The Sofiivska rural hromada comprises eight settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. In 2016, prior to the amalgamation, the total budget of the respective local councils amounted UAH 15 million. After the amalgamation, it increased to UAH 60 million. Repair of schools, road construction works and installation of streetlights started. Having seen the results of the Sofiivska AH, several neighboring villages wanted to join it as well.

What motivates villages to join already existing hromadas, why they did not do that earlier and what achievements the Sofiivska rural hromada can present for the last two years, - head of the hromada Petro Sehediy tells about this in the project UKMZ-DOBRE “Hromada Speakers”.

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