Ukraine- Yareimy Rosales

 Presentations on Ukraine

By: Yareimy Rosales 

 

        On June 7, 2022, in my speech class we did our presentations on the Ukrainian War. These presentations were really informative but at the same time they were really sad since there were a lot of children involved in it and it makes it more heartbreaking. In the first presentation they talked about how Ukrainians were leaving their families behind in safe places and having to go to war. Some of the videos that they showed were Ukrainians families crying because they would have to separate their families by moving to places where they could feel and be safer. More than 520,000 people have fled from Ukraine to Poland and other neighboring countries. The latest and still growing count had 281,000 people entering Poland, more than 84,500 in Hungary, about 36,400 in Moldova, over 32,500 in Romania and about 30,000 in Slovakia. Most of the arrivals have been women and children. All men aged between 18 and 60 have been prevented from leaving Ukraine to stay and fight. Poland which was already home to an estimated 1.5 million Ukrainians before Russia’s invasion and which has expressed steadfast support for Ukraine, has so far seen the bulk of those fleeing Ukraine cross into its territory. Some of the other places that Ukrainians have fled to are Hungary A country that seven years ago built barbed-wire fences and deployed attack dogs to keep out refugees had allowed 191,348 Ukrainians to enter by Monday, according to the UNHCR.Local media claim that the prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has softened his longstanding anti-refugee rhetoric ahead of April elections. Romania Another border country, it has taken about 143,000 refugees as of Monday.Foreign minister Bogdan Aurescu has said Romania is “open to all those in need”, and that the refugees will be provided with “whatever is needed for them to feel safe”. Another place is Czech Republic The number of refugees who have arrived in the country has doubled since Friday, the interior minister, Vit Rakušan, has said with more than 100,000 now in the Czech Republic, most of whom have arrived by train and car. The surge in arrivals is close to overwhelming officials at processing centres with Prague’s Congress Centre forced to close temporarily on Monday.“We are dealing with a migrant crisis of unprecedented proportions,” said Rakušan who said it was a “problem” that most were coming to the capital and the country now needed to reorganise support. “Our registration centres can serve 8,000 to 10,000 applicants a day,” he told Reuters.

   The second Presentation was about Education and how is has affected all the children. They talked about the effects of children losing education while they are displaced . They said that the ongoing conflict in Ukraine poses an immediate and growing threat to the lives and well-being of the country’s 7.5 million children. More than 750 schools have been damaged since the beginning of the conflict, disrupting access to education for thousands of children on both sides of the contact line. The conflict has taken a several toll on the psychosocial wellbeing of an entire generation of children growing up in easter Ukraine. Children have been injured and face grave violations of their rights, and millions more have been displaced.  Schools continued to be attacked and used for military purposes. Children and youth have not only lost their access to education. They said that that they are also in serious danger of suffering physical damage and emotional disorders due to the continuous exposure to the effects of the war offensive, which hinders their ability to learn. They also talked about what other countries are doing to help the Ukrainian children have a safer education. They said that many countries around the World are helping the citizens of Ukraine by providing military support and medical support to help citizens escape and seek refuge in other countries. Going to school in Ukraine during the war is not safe but with the help of soldiers they can leave the country to continue their education safely. Many of the kids that took refuge in Poland, their schools were allowing kids from Ukraine to attend their classes so that they would be able to continue their education. The teachers were able to move to attend education to Ukrainian children in refuge camps. And many funding organizations were created for citizens in countries from all over the world to donate money and school supplies to help provide a better education for children of all ages.

 

The last presentation was my group it was called Consequences of War. We talked about Health Care and Assistance for people with special needs. They talked about the Healthcare system in Ukraine, Ukraine healthcare is run by the Ministry of health, with all working citizens contributing to the cost. Healthcare is available and free of charge to all citizens in Ukraine , however, the free services only cover basic provision and patients often have to pay for extras such as specialist equipment required during surgery. There was a lot of information provided that are really important for example that nearly 80% of hospitals there have been fully destroyed in the conflict. Those that are operational lack water, electricity, communications and clinical staff, many of whom have been killed or displaced. Only 13.5% of all health centers are currently fully functional. We also talked about how the war has affected people with autism. Many autistic people with significant care requirements are stranded in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, and are forced to evacuate with little or no help from their country or loved ones. Another topic was Protection and safety of persons with disabilities and how we can help. We could help this families by supporting them through donations to take an active role in collecting funds and other resources to assist Ukrainian children. My part of the presentation talked about Assitance for people with disabilities mostly children. The war left 2.7 million children trapped or abandoned in their homes, residential care institutions and orphanages, and I showed a video that demonstrated the circumstances in which they were taken care of . Overall this presentations were really important since is good for everyone to understand and know what is happening in Ukraine and we are able to help.