Creating an Asset-map
for Veterans of the Joint
Forces Operation in Ukraine
Yuliia Kokoiachuk, PhD
Head of the Social Work BA Program
Ukrainian Catholic University
The Ukrainian Catholic University has become the
first university in Ukraine to introduce the Service
Learning on an institutional level as a part of a new
UCU Strategy-2025 “A Serving University”
• Russia's war against Ukraine (since 2014 till now)
• Veteran status was granted to
369,451 people (July 1, 2019).
• Approximately 24,000 veterans
are residents of Lviv and Lviv
region (+ veterans’ families).
THE RELEVANCE OF THE PROJECT:
BASIC DATA
Idea and project design where made during the
CLAYSS course "Development of Service-learning projects"
Educational
Program:
Social work (BA)
Students:
2 year, 4
semester
Academic course: - Fundamentals of social
and legal protection
- Educational practice
Coordinators:
I. Krynytska, Y. Kokoiachuk
Contacting with organizations
/ Information Checking
Systematization of the
information / structuring
Collection of information
about organizations
Mapping (putting an
information about
organizations on the map)
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RESULT 1:
Tables of data of organizations Systematized by
- alphabetical and geographical principles,
- types of provided services.
RESULT 2.
An Asset-map with the data of institutions and
organizations for combatants (geographical
location, list of services, contact information)
Social impact
• combatants get a useful map with all organizations supporting combatants and their families
Educational impact
• students expand their knowledge of social organizations
• students develop skills of research and communication
• students find a lack of organizations providing social services
Community involvement
• students interact with social organizations • the developed map can used and developed by
organizations and their clients (existing and potential)
PROJECT PERSPECTIVES
Possible to implement online
Project development:
- adding organizations providing discounts to combatants, combatants business, etс
- mapping of organizations for other target groups
- the same organizations, but different regions
Interdisciplinarity for different programs (Social work, IT, Design, Media communications, Marketing)
Opportunities for academic collaboration (partner universities in Ukraine and abroad)
Thank you
for your attention!
+380977730685
ucu.edu.ua, socialwork.ucu.edu.ua
Yuliia Kokoiachuk, PhD Head of the Social Work BA Program
Ukrainian Catholic University
Lviv, Ukraine
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