In June, 12 materials were published:

Education and Children

• Large-scale reorganization: how Zaporizhzhia plans to merge 18 schools. (Zabor, Yu. Alekseenko)

https://zabor.zp.ua/new/u-zaporizhzhi-planuyut-obednati-18-shkil-shcho-vidomo-pro-masshtabnu-reorganizatsiyu-osvitnoi-merezhi

• Educational reform in a frontline city: how to preserve school communities. (Akzent, I. Kramarenko)

https://akzent.zp.ua/ob-yednaty-ne-mozhna-zakryty-u-zaporizhzhi-gotuyutsya-do-reformuvannya-osvity-aby-zberegty-shkoly-video/

Healthcare

• Free transplant surgeries: how the regional hospital in Zaporizhzhia operates. (Inform.zp.ua, Ye. Kazantseva)

https://www.inform.zp.ua/uk/2025/06/13/327538_yak-u-zaporizkij-oblasnij-likarni-bezkoshtovno-roblyat-transplantacziyi/

• Accessible diagnostics: how to get a free cancer screening. (Zabor, Yu. Alekseenko)

https://zabor.zp.ua/new/bezoplatniy-onkoskrining-u-zaporizhzhi-yak-proyti-yaki-rezultati-shcho-varto-znati

Culture and Development Spaces

• Libraries reimagined: influencer Kateryna Markova shares why new library spaces in Zaporizhzhia are open, convenient, and comfortable. (Instagram, markova_ua)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLUW2pCtZJB/?igsh=OGJjc2lyd3BpbDZu

Partnerships and International Support

• Twin cities: who supports Zaporizhzhia during wartime. (Zabor, Yu. Alekseenko)

https://zabor.zp.ua/new/mista-pobratimi-v-umovakh-viyni-yak-mizhnarodne-partnerstvo-dopomagae-zaporizhzhyu

• Regional partners: practical support for city and oblast recovery. (Zabor, Yu. Alekseenko)

https://zabor.zp.ua/new/regioni-pobratimi-zaporizhzhya-khto-tse-taki-i-yak-voni-dopomagayut-mistu-ta-oblasti-pid-chas-povnomasshtabnoi-viyni

Business and Development

• Karate club “Concordia”: the journey from Zaporizhzhia to the global stage. (Vidbudova.Zaporizhzhia, D. Symonenko)

https://vidbudova.zp.ua/iz-zaporizhzhia-v-top-svitu-iak-zaporizkyi-karate-klub-concordia-vykhovuie-sportsmeniv/

• How personal branding helps Zaporizhzhia entrepreneurs start businesses. (Vidbudova.Zaporizhzhia, D. Symonenko)

https://vidbudova.zp.ua/biznes-pochynaietsia-z-blohu-yak-osobystyi-brend-dopomahaie-zaporizkym-pidpryiemtsiam-rozvyvaty-vlasnu-spravu/

• Three stories of women-led businesses during wartime that received state grants. (1News; A. Zavodiuk, A. Vavilov)

https://1news.zp.ua/istorii-treh-zhenshhin-kotorye-poluchili-gosudarstvennye-granty-i-nachali-sobstvennoe-delo-s-v-zaporozhe/

• U&WE Hub: a platform that supports women launching businesses during the war. (1News; Yu. Hlushko, A. Vavilov)

https://1news.zp.ua/zhenskoe-predprinimatelstvo-vo-vremya-vojny-kak-proekt-uwehub-pomogaet-zhitelniczam-zaporozhya-poverit-v-sebya-i-nachat-sobstvennoe-delo/

• Video feature: Culinary arts as a calling - how Zaporizhzhia students cook for children while learning their craft. (Suspilne Zaporizhzhia; A. Natalukha, O. Lysenko)

https://youtu.be/NJtkNy3ie1c?si=WErzTQxN-ZI5YjPP

Local voices drive resilience and renewal: they highlight not only the challenges but also the solutions. Each of these stories is an example of journalism that brings recovery closer.

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