Women’s History Month at WOA Dnipro

This afternoon the WOA Dnipro’s Gabfest Speaking Club had a session with the topic “Women’s History Month”. The theme for National Women's History Month 2018 is “Nevertheless She Persisted: Honoring Women Who Fight All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.”
The group   watched several UN videos that explained why gender equality is important for modern societies. We also translated several complicated quotes about feminism, watched videos about its historical stages. Empowerment of women and girls through entrepreneurial efforts was also mentioned in the debate about gender equality.
In the second part of the session the group was offered a Q&A activity with our American guest – a Peace Corp. volunteer Mr. Austin. He teaches English in the town of Vilnohirsk in Dnipro Oblast and was visiting Dnipro in his free time. The group was very excited to meet an American guest and asked him a lot of questions about his life in the USA and his impressions about Ukraine.
Number of participants – 35.

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Conversation goes on after session at WOA Dnipro

A Dnipro City Day Surprise! This afternoon 4 foreign guests arrived to the WOA Center to communicate in English with Gabfest Club members. Our American volunteers came to say hello and brought their Dutch friend with them.
The Gabfest Club members recommended the guests all sorts of entertainment during the City Day Celebration.
Participants number – 10 persons.

 

Visit of the US guest: Q&A session

Mr . Nathan   participated in a Q&A session with the WOA Dnipro activists. He told the group some fun facts about life in North America and puzzled them with tricky questions about Ukraine.

Visit of Kansas City volunteers

Q & A session

Visit of Kansas City volunteers to Gabfest Club.

This afternoon the WOA Dnipro city was visited by young American volunteer from Kansas city. The guests presented their home state to the members of the Gabfest and answered the Club members’ questions. They also shared their impressions about travelling around Ukraine during their missionary activities.

Participant number- 20 persons.

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Veterans Day

Today’s session of the Gabfest Club (Window on America center, Dnipropetrovsk / Ukraine) had a topic “Veterans Day in the USA”. We were very grateful to our American volunteer Mr. Jason for attending this session as he is a US veteran himself and could tell the first hand stories about the life of the US veterans.
The session started with the introduction of the official web site of the veterans’ affairs department and demonstration of the History channel videos about the history of the Veterans Day celebration. Veterans Day is an official United States public holiday, observed annually on November 11, that honors military veterans, that is, persons who served in the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with other holidays, including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, celebrated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. The United States previously observed Armistice Day, the holiday was renamed Veterans Day in 1954. Veterans Day is not to be confused with Memorial Day.
 
The highlight of the session was the Q&A with the young veteran about his years in the US Army. Mr. Jason demonstrated to the group his army uniform and some other artifacts, introduced new vocabulary and gave an insight into the life of American military personnel.
The group gave Mr. Jason a round of applause when the Gabfest moderator thanked him for one year of volunteering at the WOA’s English-speaking Club and handed him a Gratitude Letter. At the end of the session Mr. Jason’s fans took photos with him in the US military uniform.
Number of participants – 31 persons.
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