Andy Wooler's presentation at Learning Technologies in April 2024

1. Andy Wooler, Chair, Ukraine Fundraiser 2022

2. Education Under Fire: Navigating
Challenges for Ukrainian Children
Amidst Conflict

3. Disrupted Infrastructure: Schools as
Casualties

4. Disrupted
Infrastructure
o1,443 buildings
o177 Institutions
oYaroslav Mudryi National Law
University in the city of
Kharkiv will need almost $120
million for building repairs
alone.
(source:
news/cost-damage-ukraines-scientific-
and-growing-every)

5. Access to Learning: Online and Offline
Alternatives

6. Access to Learning: Online and
Offline Alternatives
o Recent attacks on energy infrastructure have
caused widespread blackouts, leaving almost
every child in Ukraine without sustained
access to electricity, making virtual classes
an ongoing challenge.
o UNICEF is working with the Ukrainian
government to get children back to learning,
whether in classrooms (when deemed safe) or
through online and community-based
alternatives.
(source: https://www.unicef.org/ukraine/en/stories/unicef-distributes-
learning-kits-for-distance-learning)

7. Access to Learning: “Books Not Bombs”
oA definitive break with the Soviet style of
teaching. It has been termed the “New Ukrainian
School”.
oNew schoolbooks made for this course: “History
of Ukraine and the World”.
• Books Not Bombs – The film:
https://booksnotbombs.org/the-film

9. Please watch the complete film

10. Ukraine Fundraiser
2022 Support
oWe regularly deliver aid
to schools and orphanages
and related charities
including:
oLaptop computers
oNotebooks
oMaterials for teaching
English
oStationary items

11. Displaced Children: Education Beyond
Borders
Image source:
https://understanding
war.org

12. Displaced Children: Education Beyond
Borders
o An estimated two out of three Ukrainian
refugee children are not currently enrolled
in host country education systems.
o More than 700,000 Ukrainian children have
been taken to Russia since the beginning of
the war, according to Maria Lvova-Belova,
Russian ombudsperson for children's rights.
(source: https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-07-31-
23/h_169f15b2ddbb285cc94c1f0e1ee21080)

13. Displaced Children: Education In Occupied Zone
o Children trapped at recreation camps in
Crimea are subjected to a brainwashing
campaign portraying the Kremlin army as their
ultimate defender. (source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-
68578822)
o Russian plans to create a new ministry for
youth policy and “patriotic” education
“brainwashing.”
(source: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/30840)

14. Calls to action for the Learn Tech Industry
Source: imgflip.com

15. What can YOU do to help?
oSupport your people who are involved in
humanitarian aid projects!
o Support “Books Not Bombs” by sponsoring a
school
oDonate surplus Laptops, notebooks, flash
drives, power banks
oDonate clothing – hoodies, t-shirts, beanie
hats (all that old promo gear sitting at the
back of your marketing cupboard!)
oHelp us to fund getting aid out to our Charity

16. Thank you for your support!

17. Slava Ukraini!