Our project teaching children to speak English is about cultural exchange and solidarity with our neighbours. This is how to reform a country
In February 2014, 100 people – now known as the “heavenly hundred” – were shot dead by riot police during protests in Independence Square, Kiev. The “revolution of dignity” began as an outcry against the then-president Viktor Yanukovych’s rejection of a trade deal with the EU, but it quickly spiralled into violence. The revolution became symbolic of a shift that has turned Ukraine away from Russia and towards Europe.
The three years since then have been among the most difficult in the recent history of Ukraine: Russian military aggression, civil war, enormous economic losses aggravated by corruption. The country needs reform – and it needs solidarity with its neighbours more than ever.
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