Orders of Honour for UNICEF Ukraine

To certify the greatest gratitude on behalf of the people of Zaporizhzhia, acting mayor Anatolii Kurtiev awarded Orders of Honour to Mr. Murat Shahin, UNICEF Representative in Ukraine, and Ms. Maria Artanova, a Humanitarian Crisis Response Specialist at the UNICEF office in Dnipro.

UNICEF Ukraine is definitely one of the most reliable partners and greatest friends of Zaporizhzhia, who have been supporting us from the first weeks of the full-scale war.

The partners helped us meet internally displaced people and provide them with food, medicine and hygiene products. The Fund contributed to the repair of a bomb shelter at city school No. 15, where UNICEF specialists also provide psychosocial support for children. By the way, such spaces work at three more schools in Zaporizhzhia.

Among plans for cooperation include repairing a shelter in city gymnasium No. 98 and further support of children in Zaporizhzhia through the “Back to Learning Together” Initiative that was launched by the Ministry of Education and UNICEF in 2022.