The battle to attend school in a time of war. AdrianGhobrial is in Ukraine and visits a school that came under Russian attack as young students share their harrowing education journey.
A group of joyful Grade 1 and 2 students laugh as they finish their mandatory warm breakfast of crepes and borsch soup in the cafeteria, while other children packed with energy skip through the halls and up the stairwells to class.
In March 2022, Russian soldiers were just seven kilometres from this school, and waves of Russian helicopters from their 31Air Assault Brigade were crossing over the Dnipro River within shooting range of the school. Fear paralyzed the community, innocent villagers lost their lives. The day before we visit the school, only three children show up to learn in person. Early morning air raid sirens meant the majority of children stayed home. Concerns of an overnight barrage of Russian drones shot out of the sky has everyone on edge, and on high alert.
There are multiple NGOs in the region helping repair schools, including Save the Children. Vsevolod Prokofiev, a spokesperson for Save the Children Ukraine, tells us that “more than 2,500 schools have been damaged or destroyed since the start of the beginning of the Russian Invasion.” The organization helped replace and repair the school’s boiler system.
When the power grid is attacked it's not just the electricity that goes out inside the school, but also the heaters. Young Yulia tells us “it gets cold when the lights go out both at school and at home,” where virtual learning can come to a standstill until the power is restored.
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