A special screening of the documentary "BurningWomen" took place in Kyiv

"This is not just a film about the challenges faced by women who have chosen the difficult path to become a volunteer firefighter.

They not only perform their duties professionally, often in extreme conditions.

But they also carry the light of humanity where it would seem that there is none left at all.

This film is about supporting women who burn with enthusiasm to help others, but don't burn out," says one of the heroines of the film Nataliya Vodko, a representative of the psychological support unit of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in the Volyn region, a lieutenant colonel of the civil defence service.

"Every day, every minute, every second, our entire country is in an emergency situation.

There are women who take machine guns in their hands and go to defend the country.

Great respect and gratitude to them.

And there are women who take up another roll - a firefighter - and also go to protect our country, only from the other side of the front.

They have the courage and care to face the emergencies that occur in their communities.

These women are members of voluntary fire brigades from different parts of Ukraine.

And their contribution is invaluable," says Anna Slyusarenko, Head of the Board of the NGO Locals.

The screening was attended by representatives of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Ukrainian Women's Fund, Solidarity Fund PL in Ukraine, as well as the heroes and heroines of the film and the creative team.

This is a "creative" tool that will help to tell Ukrainians about what voluntary fire brigades are, how and why they are created, who can join them and whether there is a place for women in this field.

Together with the State Emergency Service, local self-government bodies, organizations that develop voluntary firefighting in Ukraine, the creators of the film are planning screenings in different regions of Ukraine to promote the formation of new voluntary fire brigades and the addition of new members to them.

The documentary project "BurningWomen" was created with the assistance of the Ukrainian Women's Fund in cooperation with the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the All-Ukrainian Association of United Territorial Communities, in partnership with Ukrainka.