Repair Together initiative was born in April 2022 as Russian forces retreated from northern Chernihiv region, leaving behind thousands of destroyed homes. Today over 4,000 volunteers help clear debris and are rebuilding 16 homes. Daria Kosiakova and Vika Afanasieva, deciding to prove that women had a place at construction sites, gave birth to the project Velyke Divnytstvo (“The Great Women’s Build”), in which an all-female team builds homes. Throughout the project, the team worked with four foremen, who taught them correct building techniques. The women have grown more confident and now make decisions based on advice from multiple experts. Men tend to have more hands-on experience with tools from a young age, but women can still acquire these skills later in life, as Velyke Divnytstvo proves.

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