In the course of 5 fruitful years, the team of the Center provided free legal aid, contributed to increasing the level of legal consciousness of citizens. The organization submitted its report on February 1, 2017 in Kovel city cultural and educational center.

On February 8, 2017 the action plan for the implementation of the Roma strategy in the Odesa region in 2017 was discussed and adopted. One of the important results is creation of the Roma cultural center.

The rent for the use of premises and land plots of communal ownership is one of the main articles of incomes of budgets of local governments. Therefore, the deficiencies in the documents for communal property, negligently made many years ago, can become a barrier for its transfer to rent, and consequently to replenish local coffers.

Grygorii Radchenko* appealed to Kovel office of Legal Development Network with a rather delicate problem. The reason was his ex-wife was threatened with court and child support. 

In January, Andrii Novitsky* addressed Agency for Democratic Development of Donbass with the procedure for obtaining a passport of the citizen of Ukraine.

The pensioner Olga Kovtun* addressed Bila Tserkva office of Legal Development Network at BNGO "Legal Unity" with complaints of unprofessional actions of a dentist. Citizens often face similar problems, but very rarely seek protection of their legal rights. Olga’s situation is indicative, and its successful completion is an example for others.

The Roma woman was living without a passport that was lost while working outside the country for many years. She will manage to recover the document and retirement age with the assistance of officials of the Uzhgorod Law Community Centre. 

A valuable and encouraging initiative: a human rights activist, a teacher, a psychologist from Transcarpathia Denis Varodi shares with colleagues his own experience and gives practical advice on how to approach the Roma students , to achieve success and results in their training and education. The Ruma by nationality, he is constantly working with Roma children, is well versed in the peculiarities of their community and convinced that Roma children want to learn, but it is pretty hard. It is therefore important to help them adapt to school and not to create separate Roma special classes that actually isolates younger Roma.

The staff of Cherkasy NGO "Law Center" and representatives of the regional employment Center unite efforts to help the Roma find jobs.

One of the many challenges posed in front of Bila Tserkva city public organization "Legal Unity" is the development of local communities. However, how can we develop a society without ensuring a secure environment?

The new police is the modern police focused on the community, its everlasting problems and current needs. Cooperation between police and public is an important element of the success of police reforms, only via involving active citizens it is possible to qualitatively change the work of the police and strengthen security in the communities.

The platform participants are looking for ways to overcome difficulties in the interaction of police with society, to develop an algorithm of cooperation.

"After the beginning of the antiterrorist operation, our family and the family of our friends had to leave Luhansk and move to Zaporizhia region. So, the two families are sticking together – to support each other.

IOM with the financial support of the European Union starts a project to support employment and self-employment of internally displaced persons and local inhabitants, including combatants and persons belonging to vulnerable categories of the population.

The resident of Luhansk region Galyna Kotova* addressed Severodonetsk office of the Legal Development Network for free legal aid. Until recently, the woman lived in the temporarily occupied territory.

The memo is developed by the NGO “Legal Hundred” together with specialists of the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine, the State Service for issues of war veterans and participants of anti-terrorist operation and the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine and General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the aim of providing soldiers with basic information about their benefits, rights and social guarantees, as well as providing recommendations on how to proceed in certain situations.

Combatants and war veterans of Khmelnitsky region, who are treated, do not have to go lawyers to obtain legal aid. Each month, human rights activists and representatives of public authorities come to the hospital and provide legal aid to all who need it.

Faced with the incompetence and dismissive attitude of the recruiting officer, a soldier in the reserve did not obey a stupid order and decided to protect his rights. The staff of Cherkasy office of the Legal Development Network helped fight for justice.