Lithuania to help rebuild war-damaged schools in de-occupied territories of Ukraine

Lithuania will join school restoration program Ukraine hosts in 11 key war torn regions.

The State Agency for Reconstruction and Infrastructure Development following the meeting of agency representatives with a delegation of the Republic of Lithuania says in its statement.

What's the problem?

According to the Prosecutor General's Office, russia has damaged 3,126 educational institutions since it's full-scale war, 406 were completely destroyed.

What's the solution?

"Lithuania is participating in the reconstruction of schools destroyed as a result of Russian aggression in Ukraine," the message says.

How does it work?

Joint projects between Ukraine and Lithuania are already ongoing. The Lithuanian Central Project Management is involved in the reconstruction of schools in Avdiivka and Borodyanka.

"This year, the experience of cooperation can be scaled to 11 key regions that were most affected by the war: Kherson, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Sumy, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhia regions," the statement says.

The self-government of the capital of Lithuania can provide technical support that will facilitate the rapid implementation of restoration projects. In particular, cooperation with Lithuania will help provide Ukrainian communities with ready-made projects of educational institutions.

Currently, the Reconstruction Agency is working out the needs of communities and regional military administrations in the specified regions and is forming a portfolio of projects for 2023.