We continue to share photo reports from our project, “UA Energy: From Ukraine’s History to Its Future.” Over the past few weeks, our volunteers have successfully delivered book donations to several more remote corners of the country.

Thank you for your kind words and inspiring photo reports:
— The Library of the Oleh Olzhych Gymnasium No. 22 (Khmelnytskyi City Council)
— The Central Public Library of Kamianets settlement (Kirovohrad region)
— The Rohan Library Branch No. 1 (Kharkiv district)
And also:
— The Library of School No. 132 (Kyiv)

Our project is ongoing. We are receiving dozens of messages from you, and we will certainly fulfill every request as soon as we are able. We will process all inquiries and let you know about the possibility of sending books for your reading corner.

We also invite socially responsible companies to support our initiative and assist with the logistics of book delivery.

Side by side toward Victory!

We are pleased to resume our work on projects that support Ukrainian national identity.

Recently, our Educational Initiatives Foundation received a highly valuable shipment of Ukrainian books from our charitable partners. The collection is diverse, and every single volume is a gem of Ukrainian historical prose.

We extend our gratitude to our volunteers—students from the National University of Food Technologies and the team from the Academy of Labour, Social Relations and Tourism—as well as to Olga Markovets, founder of the charitable organization “Magic of Good” (Mahiia Dobra), for their assistance with the logistics of this invaluable, yet incredibly bulky and heavy, shipment.

Our team has likely never experienced the expression “the hard rock of learning” (*hranit nauky*) so literally—feeling the weight of it in their own hands!

We currently have approximately 50,000 books available to establish “patriotic education corners” in public and school libraries—both within Ukraine and abroad—catering to readers of all ages, from adults to the very youngest.

Throughout the month of May, we are accepting applications from cultural centers and library spaces in your communities. We will provide free delivery of books as part of our new cultural and educational project, “UA Energy: From the History to the Future of Ukraine.”

We will review all requests and inform you of potential delivery dates for your Ukrainian history learning corner—scheduled for this summer.

Side by side, toward Victory!

A new educational tradition has been established in the Cherkasy region: the “Young Teacher’s Oscar,” a regional competition for young educators (with 1–5 years of experience). The initiative brought together active, progressive teachers who are open to innovation and professional development.

The initiative was implemented with the support of the Department of Education and Science of the Cherkasy Regional State Administration. Co-organizers included the Cherkasy Regional Institute of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education, the Foundation for Educational Initiatives, and the NGO “Professional Association of Educators.” The STEAM Train Training Center served as a partner for the event.

The competition consisted of two stages:
1. A remote stage, involving the presentation of the participants’ own work on integrating STEM approaches and AI into the educational process.
2. A final stage, which featured 15 educators from the region’s territorial communities and took place on April 27–28, 2026. During this stage, participants presented their own original, modern teaching methodologies, as well as practical case studies on the use of innovative technologies.

The winners of the competition were announced as follows:
— In the “Youth Olympus” category (1–3 years of experience): Serhii Serhiiovych Stetsiuk, a Computer Science and STEM teacher at Cherkasy Gymnasium No. 9 (named after O.M. Lutsenko).
— In the “Code of Mastery” category (4–5 years of experience): Yuliana Olehivna Krut, an English language teacher at Smila General Secondary School No. 10. — The Grand Prix was awarded to Anastasiia Olehivna Butsenko, a teacher of Ukrainian language and literature at the S.D. Skliarenko Zolotonosha Gymnasium.
The overall winner received the Oleksandr Zakharenko Prize (named after the Ukrainian educator, Academician of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, and principal of an experimental school in the village of Sakhnivka, Cherkasy region)—a recognition of her high level of professionalism and innovative thinking.

Special awards from our Foundation (laptops) were presented to educators who proposed unconventional solutions for the teaching process and creative approaches to the implementation of AI:
— Vitalina Serhiivna Postoienko, a teacher of History and Civic Education at Cherkasy General Education School No. 19;
— Vladyslav Anatoliiovych Bondarenko, a Physics and STEM teacher at the T.H. Shevchenko Cherkasy Specialized School No. 28;
— Olena Yuriivna Serdiuk, a primary school teacher at Uman Gymnasium No. 11.

All finalists received all-in-one desktop computers as a gift from the Scottish organization Reusing IT, while the category winners and the Grand Prix recipient were awarded electric bicycles.

The competition served as an important step in supporting young educators and fostering the development of innovative education in the region. The “Foundation for Educational Initiatives” Charitable Foundation continues to work on creating opportunities for the professional growth of educators, as well as implementing STEM approaches and AI in education!