5 local volunteers from Chernovtsy have joined the international group to work on the historic Jewish cemetery, and more local young people phone and make inquiries as result of information in the media and public action, which was organized yesterday, August 12th, by the volunteers jointly with local NGOs. During the public action, international volunteers and activists of local NGOs "Dopomoga lyudam", "Narodna dopomoga" and "Union of active youth" have put up information tent at Sobornaya square in the central part of the town, and were distributing information flyers about the cemetery, talking to people and inviting more volunteers to join the cleanup.

Despite mosquitoes and high nettles, the volunteers have cleaned big square #33 of the cemetery, neighboring to the part with graves of famous citizens of Chernovtsy.