Celebrating 1 September in the Chernihiv Women’s Colony

1 September – a holiday that, regardless of age, gender, or life preferences, remains in the memory forever with the first school bell, first successes, and trials on the thorny path to the pinnacle of knowledge. It is on this day that teachers especially feel their great mission and purpose – to sow the eternal, the wise, the good.
It did not bypass those people who are in places of detention. This year, 176 women serving sentences in the Chernihiv Women’s Colony will be studying in evening school.
Through the joint efforts of the management of the Chernihiv Correctional Colony No. 44, teachers of the evening school, representatives of the charitable organisation “Chernihiv Women’s Human Rights Centre,” and the Chernihiv City Centre of Social Services for Children, Family, and Youth, a first-bell holiday was organised and held, which united the efforts of various social institutions on the path of correction and resocialisation of convicted women serving sentences in the correctional institution.
An open lesson, “The State Flag of Ukraine – the shrine of our people,” was conducted with students and attendees by teachers of the evening school.
The convicted women greeted the school teachers with welcoming words, and a concert of amateur performances and a fashion show were prepared by them.
Chernihiv bards O. O. Ivanova and Yu. M. Yakushenko performed with a concert programme for the guests invited to the holiday, teachers, and students of the evening school.
The head of the department of the Chernihiv City Centre of Social Services for Children, Family, and Youth, L. O. Mazur, and the assistant to the People’s Deputy of Ukraine, V. M. Pavlenko, addressed the convicts with words of greeting, handing them textbooks, maps, and writing supplies.
The charitable organisation “Chernihiv Women’s Human Rights Centre” expresses its gratitude to the People’s Deputy of Ukraine, H. V. Mankovskyi, and to all representatives of local self-government bodies and the public for their support, participation in holding the 1 September holiday, and understanding the need for the participation of various social institutions in the correction and resocialisation of convicts.