The Global Debates

Ukraine

Interview with a Jewish migrant woman

December 13th, 2010 by Veronika | Comments Off

A student from Ahr-Ovner creates a short interview with one of the Jewish newcomers into Ukraine about her life in the last 6 months.


Life of Jewish migrants 50 years from now

December 13th, 2010 by Veronika | Comments Off

The students from Ohr-Avner schools, Ukraine recorded the life of Jewish migrants in Ukraine 50 years from now! Watch their PSA!


`Sunday school´for Jewish immigrants in Ukraine

December 13th, 2010 by Veronika | Comments Off

One of the Service projects of Ohr-Avner team was to create integration school for Jewish immigrant children aged from 4 to 5. This school took place every Sunday in the school’s premises and was taught by two teachers and one university student. The pupils attended five lessons each Sunday, which focused on helping the [...]


10% of Ukrainian population lives and works abroad

December 13th, 2010 by Veronika | Comments Off

From 45 million Ukrainians about 10% lives abroad as economic migrants. Currently the migrants send home remittances worth of about 0,5 % of GDP of Ukraine, however they often take the low paid jobs, work in illegal conditions and without social security and health care protection.
Read more in the research blog from Helen, Ohr-Avner school, [...]


Ohr-Avner gets picked up by the local TV channel

December 13th, 2010 by Veronika | Comments Off

The public debate of students from Ohr-Avner high school in Ukraine was also attended by the local TV channel, which aired a brief coverage of their debate the same day it took place. Apart from informing about their debate and TGD project, the students had a chance to tell a little bit about debating and [...]


See what the students argued in their public debate

December 13th, 2010 by Veronika | Comments Off

Watch a short movie made by the students of Ohr-Avner school, Ukraine. It is a short recording of their public debate that took place on November 24, 2010. They have made the effort to translate the debate into English, so that you can follow it too!


Public debate of Ohr-Avner

December 13th, 2010 by Veronika | Comments Off

The students from Ohr-Avner, Ukraine host their public debate on November 24, 2010!

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TV station Raduna promotes the public debate of Ohr-Avner school

December 13th, 2010 by Veronika | Comments Off

The Ohr-Avner school managed to persuade the channel Rudana to announce that the students will be holding a TGD debate on November 14, 2010 and that people are welcome to attend it. Moreover they mentioned that the Ohr-Avner is the second school in Ukraine taking part in TGD and urge more schools to join the [...]


Jewish migrants face similar problems as other migrants

December 13th, 2010 by Veronika | Comments Off

In their migrant plan the students from Ohr-Avner focus on one of the group that has migrated across the world the most over the last 2 centuries – the Jewish people. Although the Israeli government keeps the data on immigration secret, a lot of Israelis are leaving their motherland in search for a better life [...]