Dedicated to the children of Ukraine!
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 and Vision
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.
Results
shelters were restored and equipped in educational institutions
houses were built as part of the “Room for Childhood” project
devices were transferred for educational purposes
children attended camps organized by the Foundation and its partners
Details for partners
The official partner of the Olena Zelenska Foundation in the United States is Ukraine House DC Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 87-2080907). Donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by IRS regulations.
Projects
Reports
September 5, 2025
More Than 600 Students in the Sumy Region Resumed Their In-Person Learning Thanks to a New Shelter Equipped by the Olena Zelenska Foundation
September 2, 2025
Thirty Shelters Across Ukraine, Ten of Them in the Chernihiv Region: the Olena Zelenska Foundation Equips Safe Spaces for Learning
August 27, 2025