of Education Management – also awarded their prizes.

Hrani-T Publishing House presented book sets to all laureates. The publishing house also awarded the Souls We Make project by Rovenki School No. 3, Luhansk oblast.

A prize from Intel Corporation was awarded to Our Famous Compatriots project by Kirovohrad Oblast Center for Children’s and Youth Creativity.

On behalf of Gifted Children – Ukraine’s Future Charitable Foundation Vlada Prokayeva presented a UAH 10,000 certificate to Zhytomyr Specialized Boarding School for deaf children, first prize winner in the Cultural Projects nomination. The school also received a prize from New Horizons Company – equipment for the playroom and gym.

For the second year in a row Ukraine 3000 Foundation awards Light of Doing Good honorary awards to individuals and organizations for essential support of children’s charitable initiatives and active participation in their implementation. This year, the Light of Doing Good honorary awards were given to first-place winners. Also, two Grand Prix were awarded to President of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences Vasyl Kremin and TNK-BP Commerce Company. The awards were delivered by Head of the Supervisory Board of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation Kateryna Yushchenko.

The meeting also featured a presentation of the Charitable Activities education module, prepared by Ukraine 3000 Foundation together with the University of Education Management. The module contains technologies, methods, and mechanisms for creating and implementing charitable projects. After a public discussion, it will be offered for introducing into the educational process.

Doing Good Starts with You All-Ukrainian permanent long-term charitable project was founded by Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation in 2007. Its major goal is instilling in young people and children the culture of charity and involving them into charitable activities. In terms of organization, Doing Good Starts with You envisages the annual contest of charitable projects among children’s and youth groups, selecting and awarding its winners, and processing and spreading its experience. In the three years of its existence, 1,101 charitable projects were implemented with the participation of over 800,000 children and young people.

This academic year, twice as many works as last year were submitted to the Doing Good Starts with You contest – 577. Representatives of all Ukraine’s oblasts and AR Crimea took part in the competition, submitting 290 social, 159 ecological and 108 cultural projects.

459 projects were selected for the second stage – implementation, by the results of which the National Contest Committee selected the winners.

Photo by Maksym Korodenko