As part of the project to preserve the cultural code and local identity of Donetsk region, "East at Touch" held a presentation aimed at preserving the memory, history, and meaning of the region. The event brought together representatives of communities in Donetsk Oblast, cultural initiatives, and everyone for whom Donetsk Oblast remains an important part of their personal and shared history.
The central component of the presentation was the collection of memorabilia "Donetsk Region: Faces of Time" — the result of painstaking work to understand local history through the lives of women. In the process of designing and formatting the stories, a comprehensive collection was created that tells the stories of 30 little-known but remarkable personalities of Donetsk region, in particular women whose contribution to the development of the region often remained outside the public sphere. Through texts, visual solutions, and the subject format, these stories took on a tangible, almost tactile form.
As part of the project, presentation kits for the collection "Donetsk Region: Faces of Time" were produced, which the organizers distributed among communities in the Donetsk region as methodological materials for working to preserve local identity, cultural memory, and inter-community dialogue. They became a tool for educational, cultural, and communication events that help to talk about Donetsk Oblast through the language of human stories.
"East to the Touch" is about memories that can not only be heard or read, but also felt. It is about the connection with one's homeland, which remains despite distance and the challenges of time, and about Donetsk region, which continues to live on in the names, stories, and shared experiences of its people.
The project was implemented by the Kramatorsk District State Administration with the participation of the Kramatorsk District IDP Support Centers "MyRazom."
The event was held as part of the SMARTA civil society organization's project "Ambassadors of Peaceful Change" with technical support from UN Women in Ukraine and funding from the UN Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF). However, this does not mean that the views and content expressed during the event are officially endorsed or recognized by the United Nations. The UN Women's Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) is a flexible and responsive funding instrument that supports high-quality activities to enhance the capacity of local women to prevent conflict, respond to crises and emergencies, and seize key peacebuilding opportunities.
Based on materials from the Kramatorsk District State Administration