February 14, 2025, the representatives of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University participated in a roundtable with war veterans and youth. The main objective of the event was to establish effective cooperation between the youth, and veteran sectors, discuss key problems and ways to solve them. The event was organised by Youth Policy Office of Youth and Sports Department.
The roundtable brought together the representatives of higher education establishments, youth centres, war veterans, military personnel, and department leaders. The university was represented by Vice-Rector for Educational Work and Communication Nataliia Blahovirna and Veteran Policy Specialist Andrii Lev.
The roundtable started with a welcome speech by Head of Youth Policy Office Zarina Datsyk outlining the key objective of the meeting: “The main goal of what we have gathered for is the interaction of the youth and veteran sectors. We have an informal conversation to discuss how you all can be useful to veterans. It is extremely valuable that the representatives of formal and informal education as well as all four youth centres of Lutsk are present here today,” she noted.
Vice-Rector Nataliia Blahovirna shared the experience of the higher education establishment in the field of supporting veterans and their families:
“The University has a Mental Health Centre and Psychological Consulting Centre based on Faculty of Psychology. Our specialists have efficiently worked with the military. We have opened a clinical psychology programme while training practical psychologists, and have also launched educational programs in physiotherapy and occupational therapy. An important sphere of activity is organising meetings between the students and veterans who are graduates and military students. In addition, our psychologists cooperate with military hospitals, and there are veterans among the students of Faculty of Psychology studying at the University.”
During the meeting, war veterans and military personnel outlined the problems they face and spoke about the most urgent needs.
The round table became a platform for joint search for effective mechanisms of supporting the veterans. The representatives of educational institutions and youth organisations are always ready to cooperate and implement new projects aimed at supporting veterans.
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