Photo exhibition and charity auction "War in our Home: Zaporizhzhia"
On February 21, 2023, the opening of the photo exhibition "War in our Home: Zaporizhzhia" dedicated to the anniversary of the full-scale Russian military invasion of Ukraine will be held in Lahti, Finland. The exhibition was initiated by Zaporizhzhian public organization "Humanitarian Information Center" and supported by the executive committee of Zaporizhia City Council, Lakhti City Hall and the YMCA of Ukraine in Zaporizhia region.
The exhibition will feature thematic stands highlighting Russia's war against Ukraine, as well as photo works divided into two stages: "Zaporizhzhia without war" and "Zaporizhzhia at war".
Zaporizhzhia photojournalists Dmytro Smolenko, Katya Klochko, Olena Tita, Ihor Guriev, GU DSNS Ukraine in Zaporizhzhia region, photo artists Oleh Burbovskyi, Ihor and Serhiy Lavrovs, photojournalist from Lviv Oleh Ohorodnyk, photographer of Radio Free Europe and Radio Svoboda Serhiy Nuzhnenko, Zaporizhzhian military journalist Oleksandr Pavlov, French photojournalist Raphael Yagobzadeh provided their works for the exhibition.
The opening of the exhibition, which is scheduled for February 21, 2023, will be attended by the mayor of Lahti Pekka Timonen and the first secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Finland Olena Tsivinska.
Together with the photo exhibition, there will be working meetings of the Ukrainian and Finnish sides, dedicated to the development of business cooperation in the field of education, culture, energy-saving technologies and ecology, to the issues of restoration of urban infrastructure and reconstruction of Zaporizhzhia after the war. Particular attention will be paid to the problems of Ukrainians who have received the protection of the Finnish state.
Thematic meetings are planned in the following areas: Environmental works and carbon-neutral Lahti 2025, Innovative development and international cooperation, Business environment of Lahti region, Cooperation at the level of citizens and NGOs. A visit to the LUT/LUB university and familiarization with research projects are also supposed.
The exhibition will feature thematic stands highlighting Russia's war against Ukraine, as well as photo works divided into two stages: "Zaporizhzhia without war" and "Zaporizhzhia at war".
Zaporizhzhia photojournalists Dmytro Smolenko, Katya Klochko, Olena Tita, Ihor Guriev, GU DSNS Ukraine in Zaporizhzhia region, photo artists Oleh Burbovskyi, Ihor and Serhiy Lavrovs, photojournalist from Lviv Oleh Ohorodnyk, photographer of Radio Free Europe and Radio Svoboda Serhiy Nuzhnenko, Zaporizhzhian military journalist Oleksandr Pavlov, French photojournalist Raphael Yagobzadeh provided their works for the exhibition.
The opening of the exhibition, which is scheduled for February 21, 2023, will be attended by the mayor of Lahti Pekka Timonen and the first secretary of the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Finland Olena Tsivinska.
Together with the photo exhibition, there will be working meetings of the Ukrainian and Finnish sides, dedicated to the development of business cooperation in the field of education, culture, energy-saving technologies and ecology, to the issues of restoration of urban infrastructure and reconstruction of Zaporizhzhia after the war. Particular attention will be paid to the problems of Ukrainians who have received the protection of the Finnish state.
Thematic meetings are planned in the following areas: Environmental works and carbon-neutral Lahti 2025, Innovative development and international cooperation, Business environment of Lahti region, Cooperation at the level of citizens and NGOs. A visit to the LUT/LUB university and familiarization with research projects are also supposed.
