ANNUAL REPORT 2022 3. WORK WITHIN STRATEGIC AREAS AND HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES 3.3. Getting the public involved in the human rights work VOLUNTEER PRIZE 2022 This is why we award all nominated volunteers. After 24 February, virtu- ally every Ukrainian joined the volunteer frontline both in Ukraine and abroad. This year, not only did we highlight and provide information support for stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things, but also showed that volun- teering is a part of our new Ukrainian culture which has acquired large scale through This year, the Center for founded in November 2014 Civil Liberties held IX Award by the EuroMaidan SOS Ceremony awarding “ordinary initiative and guided by the people who do extraordi- Center for Civil Liberties nary things” as part of the when a large-scale volunteer Euromaidan SOS initiative. movement became a decisive IX All-Ukrainian Volunteer response to new challeng- Prize from EuroMaidan es. The Volunteer Prize is SOS initiative is a national the most popular award for non-governmental award volunteers in the country. for particular contribution It is annual and aimed in the volunteer movement at supporting volunteer in Ukraine for “ordinary movement in the coun- people who do extraordi- try and show society its nary things”. The Prize was importance and diversity. 21