The project One Day is one of the initiatives from the Museum of Civilian Voices spearheaded by the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation. Its aim is to keep accounts of Ukrainians, as eye witnesses, about the Day when the war began for them in order to rethink the importance of peace.

One Day is a project about how important it is to remember the past for a better future.

The creative essay competition aims to emphasize the importance and significance of peace as the main value of society. It is held to mark the International Day of Peace that is celebrated annually on 21 September.

In 2021, for the first time, the creative essay competition is held among schoolchildren and students of educational institutions from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kharkiv regions.

The topic of the essay competition is as follows:

The day when the war began for you

Each of us has their own day when the war began for them personally. When and where did you realize that the war began? What did this day mean for you and your family? How did you understand that the war started and people were faced with a new reality? What did you feel? What does peace mean to you today?

Description of the competition:

An essay can be submitted to the competition as described below:

- through a responsible teacher or tutor, or other authorized person nominated by an educational institution and/or the Organizer on the day of joint writing of the essay. Teachers, tutors or authorized persons shall collect the authors’ handwritten essays in an orderly way and shall upload them to the website of the Museum civilvoicesmuseum.org or send them by e-mail to essay@fdu.org.ua.

 

On the day of joint writing of the essay, teachers or tutors, or other authorized persons appointed by an educational institution and/or the Organizer, along with the pupils’/students’ works, shall provide the Organizer with the List of Participants in accordance with Annex 3.

- submit essays independently online through the form on the website of the Museum of Civilian Voices of the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation civilvoicesmuseum.org.

Deadline:

The essays will be deemed eligible to take part in the competition if submitted no later than 30 September 2021.

Competition prize fund:

First place: Winner’s Diploma, prize – laptop (4 participants).

Second place: Winner’s Diploma, prize – mobile phone (8 participants).

Third place: Winner’s Diploma, prize – video blogger’s set (12 participants).

and also Diplomas for the finalists of the competition.

The teacher who inspired the first-place winner will receive a tablet as a prize (4 teachers).

The 12 most active teachers who contributed to the organization of the essay writing process will receive gifts from the Competition Organizer.

All winners will be announced on 15 October 2021 on the website of the Museum of Civilian Voices.

Diplomas and prizes will be awarded or sent to the winners no later than 15 November 2021.

The contact person from the Competition Organizer is Oksana Ishchuk, contact phone number 063-454-66-49, e-mail: oishchuk@fdu.org.ua.