London, Aug. 25 (CNA) A kindergarten in Ukraine, which had been damaged during Russian attacks, reopened to students on Thursday with the help of funding from Taiwan.
The school named “R?ta,” in the northern city of Irpin, was rebuilt through the joint efforts of the Taiwanese and Lithuanian governments, under an initiative implemented via the latter’s Central Project Management Agency (CPMA).
Taiwan’s contribution of 1.2 million euros (US$1.29 million) to the school rebuilding project went mainly towards the purchase of furniture and equipment, and landscaping of the playground and surroundings, Lithuania’s foreign ministry said Friday on its Facebook page.
According to a CPMA release, reconstruction of the three-story school building took eight months, and it can now accommodate 400 kindergarten students.
In June, Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was donating US$5 million to the Lithuanian-led CPMA to assist with the reconstruction efforts in Ukraine, which would include the rebuilding of the kindergarten in Irpin.
On Friday, Taiwan’s representative to Lithuania Eric Huang (???) said children are a nation’s future and should not be deprived of their right to education because of the aggression of a totalitarian state.
Taiwan is honored to be working with Lithuania to assist in the reconstruction of Ukraine, Huang said.
