International Activity: Our Debates Have Brought Silver From Israel

In the period from April 6 to April 13, 2019, our debaters Kirill Mironenko, Maria Prilipko, Anastasia Shpak and their coach Yulia Pais were in Israel where they participated in the first International English-language Debating Tournament organized by the Rotary movement of this country. They won the second prize, losing only to the Czech debaters, whom we sincerely congratulate as their victory was deserved.

All the participants of the tournament were able to visit some of Israel's most famous places during their stay, such as the cities of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa among other beautiful locations of this small but culturally rich country.

Our team was 'overly' active and thus very much liked by both the organizers and other participants.

We express our gratitude to the head of the Ukrainian rotarians Serhii Zavadsky and his colleagues from Israel Alon Bendet and Tal Mimran as well as the rotarians of the local Cherkasy-Center club, who took an active part in organizing and sponsoring our victorious trip to the debating championship.

This event has had a significant impact on the process of upbringing the new generation of leaders capable of debating actively but tolerantly.

Such trainings and competitions are a good contribution to the Rotary Peace Initiative in Ukraine, and extremely useful for our students who have an opportunity to gain an excellent experience of debating at the international level.