Nursery World - Ukraine kindergartens appeal for help in winter power crisis

Nursery managers in war-torn Ukraine are appealing to UK early education providers for urgent help, as they cope with a crippling power supply crisis over the winter.

Ptashenya kindergartens have stayed open without heating and power. Staff take children outside into the playground to focus on gross-motor skills development in the daytime PHOTO: Ptashenya kindergartens

Settings across the country have been left without heating, lighting and electricity after Russia’s forces destroyed about half of the country’s energy infrastructure.

Some areas also have no running water as winter brings snow storms and sub-zero temperatures.

Meanwhile missile strikes continue to force people to spend hours taking cover in bomb shelters every day.

At Malyuk state kindergarten and primary school in Lviv, which Nursery World visited in June, director Oksana Rosypska has sent children home during blackouts.

Regional military administrations across the country schedule daily power-outages, aiming to share what electricity is available fairly.

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