Participation in the Grand Program

28.10.2021

The Foreign Languages Department student self-government is one of the driving forces that never stands still and is always improving.

Valeria Likhachova, Head of Student Self-Government, Kateryna Grechyshkina, Deputy Head of Student Self-Government, and Maryana Maksylevych, Head of the Student Dormitory Student Council, took part in the UPSHIFT Ukraine Grand Program, a global innovation program for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

UPSHIFT is a program that allows young people to propose and implement innovative solutions to current problems in the university, community, city, etc., based on the Human Centered Design approach. With the help of an experienced mentor, the team of participants step by step explore the selected problem, study the target audience and test their ideas. As a result, teams create project ideas and have the opportunity to attract funding for their implementation. The UPSHIFT program combines social innovation training, mentoring and financial support. It provides young people with the skills and resources to identify the problems of their communities and offer innovative solutions to those problems. The program develops the resilience of young people, and their communities benefit from the solutions offered by young people.

So far, our student government team has passed to the second stage of selection. Out of 96 teams in Luhansk and Donetsk regions, 10 were selected. The work of our team is only gaining momentum and the girls are actively preparing their project for the start. The team is waiting for three online trainings, an offline meeting in Svyatogorsk and a bunch of new impressions and emotions!