{"id":12041,"date":"2025-08-19T10:33:33","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T07:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tavidraugi.lv\/?p=12041"},"modified":"2025-08-19T10:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T07:35:30","slug":"sunflower-path-march-on-ukraines-independence-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tavidraugi.lv\/en\/2025\/08\/19\/sunflower-path-march-on-ukraines-independence-day\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSunflower Path\u201d march on Ukraine&#8217;s Independence day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The charity organization Tavi draugi (\u201cYour Friends\u201d), together with the Embassy of Ukraine in Latvia, will continue the tradition of the support march \u201cSunflower Path\u201d on Sunday, August 24, Ukraine\u2019s Independence Day. The \u201cSunflower Path\u201d will begin at 11:45 a.m. with a gathering at the Freedom Monument and will proceed to Kronvalds Park, concluding at 1:35 p.m. at the Taras Shevchenko Monument.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The organization Tavi draugi is organizing the \u201cSunflower Path\u201d in support of Ukraine for the fourth year, honoring Ukraine and its people\u2019s struggle for independence and freedom. Participants are invited to show their support with sunflowers and Ukrainian symbols.<\/p>\n<p>Gathering for the \u201cSunflower Path\u201d at the Freedom Monument will start from 11:45 a.m. The march will be opened at 12:15 p.m. by Anatolii Kutsevol, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Latvia, along with other officials, Tavi draugi chairman Ulvis Noviks, Anna Andersone, co-founder of the foundation Entrepreneurs for Peace, and Reinis Poz\u0146aks, initiator of the Twitter Convoy.<\/p>\n<p>Ulvis Noviks, head of Tavi draugi, calls on all residents of Latvia and Ukrainians who have found refuge here to join:<br \/>\n\u201cOn Ukraine\u2019s Independence Day, we firmly express solidarity with the Ukrainian people. The Sunflower March is a symbolic gesture showing that we are and will remain united, together in thought and action until Ukraine\u2019s victory!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the \u201cSunflower March\u201d and until 8:00 p.m., Tavi draugi will operate a Ukrainian souvenir shop and donation point at Freedom Square, where residents are invited to donate essential items for the Armed Forces of Ukraine: tea, instant coffee, sweets, nuts and dried fruits, instant meals, canned meat and fish, hygiene products, and men\u2019s clothing for soldiers (socks, underwear, t-shirts, tracksuits).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The charity organization Tavi draugi (\u201cYour Friends\u201d), together with the Embassy of Ukraine in Latvia, will continue the tradition of the support march \u201cSunflower Path\u201d on Sunday, August 24, Ukraine\u2019s Independence Day. 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