On April 4, a concert featuring first-year students from the Professional College of the R.M. Glière Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music took place at the concert hall of the H. Zhukovskyi Children’s School of Arts No. 6. The event was organized by the team at the “Educational Initiatives Foundation” to mark April Fools’ Day and Vitamin C Day.

To the enthusiastic applause of the audience, top-performing students—Yelyzaveta Vashchenko, Oleksandra Zakharchenko, and Albina Zubarieva—presented a program featuring world-renowned works:

— Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude in F-sharp major, No. 13 (from *The Well-Tempered Clavier*, Book I)

— Zhanna Kolodub, “The Snow Queen”

— Oleksandr Bilash, “Hutsul Pysanka” (Hutsul Easter Egg)

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Rondo in D major, K. 485

— Johann Sebastian Bach, Prelude in C minor, No. 2 (from *The Well-Tempered Clavier*, Book II)

— Carl Czerny, Etude No. 17, Op. 740

— Sergei Bortkiewicz, Prelude No. 7, Op. 33

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata in B-flat major, K. 358

— Johann Sebastian Bach, “Badinerie” (The Joke) from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor

A highlight of the concert was a four-hand performance of works by Mozart and Bach, featuring student Oleksandra Zakharchenko alongside her teacher, Karina Mikaelian—herself a graduate of the Professional College of the R.M. Glière Kyiv Municipal Academy of Music. Each member of the audience took away not only a wonderful concert experience but also useful gifts from our Foundation.

 

 Watch the full version of the concert at the following link:

https://drive.google.com/…/1CQzYtqA1W68guRgi3eD…/view…

 

 We thank everyone involved for supporting education and culture in Ukraine, and we are sharing a brief photo recap from the event venues with you!

The Educational Initiatives Foundation served as an organizational partner for a commendable charitable project.

With the support of the Embassy of Ukraine in Egypt and the NGO “Volunteer Center ‘KOLO’,” students at two schools in the Sumy region have received tablets to facilitate their access to education. These schools are the Nedryhailiv Lyceum and the H. Ya. Bazyma Putyvl Lyceum No. 2.

Currently, due to a blended learning model in the Sumy region, students may only attend school in person once every two weeks. Not all children have the necessary equipment at home to participate in online education.

Now, thanks to support from Egypt, these two schools in the Sumy region have 100 tablets to help ensure equal access to quality education.

The third “UP100: Women’s Power” awards ceremony, organized by the *Ukrainska Pravda* editorial team, has taken place. The winners of the year were announced across the following categories: Defenders, Society, Education and Science, Business, Politics and Public Administration, Creative Industries, Culture, and Sports.

 

Notably, this year’s “Top 100” list includes Lesia Pavliuk—the winner of the Global Teacher Prize Ukraine 2024, an initiative also supported annually by our Foundation for Educational Initiatives.

 

We congratulate all the winners and nominees on this well-deserved recognition!

 

We are sharing a brief photo recap from the event with you, as we continue our projects in support of the girls and women of Ukraine.

For over 14 years, our charitable organization, the Educational Initiatives Foundation, has not only consistently created significant national and international humanitarian projects—bringing together numerous socially responsible companies to serve as donors and partners—but has also been an active participant in the country’s major business associations.

 

For many years, the Kyiv Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kyiv CCI) has been one of these vital communities of industrialists and entrepreneurs for us, while the Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ukrainian CCI) has been our key partner for international engagement.

 

It is precisely through events like the roundtable discussion “Status and Development Trends of the Industrial Sector in Ukraine”—organized by the Kyiv CCI on March 19, 2026—that we forge new partnerships with companies that are genuinely committed to ensuring quality education for the children of Ukraine.

 

We are sharing a brief photo report from the event with you. We extend our sincere gratitude to the leaders of the public and private institutions and organizations within the Chamber for their effective cooperation and engagement in the humanitarian sphere.

On April 4, we invite you to attend the educational event “International Women’s Day 2026: Break the Pattern,” hosted by the Women Techmakers Ukraine community in partnership with Squad, OBRIO, and Ubisoft.

 

Among the speakers, Nadiia Omelchenko—founder of the Educational Initiatives Foundation—will share her personal experience with unconventional career-building strategies.

We are accustomed to the idea that a career should look “right”—stable, consistent, and following a set plan. But what if this very approach is actually limiting our growth?

 

Together with Nadiia, the event organizers will discuss:

— Why career “zigzags” are perfectly fine—and often even more effective

— How to make decisions when there is no “perfect” option

— ​​Why leadership is about impact, not job titles

— And how to create opportunities for yourself and others, even during challenging times

 

Learn more about the organizer  Women Techmakers Ukraine

Register here  https://eventmate.app/…/international-womens-day-2026…

Prepare your questions for the speakers—see you at the event!