Ukraine’s education ministry and UAnimals partner up to teach children love and respect for animals

Ukraine's Ministry of Education and Science and the animal rights organization UAnimals signed a memorandum of cooperation. 

Rubryka reports, citing the Minister of Education, Oksen Lisovyi, and the UAnimals founder, Oleksandr Todorchuk, that Ukrainian schoolchildren will be instilled with love for animals from an early age.

What is the problem?

The founder of UAnimals said he wanted to offer Oksen Lisovyi cooperation as soon as he headed the Ministry of Education. He promised to do everything to help educators to teach Ukrainian children humanity. After all, children need to be instilled with a love for animals from an early age.

What is the solution?

The education ministry plans to create informational projects about the humane treatment of animals, involving young people in volunteering.

How does it work?

"We all regularly see touching stories about how Ukrainians save animals. UAnimals is one of those who comprehensively protect animal rights and has considerable expertise in this field," Oksen Lisovyi. "We plan to make joint efforts to popularize humanistic values in education and do everything to ensure that Ukrainian education at all levels is full of valuing every life."  

The minister shared that the project will start with creating informational projects on how to instill in children a love for animals, choose books, cartoons, and movies that will help raise them humanely, and involve young people in volunteering.

"For educators, we plan to create educational materials and courses that will help explain the humane approach to children and learn its principles," he said.

"This is a big challenge for UAnimals because the memorandum is not the finish line but only the beginning of a great work and the path on which we will do everything to help wonderful Ukrainian educators in raising humanity in children and eradicating practices that can harm and cause suffering to animals," Oleksandr Todorchuk said. "Thanks to Oksen Lisovoy and the education ministry team for their trust. We will try to become assistants of Ukrainian educators and excellent teachers to raise a humane Ukrainian generation."