Journalist Oksana Kovaliova: “Journalists’ Solidarity Centers are Islands of Safety, Reliability, and Kindness for Media Workers”

Sweets and gift sets from the Japanese philanthropist Mr. Jun’ichi Kowaka and the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) were handed over to the children of displaced journalists currently living in Chernivtsi on St. Nicholas Day at the Chernivtsi office of the Unified Western Ukrainian Journalists’ Solidarity Center (JSC) of the NUJU.

Today, journalists who evacuated and are now far from home but managed to find themselves in journalism in a new place testify to their high professionalism and desire to stay in the profession.

“The JSC, for us, media workers, is an island of safety, reliability, and kindness, where we feel at home,” says Oksana Kovaliova, who visited the JSC with her youngest son Sasha.

Call the Western Ukrainian JSC Lviv-Chernivtsi at 097 907 9702 (Nataliya Voitovych, the Lviv JSC coordinator, Volodymyr Bober, an assistant). The Center’s address is 5 Solomiyi Krushelnytskoyi Street.

ABOUT JSC

The Journalists’ Solidarity Centers is an initiative of the NUJU implemented with the support of the International and European Federations of Journalists and UNESCO. The initiative is designated to help media representatives working in Ukraine during the war. The Centers operate in Kyiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro and provide journalists with organizational, technical, legal, psychological, and other types of assistance.

ABOUT UNESCO

UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. It contributes to peace and security by promoting international cooperation in education, sciences, culture, communication, and information. UNESCO promotes knowledge sharing and the free flow of ideas to accelerate mutual understanding. It is the coordinator of the UN Action Plan on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, which aims to create a free and safe environment for journalists and media workers, thus strengthening peace, democracy, and sustainable development worldwide. UNESCO is working closely with its partner organizations in Ukraine to provide support to journalists on the ground.

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