In October-November 2025, the Vinnytsia State Center for Aesthetic Education of Students of Vocational and Technical Educational Institutions held a regional competition of creativity for children and young people called “For Our Freedom.” This is not just a competition—it is a space where the spirit of unity, memory, and faith lives.
👨🎓 Twenty-five vocational education institutions submitted 107 works to the jury in the following categories:
📌CATEGORY I: visual arts;
📌CATEGORY II: poetry (poems) dedicated to significant events in the defense of Ukraine.
🏆 The winners were (First Degree Diploma):
SECTION I: “Fine Arts”:
Oksana Shevchuk, member of the “Olena Muravko Workshop” club at the Higher Artistic Vocational School No. 5 in Vinnytsia (led by Olena Muravko);
Marta Milenko, member of the “Olena Muravko Workshop” club at the Higher Artistic Vocational School No. 5 in Vinnytsia (led by Olena Muravko);
ANASTASIA KOLOMIETS, student at the Higher Artistic Vocational School No. 5 in Vinnytsia (led by Yulia Kucherenko);
Anastasia Leontyuk, member of the “Heart of Ukraine” pop dance club at the Vinnytsia Industrial Vocational College (led by Yulia Kovalchuk);
Lilia Yevteeva, student at Vocational School No. 14 in Voronovytsia. Education, (supervisor Valentin Ruslanovich Gonchar);
Daria Oliinyk, member of the “Fantasy” club at the Vocational School No. 14 in Voronovytsia (led by Lyudmila Sytnik);
Mykola Shvets, student at VPU 42 (led by Oleksandr Matviychuk);
FEDORENKO Volodymyr, member of the decorative and applied arts club “Decorative Palette” at the Vinnytsia Center for Vocational Education in Technology and Design (led by Lesya Petrivna Yukalchuk);
GORDIEENKO Olga, student at the Vinnytsia Vocational School No. 7 (head: Tsekot Olena Mykhailivna);
SALETSKA Veronika, student at the Vinnytsia Higher Vocational School No. 7 (head: Tsekot Olena Mykhailivna);
ZAYA Alina, member of the “SelfLab” club at the Vinnytsia Interregional Higher Vocational School (supervisor: Vlasyuk Alona);
SHAKHOV Oleksandr, member of the “Dyvohray” club at the Kryzhopil Professional Construction Lyceum (supervisor: Krystal Nataliia Mykolaivna);
Ivan BORIVSKYI, student at the Khmilnyk State Vocational Lyceum of Services (leaders: Olena Oleksandrivna Pedorenko and Valerii Dmytrovych Kilchitskyi);
Viktoria Zakutna, member of the Art Space club at the Zhmerynka Higher Vocational School (led by Svitlana Vietska);
Lina Senyk, student at VPU No. 11 in Vinnytsia (led by Svitlana Romaniuk);
REPRINTSEV Dmitry, student at VPU No. 41 in Tulchyn (supervisor: Zakharchuk Natalia Vladimirovna);
PLAKHOTNA Irina, student at Higher Vocational School No. 41 in Tulchyn (supervisor: Shevchuk Antonina Valeriivna);
GRUSHETSKA Maria, student at Zabolotnenske Higher Vocational School No. 31 named after D. K. Zabolotny, (supervisor: Ruda Inna Vasylivna);
YEROFEYEV Vadim, student at Zabolotnensky Higher Vocational School No. 31 named after D. K. Zabolotny (supervisor: Inna Vasylivna Ruda);
DIDUKH Sviatoslav, student at Zabolotnensky Higher Vocational School No. 31 named after D. K. Zabolotny (supervisor: Khodos Tetiana Vasylivna);
KUKHARCHUK Anastasia, student at the Bar Professional Construction Lyceum (supervisor: Kostogryz Vita Vitalievna);
Oleg Khomenko, member of the “Creative Workshop” club at the Teplitsky Professional Agricultural Lyceum in Vinnytsia Oblast (supervisor: Lilia Sokotnyuk);
SECTION II “Poetry” (poems):
KRAVCHUK Taras, member of the literary and drama club “Debut” at the Khmilnytsky Agricultural Center for Vocational and Technical Education (supervisor: Karpik Oksana Zakharivna);
STEPANOV Matviy, student at Vinnytsia Industrial Professional College (supervisor: Tetyana Bambura);
VONSOVICH Vladislav, student at Vinnytsia Industrial Professional College (supervisor: Tetyana Bambura);
Diana MULYAREVICH, member of the “Dyvoslovo” club at Zhmerynka Higher Vocational School (supervisor: Tetiana Svistun);
Ksenia DOLGANYUK, member of the “Svitoglyad” club at the Vinnytsia Interregional Higher Vocational School (supervisor: Natalia Petrivna Sichkoriz);
Vitaliy Kozlenko, member of the Movnyy Drive club at the Nemyriv Vocational Lyceum State Educational Institution (led by Natalia Tolmachova);
VISHNYAKOVA Daniela-Olga Serhiivna, member of the “Language Drive” club at the Nemyriv Professional Lyceum (led by Tolmachova Natalia Kostiantynivna);
Valeria Sukovata, member of the “Living Word” club at the Zabolotny Higher Vocational School No. 31 named after D. K. Zabolotny (led by Antonina Susla);
Vladislav Lyubarsky, member of the “Literary Scholar” club at the Bar Professional Construction Lyceum (led by Olga Bilous).
🎉 Thank you to everyone who truly puts their heart into their creative work for the sake of freedom.. 
