Childhood is the time when the world opens up in all its beauty, and every child’s smile can make it kinder. Since 2018, hundreds of thousands of children and teachers have joined the International Humaneness Lesson with love and inspiration, which has already become a good tradition and a real holiday of sensitivity and warmth towards our four-legged friends. This is a unique space where little hearts learn compassion, responsibility and understanding that animals are not toys, but living beings who feel and need our care. So, as usually, we invite educational institutions to join this year’s event.
The VI International Humaneness Lesson is going to be held on October 6-10, 2025
To participate in the event, you should conduct an educational hour, thematic lesson or any other activity with children dedicated to the topic “Humane and Responsible Attitude Towards Cats and Dogs”.
The event is going to be held in either offline or online formats!
Please do not bring/come with animals to the Humaneness Lessons, as being away from home in crowded places can be stressful for them!
Here is how you can receive the electronic certificate of participation
If an educational institution intends not only to participate in the VI International Humaneness Lesson, but also to receive an electronic certificate of participation, it must:
1. Fill in the application form for participation (by 13.10.25) at – https://forms.gle/2tY9jeRdd5LdBXP36.
2. From October 6 to 10, 2025, hold the Humaneness Lesson offline or online dedicated specifically to cats and dogs.
3. Take photos or screenshots of the Lesson (1 photo/image from each class) and send them to the email address – lecturer@happypaw.ua (by 16.10.25). The email with the photos must indicate: the name of the educational institution, city, number of lessons held (according to the number of photos).
If needed, you can cover the faces of the children in the photo.
Please send the photo report from the email address you indicated in the application form.
Examples of photos of the Humaneness Lesson in either offline or online formats:
!If the photos are not sent on time, if the photos do not show the Humaneness Lesson about dogs and cats, or the email contains no information about the educational institution, the organizers of the event reserve the right not to send the electronic certificate of participation to the educational institution.
Tell about your participation in the Humaneness
If you wish, you can make a post on Facebook about your educational institution participating in the V International Humaneness Lesson and add some photos from the Lesson as well as your impression and hashtags #happypaw #урок_доброти2025
When to expect the participant's certificate?
We pay special attention to each letter with a photo report, so it takes about 2-3 weeks to process all photo reports. After summarizing the results of the event, we start the production and regular distribution of certificates.
Therefore, the certificate for the educational institution will be sent to the e-mail address (specified during registration) within 1 month after the end of the Humaneness Lesson. If you do not receive a certificate, write to us at lecturer@happypaw.ua .
To whom will the certificate be issued?
The name of the educational institution that participated in the Humaneness Lesson will be indicated in the certificate. There will be an empty line under the name of the educational institution so that you can enter the name of the teacher who conducted the event.
We attract friends
Dear teachers, we really want as many students from different countries as possible to learn about the rules of behavior with animals, so if you know teachers from different countries, invite them to participate in the Humaneness Lesson!
Consent to the processing of personal data of the participant
Participation in the event automatically gives consent to the processing of personal data of the participant during the event.
By submitting a report on photos, videos, other audiovisual works on which natural persons are depicted (filmed), the Participant is responsible to the Fund for obtaining from such natural persons consent to filming and the right to use and distribute photos, videos, other audiovisual works for of their participation, in particular, in the case of claims against the Fund, undertakes to reimburse the Fund for all funds collected from the Fund, expenses related to the resolution of such claims.
By submitting a photo report, the participant grants the Fund the right to post the videos/photos provided by the participant for public viewing, to use such photos in any way, to allow and/or prohibit the use of such photos by third parties.
If you don't want your submitted photos to be displayed on the Foundation's website or in our social networks, please indicate this in the letter with the photo report.
Gifts for Ukrainian schools
Secondary education institutions of Ukraine that fill in the application form for participation in the VI International Humaneness Lesson on time, and those who actively participate in the event and send a high-quality photo report, will take part in the drawing of unique games from our Foundation and Purina TM.
As If It Were Mine Fleshmob
We invite students to also join the As If It Were Mine Fleshmob.
Aim: to support animals from shelters in Ukraine, to popularize the idea of responsible pet ownership, and to encourage adoption.
Conditions for the students to participate:
1. Visit the website of the shelter in your region and choose a dog or cat with similar appearance as your pet (or simply choose an animal you like on the website).
2. Record a short video (15–60 seconds) for TikTok, Instagram or Facebook, where you should:
- introduce your pet and compare it to the animal from the website. Say a few warm words and add an appeal: - “Take this dog/cat or any other animal from the shelter. They are waiting for their family!”
4. Post some videos on social media with hashtags: #ЯкМій #HappyPaw #урок_доброти2025
5. Pass the baton to 2–3 of your friends or classmates.
Let’s help our fluffy friends find their new homes together!
If there are any questions
For additional information, write to us at lecturer@happypaw.ua - Hanna Plavan, manager of the "Bioethics" project of the "Happy Paw" СF.
Thank you for your concern for raising a humane and responsible attitude towards animals!
Together we make this world a better place!
