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June 5-7, almost in a month after the holiday “Bragin Fair” , representatives of Bragin district’s family clubs, Natalya Svyatkina, the project manager, experts, volunteers and representatives of local authorities gathered near Smolevichi to discuss results of the holiday event.

On May 6-9, life in Bragin was full of events. Members of family clubs, the manager, experts and volunteers of the project “Development of the Network Capacity of Family Clubs in Chernobyl Area in order to Improve Social and Economic Situation”, funded by the EU, held meetings, rehearsals and competitions, as well as the final preparations for the feast which took place on May 8-9.

On April 30, 2016, an educational garden was laid out at the Green Cross Belarus NGO Educational Centre.

On April 21-24, the manager, employers, experts and invited experts of the project “Development of the Network Capacity of Family Clubs in Chernobyl Area in order to Improve Social and Economic Situation” participated in the organization and implementation of the family clubs’ events dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl and also helped to prepare the district’s feast “Bragin Fair”.

On April 14, the opening ceremony of the final exhibition and the award ceremony of the 11th International Art and Graphics Contest “In My Homeland” were held at the gallery “Nature and Art”.

On April 13-23, an exhibition of photos “Life Energy. Chernobyl. 30 years” was held at the art gallery “University of Culture” of the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts (Palace of the Republic)

On March 29-31, 2016, biologists of the Green Cross Belarus NGO, Sergey Nekhaychik and Denis Feofanov, underwent the workshop “Earthworms and Soil Fertility" held by the “Grin-PIK” at the school n.a. Professor A.M. Igonin (Kovrov town).

On March 22-24, 2016, the workshop “School Grounds as a Model of a Green Economy in a Local Community” was held at the Green Cross Belarus NGO Educational Centre within the framework of which the participants discussed various issues regarding organic agriculture and an opportunity to carry out network experiments on grounds of rural school of Belarus.

On March 11-13, 2016, there was an educational programme “Activist’s School” for Bragin residents held at the Green Cross Belarus NGO educational centre within the framework of the initiative “Incubator for Cooperation (Incubator of Initiatives for the Sustainable Development of Bragin district”).

On March 11-13, there was a meeting of the employees and experts of the project “Development of the Network Capacity of Family Clubs in Chernobyl Area in order to Improve Social and Economic Situation” funded by the EU, as well as heads of the family clubs and representatives of local authorities of Bragin district held at the Green Cross Belarus NGO educational centre who gathered to discuss big events that were planned for April and May 2016.

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