Засновниця Фонду "Львівщина" Ірина Гримак і голова правління "Спілки жінок Львівщини" Дана Мехедова підписали меморандум про співпрацю. Спільними напрямками роботи будуть: допомога військовослужбовцям, малозабезпеченим та багатодітнім сім'ям, а також особам похилого віку. Додамо, Фонд «Львівщина» створений у 2023 році за ініціативи депутатки Львівської обласної ради Ірини Гримак. Фонд «Львівщина» на постійній основі допомагає українським...
The Lvivshchyna Foundation, with the support of its Belgian partners, continues to support social institutions that care for people from vulnerable groups. This time, they visited the Lviv Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital and the Monastyrokyi Psychoneurological Boarding School, where they donated medical mattresses and furniture to equip treatment and prevention rooms. [gallery...
Together with Yaryna Yatsenko, head of the Novorozdilska AH, they handed over warm clothes and sweets to the children. I was touched by the warm meeting with the children of the orphanage, who need our attention and support. I am grateful to the staff of the orphanage for taking care of the children every day. We also visited the spaces for internally displaced people in Novyi Rozdil, where sensory rooms, a children's space and a salt room...
The Verkhovna Rada has sent back for a second reading the draft law on the removal of military personal income tax from local budgets from 1 October 2023. Amendments to the draft law are to be introduced within a short timeframe. The draft law did not receive the required number of votes in the parliament, as most MPs, including those with majoritarian leanings, understand the unpopularity and...
The Lvivshchyna Foundation has launched a unique project on national and patriotic education. Schools in the Lviv region were given a methodological guide "Speak Ukrainian, because you live on your own land!" by philologist Feodosia Kolesnyk, aimed at teaching the Ukrainian language through national and patriotic education Iryna Hrymak, the initiator of the book's distribution among schools in...
It is one of the largest political and economic events in Central and Eastern Europe. The forum was attended by political leaders, businessmen, local government representatives, and renowned cultural and academic figures. The slogan of this year's 32nd Forum was "New Values of the Old Continent - Europe on the Threshold of Change". More than 500 discussions took place at the Forum. The founder...
Iryna Hrymak’s Lvivshchyna Foundation initiated the transfer to educational institutions in the Lviv region of a methodological manual by Lviv philologist Feodosia Kolesnyk entitled Speak Ukrainian because you live on your own land.
In an interview with Pershyi Zakhidnyi TV channel, Iryna Hrymak, the head of the Lvivshchyna Foundation, said that her team is currently working on projects in several areas: assistance to the frontline, community development, social initiatives, ecology and resort potential, and investment. "But the most important thing today is our veterans. These are the guys and girls who will return...
The Lvivshchyna Foundation has announced its participation in a project to create veterans' spaces in the Zolochiv region. This is an initiative aimed at supporting Ukrainian soldiers and their families. Veterans' spaces are places where soldiers can receive professional psychological and legal assistance, as well as social adaptation. They will also host various cultural and patriotic events....
This is an important step to support and integrate people who were forced to leave their homes because of the war. In cooperation with Oksana Yakovets, the coordinator of the Unite for Action programme in Lviv Oblast, we will ensure that IDPs are provided with the most comfortable conditions. We will help them find a job, get housing, restore documents, register a business, and take advantage of...
In June 2023, Iryna Hrymak and her colleagues visited Ukrainian soldiers in the Kharkiv region. What she saw struck me to the core. One of the cities I visited was Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region. It is not far from the front line. Probably everyone has heard from official reports that Russia is conducting an active offensive in the Liman-Kupyansk direction, and that this particular frontline has...
15 June is World Elderly People's Day. They especially need attention, joyful emotions and good living conditions. That is why the founder of the Lvivshchyna Foundation, Iryna Hrymak, together with public figure Oksana Yurynets, went to the Pidbuzky Geriatric Nursing Home. More than 150 people live there and need our care and support. We have brought a modern power generator to help ensure a...
Behind every drawing by children of defenders at the Angels of Hope charity auction is a touching story of love, sadness, hope and dreams. I could not pass by the angel drawn by eight-year-old Zlata Bugel. I can say that he chose me. Zlata's father, Maksym, has been defending Ukraine since 2014. He is a full holder of the Order of Courage. Her mum Oksana is a psychologist who helps military...
The II Western Ukrainian Eco-Forum, co-organised by the Lvivshchyna Foundation, fulfilled its mission and became a real platform for dialogue between the government and entrepreneurs, exchange of experience and planning of joint actions aimed at developing eco- and organic entrepreneurship in Ukraine. In total, about 200 entrepreneurs took part in the forum, and 26 manufacturers were represented...
Today I had the honour of attending the celebrations on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Sambir-Drohobych Eparchy of the UGCC. It was an unforgettable event that brought together many faithful and clergy. A thanksgiving liturgy was held at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Drohobych with the participation of His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church....
