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In November 2023, Repair Caf\u00e9 Kyiv<\/a> joined the international repair movement. Despite the war in their country, a group of about ten people in their 20s and 30s decided to start hosting repair events at their hackerspace<\/a> in the Ukrainian capital. From there, they commit themselves to spreading repair culture as best they can.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDuring wartime, knowing how to repair things yourself can be of vital importance\u201d, coordinator Volodymyr Babii explains via email. \u201cThat\u2019s why we have started to host Repair Caf\u00e9 events at the hackerspace that we run. We focus on teaching visitors how to make repairs themselves. We also host discussions and explain to other makers and non-makers how to organize and host their own repair events and spread the repair culture.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Repair Caf\u00e9 adds women to hackerspace community<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The meetings have been quite successful until now. \u201cThe room is always full of people happy to repair their toasters and other appliances.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>Among them are a lot of women, Volodymyr adds. \u201cSome come repeatedly and are now quite confident in their repair skills. We find this important as the hackerspace community in general is mostly male.\u201d One of the women, Olha Ivanchenko, now co-organizes the Repair Caf\u00e9 together with Volodymyr.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Helping people to feel less helpless<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Repair Caf\u00e9 Kyiv also helps people to upgrade older devices – such as light and heat sources, radios etc – to use modern batteries. \u201cIn this way, we can be more resilient under the attacks on our energy infrastructure.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The repair meetings are beneficial in more than one way, Volodymyr stresses. \u201cThe war puts a great strain on our society in all aspects. Knowing how things work and how to repair them is not only economically helpful, it\u2019s also psychologically relieving. We want to help people to feel less helpless.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Repairing gives you knowledge, confidence and pleasure<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Olha is a maker and a women’s rights activist. Volodymyr has a background in architecture and urban design. \u201cBut for the last five years I have been doing engineering and other technical stuff; this is my passion. I know that repairing a thing by yourself gives you a lot of knowledge, confidence and pleasure. It empowers you. That\u2019s what I want for my fellow citizens.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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