In May, 14 materials were published:

Education

• Feedback from the principal, students, and parents on the underground school in Zaporizhzhia. (Inform.zp.ua, Ye. Kazantseva)

https://www.inform.zp.ua/uk/2025/05/22/325059_pidzemnu-shkolu-za-107-2-mln-grn-vidkryly-u-zaporizhzhi-vidguky-dyrektora-uchniv-ta-vchyteliv-foto/

• Offline education during wartime: another comfortable and safe underground school. (SODA, O. Herasina)

https://soda.zp.ua/misto/navchannia-pid-zemleiu-u-zaporizhzhi-vidkryly-shche-odnu-pidzemnu-shkolu/

• How children study in underground schools in Shyrokivska and Komyshuvakha communities. (Suspilne Zaporizhzhia; Yu. Topolnyk, A. Natalukha, O. Lysenko)

https://suspilne.media/zaporizhzhia/1015565-pidzemni-skoli-na-zaporizzi-nova-realnist-osviti-v-prifrontovomu-regioni/

• Video report: underground schools as a new normal in frontline communities. (Suspilne Zaporizhzhia; A. Natalukha, O. Lysenko, M. Savchuk, Yu. Topolnyk)

https://youtu.be/I49-PVyTvwk?si=cWMU4_rjHR-4Lx-Q

• A new culinary hub at the lyceum - masterclasses, catering, and modern learning. (Akzent, I. Kramarenko)

https://akzent.zp.ua/majster-klasy-konkursy-kejteryng-i-novyj-navchalnyj-prostir-yaki-mozhlyvosti-vidkryv-kulinarnyj-hab-u-zaporizhzhi-foto-video/#google_vignette

• Inside an underground school: influencer Kateryna Markova gave a video tour of the new learning space.

https://www.instagram.com/share/_cfDVHgUJ

International cooperation and development

• Zaporizhzhia builds partnerships with France, Germany, and the USA. (ZaBor, Yu. Alekseenko)

https://zabor.zp.ua/new/mizhnarodna-spivpratsya-zaporizhzhya-stan-dosyagnennya-perspektivi

Social initiatives & communities

• Charitable projects in action: support for children, hospitals, and IDPs. (Vidbudova Zaporizhzhia, D. Symonenko)

https://vidbudova.zp.ua/donaty-iarmarky-ta-blahodiini-initsiatyvy-iaki-sotsialni-proiekty-realizuie-zaporizkyi-biznes/

• About the “Zhnyva Peremohy” fund: free tractors and seeders for farmers. (Vidbudova. Zaporizhzhia, D. Symonenko)

https://vidbudova.zp.ua/bezplatni-traktory-kombainy-ta-sivalky-iak-fond-zhnyva-peremohy-pidtrymuie-zaporizkykh-ahrariiv/

Energy resilience & environment

• How many solar plants are already operating, and why investment matters. (Vidbudova. Zaporizhzhia, D. Symonenko)

https://vidbudova.zp.ua/enerhonezalezhnist-zaporizhzhia-skilky-heneratsii-pobudovano-ta-chomu-treba-investuvaty-u-sontse/

• Khortytsia is growing: the reserve’s story during wartime. (Vidbudova. Zaporizhzhia, D. Symonenko)

https://vidbudova.zp.ua/khortytsia-ne-vyzhyvaie-khortytsia-zhyve-iak-zapovidnyk-rozvyvaietsia-popry-viinu/

Culture & theatre

• How Zaporizhzhia’s artists reinterpret classics and create new performances. (Vidbudova. Zaporizhzhia, D. Symonenko)

https://vidbudova.zp.ua/terapiia-mystetstvom-pereosmyslennia-klasyky-ta-unikalni-vystavy-iak-rozvyvaiutsia-teatry-zaporizhzhia/

Business & recovery

• The story of Nataliia from Mariupol, who launched a decorative candle workshop in Zaporizhzhia. (Pershyi Zaporizkyi; Yu. Hlushko, A. Vavilov)

https://1news.zp.ua/yak-nataliya-voronovska-z-mariupolya-stvorila-vlasnu-majsternyu-interernih-svichok-u-zaporizhzhi

• How the evacuated “Orikhovselmash” factory resumed operations in Zaporizhzhia. (Pershyi Zaporizkyi; O. Nosok, A. Vavilov)

https://1news.zp.ua/predpriyatie-reloczirovali-iz-pod-obstrelov-kak-zavod-orehovselmash-vozrodil-proizvodstvo-selhoztehniki-v-zaporozhe/

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