In January 2017, our customer, the Polish company The Farm 51 which develops computer games and applications for VR technology, along with the Open Dialog Foundation, sent the first consignment of humanitarian aid for schools that are still attended in the Zone of Exclusion surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. read more
Low living standards, war, corruption – these and other factors prompt Ukrainians to leave their country. Those who decided to start a new life in Poland, increasingly frequently consider establishing a business here. Organisations, such as Open Europe Group, which collaborates with the Open Dialog Foundation, offers them support associated with registration and running the company. read more
On Tuesday, 8 November, 2016, the European premiere of the first interactive museum of Chernobyl took place within the “Eastern Partnerhsip Days”, an initiative of the East Poland House in Brussels. The event was organized by the Open Dialog Foundation and The Farm 51 with the cooperation of the Embassy of Ukraine to the Kingdom of Belgium and Members of the European Parliament: Mrs Rebecca Harms – Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA group and Mr Michał Boni – Member of the EPP group in the European Parliament. The event attracted guests from the European institutions, diplomatic missions, media and NGOs. read more
On Friday 1 July, 2016 the National Audiovisual Institute in Warsaw hosted the Polish premiere of the Chernobyl VR Project, created by The Farm 51, a Polish company from the region of Silesia. Thanks to the Open Dialog Foundation, the project has taken on a new character, initially not foreseen by the creators. Following the premiere in Kyiv on 26 April, the final product has been recently presented to the Polish audience. read more
On 26 May, 2016, on the initiative of the Polish company ‘The Farm 51’, a team of experts went to the Chernobyl zone. The main purpose of the trip was to study the needs of the schools in the region affected by the Chernobyl disaster. The group included: Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Natalia Panchenko (the Open Dialog Foundation), Olga Gritsenko (Ukraine’s Image Agency), Katerina Litvinchova (the NGO ‘Global Ukraine’) and Anna Rozhkova (Press Secretary of the State Agency of Ukraine on the Exclusion Zone Management). read more
The world premiere of the first interactive virtual museum of Chernobyl took place in the Kyiv History Museum on Tuesday, April 26, 2016 marking the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. The event, organized by The Farm 51, Open Dialog Foundation, Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, Ukraine’s Image Agency and Global Ukraine, took place under the honorary patronage and with a special participation of the mayor of the city of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko and attracted representatives of local authorities, international diplomatic community, media, civil society and a large number of Ukrainian citizens. read more
On 26 April at 6.00 p.m., the Kyiv History Museum will host the world premiere of the Chernobyl VR project entitled ‘Ghost Town: World Premiere of a Virtual Tour’. The innovative design of Poland’s The Farm 51 is aimed at preserving the memory of 1986 through a virtual trip to Chernobyl and Pripyat. The presentation will remain open until 10 May.
On 6 April at 6.00 p.m., again, the Ukrainian World Centre held classes of the Academy of Legalisation of Residence and Employment Support Policy for Foreigners in Poland. Maria Jakubovych, Chairperson of the Board of the Ternopilska Foundation, led the workshop.
The world premiere of the project developed by the Silesian company The Farm 51, which will be held with the support of the Open Dialog Foundation in Kiev on 26 April, 2016, aroused great interest in the Polish media. Bartosz Kramek spoke about the event and the application itself (the Chernobyl VR Project) for media outlets, such as Polskie Radio [Polish Radio] and the TV Republika {Republic TV]. The project was also mentioned by Gazeta Wyborcza and the online portal NGO.pl.
On 30 March, the Ukrainian World Centre held the official opening of the Academy of Legalisation of Residence and Employment Support Policy for Foreigners in Poland, founded by the Open Dialog Foundation within the framework of the Open Europe Group, together with the Ternopilska Foundation and the Euromaidan-Warsaw Foundation.
