Dedicated to the children of Ukraine!

Olena Zelenska Foundation

Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine and Foundation founder

Message

Welcome! I’m Olena Zelenska. Thank you for visiting my Foundation's website.

The Foundation was established in 2022, during one of the most difficult periods in Ukraine’s history. The full-scale war unleashed by Russia shattered the everyday lives of millions, but it did not break our determination to help and support one another.

The Foundation brings in international assistance to help restore and improve the lives of Ukrainians.

At the heart of our work are children and young people. Their one and only childhood, their formative teenage years are unfolding here and now, shaping the course of their entire lives. And it is vital that these years are filled with care, opportunities, and resources — everything they need for well-rounded development.

Therefore, your support is a step closer to a country where every child has a chance to live a full, happy life.

Mission

The Olena Zelenska Foundation serves Ukraine’s children by overcoming deficits in access to education and development, supporting and fostering family-based care, and providing psychosocial support to children and youth.

We create conditions for unlocking potential, expanding opportunities, and shaping a comprehensively developed personality.

The Foundation’s distinctive concept is the combination of hard and soft approaches in its projects: we build, restore, equip, develop, support, and educate.

Vision

The Olena Zelenska Foundation 2030 creates systemic solutions to achieve sustainable social change and provide opportunities for Ukraine’s children to grow up in a family, learn despite the circumstances, and build inner resilience through support and creativity.

Focus Areas

Principles

Child

Child centricity, focus on the child’s needs, respect for their rights and interests, and a caring, attentive approach to each child.

Barrier-Free Environment as a Mindset

Concepts of accessibility, barrier-free environment, openness, and inclusion in the broadest sense in all our projects.

Transparency and Virtuous Partnership

Openness and reliability in cooperation, integrity, responsibility for obligations and reputation on both sides.

Perseverance and Devotion

High quality standards, respect, care, and involvement; a proactive stance in accepting challenges and solving problems for the best results.

Continuous Improvement

Lifelong learning, expanding knowledge and skills, striving for growth.

Partners

Today, 70+ partners from more than 30 countries support us. The Olena Zelenska Foundation works exclusively with foreign partners and donors: governments, charitable and public organizations, businesses, philanthropists, and benefactors. We build cooperation based on the principles of transparency, trust, and international recognition.