The books were handed over to the warehouses of corporate enterprises JSC “Ukrvydavpoligrafia” JSC. From there, publications are sent to cities in Ukraine and Europe.
During this hour, almost 320,000 books were already handed over to volunteer centers in Ukrainian cities and European countries where refugees currently live. Delivery of literature is carried out by trucks of volunteers and volunteer organizations.
The largest number of books was transferred to the Lviv region — more than 25,000. Also, over 125,000 books were sent to Kropyvnytskyi, Ternopil, Drohobych, Chernivtsi, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ivano-Frankivsk, Uzhgorod, Khmelnytskyi.
In addition, more than 190,000 copies of literature were sent abroad, namely: 45,000 books to Poland, almost 28,000 to Austria, more than 1,000 to Romania, 76,000 to Slovakia, 4,000 to the Czech Republic, more than 1,000 – to Hungary, 2 thousand – to Albania, about 2 thousand – to Croatia, more than 2 thousand – to Switzerland, 2 thousand – to the Netherlands, almost 5 thousand – to Germany, almost 8 thousand – to Great Britain.
Another 18,000 copies of the books are now on their way to Slovakia and Austria.
The campaign was launched on March 15 by the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine together with the Office of the President of Ukraine and the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy.
The purpose of the campaign is to provide children who were forced to relocate to escape Russian armed aggression with textbooks, study aids, and fiction free of charge.
We will remind you that 100,000 copies of literature were sent to different European countries during this campaign.
As you know, the books were delivered to Poland, Lithuania, Great Britain and other countries as part of the “Books without Borders” project for children from Ukraine who were forced to leave for other countries.
