Results of selection for the second round of the fellowship within ВІЛЬНО/VILNO program

Results of selection for the second round of the fellowship within ВІЛЬНО/VILNO program

The ВІЛЬНО/VILNO is a program created to support veterans of the Russian-Ukrainian war who have experience in the educational and cultural sectors in their recovery and return to civilian life. It provides financial, legal, and/or psychological support, as well as networking opportunities to restore connections with colleagues.

In the first round, 10 veterans from various backgrounds and fields, ranging from visual arts and literature to archaeology and book curatorship, received the ВІЛЬНО/VILNO fellowship.

This time, we have the opportunity to expand the number of participants to 20. The second round includes scholarships of €600 for 6 months, legal and/or psychological support, the opportunity to receive a micro-grant for their own project, participation in art therapy sessions, and a large networking meeting with participants from both rounds of ВІЛЬНО/VILNO program and colleagues from the civilian sector.

For the second round, applications were evaluated by an independent jury consisting of:

  • Anton Drobovych — Head of the KSE Human Rights and War Memorialization Centre;
  • Natalia Kuzmenko — veteran, book curator, publishing researcher, founder of the “Zbirka” bookstore;
  • Pavlo Nechytailo — veteran, researcher, archaeologist, candidate of historical sciences;
  • Oleksiy Kushner — veteran, combat medic, recipient of the Order “For Courage,” head of the “Horoterapiia” psychological rehabilitation project for soldiers from “Nomad Live.”

The participants of the second round of the reintegration program for veterans in art and education ВІЛЬНО/VILNO (list in alphabetical order by last names):

  • Oleksandr Berezovskyi, musician, project manager
  • Andrii Bobrovytskyi, ceramist, designer, teacher
  • Velimir Horyslavets, stage lighting artist
  • Andrii Kaspshyshak, Head of the Ukrainian youth organization
  • Oleksandra Korvin-Piotrovska, activist, archaeologist, researcher
  • Dmytro Kozatskyi, photographer
  • Ihor Kyrylchatenko, actor, director
  • Viacheslav Lavrinenko, teacher, organizer of tourist and local history trips
  • Volodymyr Minenko, theater and film actor
  • Ihor Polataiko, cultural manager, artist
  • Serhii Porubai, teacher 
  • Anna Prokopeiko, choreographer
  • Vasyl Safriuk, musician, filmmaker and social activist
  • Anastasiia Shevchenko, singer
  • Serhii Suknenko, curator, teacher
  • Inna Tsybulska, cultural manager 
  • Mykola Velychko, artist, ceramist
  • Yurii Vietkin, dramatist, screenwriter
  • Vilhelm Vitiuk, writer
  • Yurii Vovkohon, journalist, manager of art and veteran projects

Thank you to everyone who applied for your time and trust! We see ВІЛЬНО/VILNO as a long-term program and are working to attract resources for its continuation and expansion. Therefore, we invite you to apply next time.

If you have any questions, please contact Vilno@insha-osvita.org

The ВІЛЬНО/VILNO program was supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung.

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