EU and UNDP restore Serhiivskyi Lyceum in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine
Serhiivskyi Lyceum in Odesa Oblast of Ukraine became the 42nd educational facility restored under the ‘EU4UASchools: Build Back Better’ programme, financed by the European Union and implemented by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Ukraine.
Following the reopening of the Lyceum in November, 540 students and 44 teachers will resume their learning in a safe, conducive, and eco-friendly space.
The work to reconstruct Serhiivskyi Lyceum has included partially replacing the roof, windows and doors, retrofitting the porch and facade, renovating the heating system and installing LED lighting. The project also renovated some classrooms and toilets. Serhiivskyi Lyceum was also re-equipped with new school furniture.
“While schools in nearby villages were forced to close due to the security situation, Serhiivskyi Lyceum, equipped with a shelter, has been providing in-person learning during the whole period since the full-scale invasion,” says a press release by the EU Delegation to Ukraine. “Currently, more than 40 children from 11 neighbouring communities, deprived of access to education, are enrolled at the Lyceum. Since 2022, the school has suffered several times from blast waves and shelling affecting the roof, walls and third-floor classrooms. As a result, the students were studying in half-destroyed premises.”
The ‘EU4UASchools: Build Back Better’ project aims to facilitate light repairs of 66 educational facilities and to re-equip another 112 in 11 oblasts of Ukraine: Zhytomyr, Dnipro, Mykolaiv, Rivne, Odesa, Zakarpattia, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Lviv, Kirovohrad and Poltava.
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