Our vision
to increase the capacity of Ukrainian libraries during the war, provide services to vulnerable populations, promote the formation of Ukrainian identity, support physical and mental health. To inform foreign libraries about Ukraine, the consequences of the war for libraries and their needs.
Directions
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Supporting Ukrainian libraries as centers of social integration and cultural development.
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Providing libraries with resources for modernization and attracting new audiences.
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Creating a community of librarians through educational materials and best practices.
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Promoting reading and developing libraries as modern spaces for communication.
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Supporting initiatives that help libraries adapt to the challenges of war and crisis situations.
Activity Results
10
years of activity
100 000+
books donated to libraries
1000+
of libraries are involved in activities
300+
events for libraries
50+
development strategies have been developed
45
international partnerships of visiting libraries
100+
international libraries covered - cultural diplomacy
1500+
librarians have taken our created course on VUM
500+
in our bibliotherapy database
3
library networks have been created: Green libraries, Healthy libraries, Seed libraries
The fund's report for 2024
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The fund's report for 2023
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The fund's report for 2016
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The fund's report for 2017
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The fund's report for 2019
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The fund's report for 2020
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The fund's report for 2021
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The fund's report for 2022
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The fund's report for 2015
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News
24 October 2026
Architects of Their Community: How Library Leaders Shaped the Future of the League Together
What will the League of Women Library Leaders look like? What brings its members together, what values will guide their relationships, and what responsibilities is each of them ready to take on?
These were the questions explored by participants during a two-day strategic planning session in Kyiv.
22 September 2026
Ukraine's First Conference on Bibliotherapy: Registration Is Now Open
What happens to the way we read during wartime — and why do certain books become a source of support in the most difficult moments?
8 September 2026
“League of Female Library Leaders”: Building a Professional Community
A program for librarians who want to grow, connect, and create new initiatives together
Foundation team
Members of the Supervisory Board
Lyusyena Shum
Head of the Foundation, member of the Board of the ANTS National Interests Advocacy Network
Liudmyla Fit
Senior Project Manager
Iuliia Lysiuk
Project Coordinator
Anhelina Ushko
Community Manager
Daria Vorona
Communication manager
Tamara Sukhenko
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Foundation, social psychologist, founder of the Facilitation Park facilitator agency
Yuri Gusev
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Azerbaijan since February 22, 2024, former Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine (2014—2016)
Oleksandr Krasovytskyi
Director of Folio Publishing House
Viktor Kruglov
director of the publishing house "Ranok"
Partners and Ambassadors
Richard Ovenden
British librarian and writer. He has been the head of the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford since 2014. Previously, he worked as a librarian at Durham University Library, the House of Lords Library, the National Library of Scotland, and the University of Edinburgh Library.
He was educated at Durham University and University College London, as well as in the doctoral program at Balliol College, Oxford.
He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2019. He is the author of the book "Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge" (2020).
He was educated at Durham University and University College London, as well as in the doctoral program at Balliol College, Oxford.
He was awarded the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2019. He is the author of the book "Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge" (2020).
Yevheniya Kravchuk
Ukrainian politician, journalist, and communications expert.
Member of Parliament of Ukraine of the 9th convocation. Deputy Chair of the Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy, Head of the Committee on Culture, Science, Education, and Media of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
Hanna Hopko
Ukrainian public figure and politician, Member of Parliament of Ukraine of the 8th convocation. Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Verkhovna Rada. Founder and head of the board of the NGO "Network for the Protection of National Interests 'ANTS'". Chair of the Democracy in Action (DIA) conference.
Co-founder of the International Center for Ukrainian Victory and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Warsaw Security Forum.
Co-founder of the International Center for Ukrainian Victory and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Warsaw Security Forum.
Donors
Partners
Charities
Olexandr Kovalenko, Maria Shevchenko, Dmytro Lysenko, Anna Bondarenko, Ivan Sydorenko, Kateryna Hnatenko, Serhiy Tkachenko, Olena Petrova, Volodymyr Kravchenko, Nataliya Melnyk, Andriy Hryshchenko, Tetyana Kostenko, Yuriy Solovey, Oksana Romanenko, Viktoriya Kuzmenko, Pavlo Doroshenko, Lyudmila Levchenko, Artem Suprun, Svitlana Goncharenko, Denys Yakovenko.
You can support the activities of the Foundation by transferring a charitable contribution to the account
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