As part of the national project "Side by Side: United Communities," the Ocheretynska settlement community in Donetsk Oblast continues to cooperate with partner communities.
On February 19, 2026, another online meeting was held between educators from the Ocheretyn community and teachers and students from the Koteleve settlement community in Poltava region, the Starobohorodchany rural community in Ivano-Frankivsk region, and the Verkhivtsi urban community in Dnipropetrovsk region. The event was dedicated to the development of education in wartime and the exchange of practical experience.
The meeting was held in the format of a virtual tour of iconic locations in Donetsk Oblast. Participants got acquainted with the Kleban-Byk Landscape Park, where the heads of educational institutions of the Ocheretyn community presented management approaches and features of the organization of the educational process. The team of the children's media space ZMINA prepared interactive presentations on the activities of educational institutions and their traditions.
During the "tour" of the Donbas slag heaps, teachers shared their experience in educational work, the implementation of educational projects, and the creation of school communities. Representatives of the student self-government organization "DIM" presented the areas of work of the school of leaders and the practice of partnership between students and teachers.
The participants discussed current challenges in education and identified further areas of cooperation. The event was another step towards strengthening cooperation between communities and developing joint educational initiatives.
Based on materials from the Ocheretynska settlement military administration