97 Children, Six Generators, and Their Own Well: How Kyiv Prepared a Children's Center for Blackouts

In Kyiv, one of the city's centers, which houses 97 children from birth to eight years old, has been prepared for possible power outages and other crisis situations this winter. The facility has six generators, its own well, backup heating, and four shelters. About this reported Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, who checked the institution's readiness for the winter period.

How the Children's Center Will Operate During Power Outages

According to the mayor, conditions have been created in the facility to keep it running in the event of disruptions to electricity and water supply.

In particular, the center is equipped with:

• six generators of various capacities for backup power supply;
• gas and solid-fuel boiler houses connected to backup power;
• its own well for water supply;
• three of the simplest mobile shelters and one underground shelter.

The boiler houses provide heating for the buildings, while the generators allow the institution to keep operating during electricity supply disruptions.

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How Many Children Are in the Center

Currently, 97 children from birth to eight years old live at the institution.

These are children whom parents refused at maternity hospitals, who were removed from dangerous environments, or who lost their parents.

According to Klitschko, the process of placing some of the wards into new families has already begun. In particular, eight children are being prepared for adoption.

The mayor emphasized that the city authorities must provide children who are temporarily under the city's care with proper supervision, nutrition, warmth, and safe living conditions.

How Heating Connection Is Progressing in Kyiv

Recall that the heating season for residential buildings in the capital began on November 2. Since then, utility services have been gradually connecting buildings to centralized heat supply.

According to the mayor, as of the morning of November 9, heating had been received by almost 80% of residential buildings served by utility management companies.

At the same time, buildings with joint agreements are being connected based on applications from their managers, so this statistic does not cover the capital's entire housing stock.

In social sector facilities, the heating season began earlier, on October 16. As of November 9, heat had been received by:

• 247 medical facilities;
• 481 kindergartens;
• 387 schools.

In total, over 80% of Kyiv's social sector facilities have been connected to heating.

For comparison, as of November 6, the city authorities reported that 55% of multi-apartment buildings and over 78% of social institutions had been connected.

The city authorities have not yet named a specific date for completing the connection of all residential buildings in the capital.