By Oleksandr Maistrenko | Project Leader Assistant
Charity Foundation "Democratic Society", Kyiv, Ukraine.
Our Ukrainian charity non-profit is now working at a charity project for helping media-partners of our non-profit organisation to survive and actively work in war time:
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/support-media-that-makes-changes/
All information is situated:
http://www.ukrmol.kiev.ua
Fb.me/UkrMolnews
http://www.demsocfund.in.ua
Fb.me/founddemsoc
Project supports our independent media, media-partners of Charity Foundation "Democratic Society", that provides objective and vital information to the communities, especially those suffering from Russia's invasion. Funding provides to our media organizations that conduct training on journalism.
The editorial office of our media feels its responsibility to timely inform readers about the events, taking place in the country and the world. That is why the site did not stop its work for a minute - neither during revolutions, nor during a pandemic, nor during a war. Our journalists describe their own life experience and the experience of refugees, being in occupation and losing loved ones killed by the Russian military.
And it is the financial contributions of donors and communication with them that is the greatest support in difficult times. Thanks to our donors, the editorial team does not have to choose whether to conduct an investigation or spend resources on reporting or interviews, and is able not to reduce the number of our correspondents.
The activities of the Democratic Society Foundation are not only about journalism, but also about social responsibility. Community members are caring and proactive, so together with the editors, they organize for good causes.
Against the background of numerous losses, disappointments and losses in our articles, our journalists discovered new heroes. People who move society forward, support and inspire others.
The regular donations of our donors saved the editorial office of our media more than once in difficult times for the economy of the state. In particular, thanks to these contributions, we avoided a wartime reduction in the number of our contributors. Readers' financial participation in the life of the editorial office also helps us to develop - to travel more around the country and bring unique reports, organize events important to society (volunteer initiatives, discussions) and experiment with formats.
There is a war going on now. Media activity in Ukraine has never been so important. Our correspondents work tirelessly, journalists fight on the information front - with the help of news, texts, posts on social networks, streams on YouTube, etc.
The work of a journalist in wartime is difficult and responsible. Journalists must adhere to safety rules and ethical principles; they perform difficult and responsible work professionally and effectively.
The work of journalists during war is always fraught with difficulties and dangers; journalists have to work in unfavorable conditions, face danger and overcome it.
In their work in wartime, journalists must ensure the safety of their activities and have everything necessary to ensure their safety, including a first aid kit and communications equipment.
Press must have the resources to work.
In order for the newspaper to expand the circle of its readers, support for the development of the newspaper is needed to make it better, so that journalists are motivated to work at full strength.
Currently, during the war, not all advertising products can be advertised, so now there is a shortage in funds.
During the war, all state financial resources, as well as the funds of the population, are directed towards producing and purchasing of weapons to defend ourselves for surviving, for military personnel, participating in hostilities, creating a gigantic shortage of funds for refugees and all the civilians.
Our Foundation helps independent mass media and our correspondents have a support in work.
The project support our media, partners of our CF "Democratic Society", one of which is a newspaper "Ukrainian Youth".
Editorial principles of our media "Ukrainian Youth":
Responsibility for the accuracy of the information distributed by the publication.
Respect for diversity of opinion.
The mass media is guided by the public interest in its work.
Our media respects privacy.
Journalists guarantee the anonymity of the source of information when necessary.
The publication stands for the protection of human rights.
Our newspaper "Ukrainian Youth" is read by officials of Ukraine, people's deputies, youth, ordinary people.
Our newspaper provides objective and important information to communities, especially those affected by Russian invasion. It is also supports our media organizations, which stimulate the improvement of professional skills of journalists, cyber and physical safety of journalists, as well as the explaining to journalists their rights and their protection during war.
We support our mass media, which is now in a bad situation during military operations.
Journalists of our editorial office work non-stop in order for our readers to learn the most up-to-date information in the period of war in Ukraine as quickly as possible.
Journalists work with published only true and verified information. Our journalists defend freedom of speech and democratic values.
Project helps to provide the resources to work for our journalists, for the implementation of freedom of transport movement of our journalists, for conducting interviews, attending press-conferences, covering important events, posting articles, purchasing gadgets and journalists equipment. Also we must pay rent for office and pay for the repairing our office, partially destroyed during one of air raids. With true and verified information, we don't give invaders a chance in the newsroom of the battle. To resist any kind of propaganda, we support our journalists.
To help media in our country, to help children of refugees to continue getting higher education, develop journalism among children of the refugees, our foundation provides activity in the organization of free tutoring, free practice for students, free internships for students of higher educational institutions in the specialty "journalism", introduction of non-formal education in educational institutions, based on human rights principles, holding cultural and integration events.
Charity Foundation "Democratic Society" provides projects to help students - children of refugees from the war in the journalistic speciality, a project of an aid to the main base for free internship - to our newspaper "Ukrainian Youth".
Internship is included in the process of studying students at universities, and the organization of this internship, tuition, also requires funds.
So in that period we continued to provide aid and support of the newspaper "Ukrainian Youth", which is the main means of media of our Foundation .
By Oleksandr Maistrenko | Advisor of an editor in chief
By Oleksandr Maistrenko | project leader
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