AES Ukraine organized electrical safety lessons for children in Ukraine with the goal of teaching them how to safely handle electricity from an early age. In 2008, over 20,000 children in 119 schools learned about electrical production and distribution as well as the dangers of misusing electricity through a safety program led by a character named Fire-fly. The program aimed to instill lifelong knowledge and prevent fatal incidents, and provided educational materials like books, posters, and puzzles to participating schools.

2. AES Ukraine, with the assistance of Institute of Postgraduate Study and Institute of innovative technologies under the Ministry of Science and Education of Ukraine, organized a number of lessons, with the slogan Childhood – is the territory of safety.

3. At AES Kievoblenergo and AES Rivneenergo we believe that by educating children about electrical safety and at an early age, we can instill knowledge that will last a lifetime. With that goal in mind, AES Ukraine has been working in partnership with local schools and school boards to provide electricity safety lesson, free of charge, to all the elementary schools in our service territory year by year.

4. In 2008, more than 20 000 children in 119 schools learned valuable lessons about using electricity safely and wisely. Ukraine

5. Our safety Fire-fly hero told how the electric energy is produced, how it is distributed, what benefits it gives.

6. And what is the most important – children learned that careless handling of electric energy could have fatal results.

7. Award the Safety prizes Paint ing books Certificates Puzzles Posters

8. Childhood – is the territory of safety

9. Fact Sheet Absence children fatal results in AES Kievoblenergo and AES Rivneenergo BENEFICIARIES More than 20 000 Children from first to fifth grade from 119 public schools TARGET POPULATION Education AREA Childhood – is the territory of safety NAME OF PROGRAM

10. Safety alphabet Magazine On the eve of school holidays AES Ukraine published Book on electric safety. All information about electric energy and situations, connected with it is provided on 32 pages of coloured comics. The novelty of this year is a model of electric power station, placed in the magazine

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