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Mariupol State University Library
The Russian army captured Mariupol in May 2022. The battle lasted three months, and the city is in ruins now. According to the UN, 90% of the city's hospitals were destroyed as well as 90% of the buildings.
You can learn what happened to the city by watching the Academy Award®-winning FRONTLINE/AP documentary "20 Days in Mariupol".
The city, founded in 1778, lost its citizens, buildings, theater, and the University. Out of 460,000 people, less than 100,000 live now in Mariupol.
After the war began on February 24, 2022, seven staffers of Mariupol State University (MSU) were killed, and all University buildings were destroyed entirely. MSU has temporarily relocated to Kyiv with about 70% of the teaching and administrative staff. Their partners from the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture have kindly provided MSU with one of their buildings, as well as student accommodation. MSU resumed distance learning through an online platform.
MSU lost its entire library, and is now trying to replenish it.
Zavtra Project partnered with MSU to replace the books that were lost due to Russian aggression. The new library in Kyiv will be accessible to everyone, including kids.
If you have books in any language that you can donate, please, send them to the address below to the Meest shipping company:
MeestATTN: Books for MSU2301-2305 Distribution CenterSilver Spring, MD 20910
Every book counts!Don't have a book? You can always donate to cover the cost of shipping! It's easy and convenient!
The Zavtra Project is a 501 (C)(3) not-for-profit public charity. All your donations are tax-deductible under IRC Section 170.
Volunteer Center “Berehove”
We are working closely with one of the small centers in Berehove (Zakaraptska oblast, Western Ukraine), where hundreds of people found shelter from the Russian invasion.
The Center has been working with support from the charity foundation “Voices of Children” (which ceased to exist in September) and the Professional Association of Child Analytical Psychologists (PACAP).
The Center has a proven record of providing internally displaced people with psychological help. The majority of them are children. Also, the Center has launched and regularly supports several programs and projects, adding seasonal activities in response to demand.
From April 2022 to September 2023, the Center successfully provided psychological support to ten groups under the “Color with Me” project (a Jungian serial drawing) that included 67 children and six adults. The Center also held training sessions for ten “Safe Space” groups, including 48 children and 42 parents.
Separately, the Center provided individual counseling and short-term therapy to 28 children and 57 adults and additional support to 15 teenagers and 67 adults.
The Center also held many holiday events (Children’s Day, St. Nicholas Day, and Independence Day). 100-130 children and 50-70 adults have been participating in each event.
Right now, the Center runs a few projects, among them:
“Color with Me” - groups for children and adults on Jungian serial drawing (a psychotherapeutic approach to overcoming the devastating impact of military events)
“Safe Space” (online and offline) - groups to restore resources and overcome the impact of military events on children;
“Read with Me” - a cozy family project in which adults read to children. The project supports free play and imagination, which have a powerful restorative potential and improve family communication