On International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, we wanted to tell you more about our projects related to the safety culture concept, which the Cultural Platform Zakarpattya NGO developed and has been consistently implementing since 2016.
Safety culture is an ethically humane worldview paradigm necessary for the understanding and cooperation of different generations of Ukrainians in the joint creation of a safe future.
“Safety culture focuses on the development of modern knowledge infrastructures that enable the well-being of the younger generation. It is a unifying factor of values through which we can achieve social cohesion in times of uncertainty.”
— Yevhen Zabarylo, chairman of the board, co-founder of the Cultural Platform Zakarpattya NGO, expert in communication and content security
The values of dignity, partnership, and trust, which are ubiquitous for modern Ukrainian society, form the need for promoting safety culture as a worldview paradigm that will permeate all social activities.
Together with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Ukraine, experts of the State Emergency Service and the education system of Ukraine, we are building an ecosystem of the safety culture youth worldview trend, which practically unites many state programs in the realm of security, education, and development of a horizontal democratic society
More about some of our projects connected to shaping safety culture:
1. Creation of interactive formats and methodological materials for mobile safety classes from UNICEF
MOBILE SAFETY CLASSES
1st half of 2023
created interactive materials and methodology for mobile safety classes from UNICEF Ukraine. we have also conducted offline capacity-building training for the rescuers and police personnel who will hold lessons in the mobile classes, focusing on interactive teaching methods for modern-day children, psychological specifics of working with children during war, and the principles of explaining safety-related topics
2. Development of the “Guardians of Safety” adventure book for children about at-home safety during blackouts
GUARDIANS OF SAFETY
winter 2022-2023
developed the “Guardians of Safety” adventure book about at-home safety during blackouts: came up with the concept, exercises, texts, and illustrations and prepared the material for printing
the material of the brochure was created together with psychologist Svitlana Roiz, so it fully takes into account the specifics of how children perceive information and is written in a language that is understandable and interesting for them
3. Publication of a manual; development and recording of video instructions about simple activities for children and educators during their stay in bomb shelters
SIMPLE ACTIVITIES FOR BOMB SHELTERS
2022
in partnership with UNICEF Ukraine, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and Osvitoria NGO we released a practical guide for educators as well as a series of video instructions filled with activities children can do in bomb shelters
As part of Mine Awareness Day, we also remind you of the importance of disseminating professional up-to-date information about mine safety, as well as using modern approaches to delivering it to children, teenagers, and youth.
The core of #safetyculture at the Cultural Platform Zakarpattya NGO is the development of the “How to teach children mine safety” online course for educators, rescuers, and police officers.
Stay tuned for more safety-culture-related projects in our upcoming news articles.
Anastasiya Mishustina