About us
Ukrainian Education Platform — is an all-Ukrainian cross-sectoral network that unites and strengthens the capacity of the country's regions, implements innovative social initiatives, introduces technologies, projects, and educational programs. Founded in 2000 in Lviv (until 2021 — CO «Lviv Education Foundation»).
Since 2010, the organization has supported more than 1,200,000 children from families in difficult life circumstances. Since 2019, the Ukrainian Education Platform has been a member of FICE International, and since 2018 — of the Ukrainian Child Rights Network.
The community of national partnerships of the CO «Ukrainian Education Platform» includes more than 400 organizations. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, more than 85 of them have become strongholds and 11 support centers, joining a wide network of partners.
We believe in Ukraine and Ukrainians, unite, educate, and support people who create changes in their communities and cultivate responsibility.
Our mission
We develop people's самозара(я)дність (self-reliance) for a strong Ukraine!
СамозарАдність — I see a problem and take responsibility for solving it.
СамозарЯдність — I know how to find a power supply and resource within myself, in my idea and community.
Our vision
The country of the responsible
People, communities, organizations, networks
The Ukrainian Education Platform cherishes Ukrainians' responsibility. The responsibility that, along with dignity and courage, inspires people in our country to do incredible things: rescue, shelter, fight for every piece of land, for everyone who suffers from the occupiers.
Our values
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Faith in Ukraine
We value our Ukrainian identity, state sovereignty and our native language. We work for the development of Ukraine. We create a country of responsible people by strengthening the self-reliance of communities. We promote such values as dignity, loyalty, self-awareness and civic responsibility.
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Respect for the dignity of every person
We value human life above all else and treat everyone without prejudice. We stand up for the dignity of every individual, avoiding discrimination and injustice. We respect and recognize the uniqueness and importance of each person, regardless of their social status, religion, ethnicity, health status or other characteristics. We contribute to the creation of a tolerant society with zero tolerance for any human rights violations, where everyone has the opportunity to realize their potential and live in safety and dignity.
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Responsible leadership
For us, responsibility is the highest moral quality of a person, the ability to act and create change. For us, being free means being responsible. We take responsibility for our deeds, actions and inactions, realizing their consequences in the future. We act for the sake and in the interests of Ukraine and its citizens. By our own example, we encourage proactive communities to take a responsible and proactive position.
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Synergy through cooperation
We mutually strengthen cross-sectoral teams to create change in the country and strengthen the capacity of the regions through the implementation of social initiatives at the national level. We are building an all-Ukrainian cross-sectoral partnership network of the Ukrainian Education Platform.
We, the Ukrainian Education Platform, educate, support, and create networks because we believe that a sense of responsibility is necessary and crucial for our country.
We develop Ukrainian communities by strengthening and supporting young people, religious communities, social sector professionals, local governments, local volunteers, public and charitable organizations.
«To be free means to be responsible»
(His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar)
Composition of structure
CO «Ukrainian Education Platform»
Our history
2024
Opening of a representative
office in Dnipro
The main task of the representative office is to implement and coordinate the organization's projects in the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine.
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2015
2014
2010
2000
Establishment of a network of Support Centers in Ukraine
Establishment of Support Centers in 11 regions of Ukraine. Namely, in Dnipropetrovs'k, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Mykolaiv, Cherkasy, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Sumy, Kherson, Chernihiv, and Poltava regions. In this way, the Ukrainian Educational Platform responds promptly to the needs and challenges of the region, and effectively implements its activities and methodology on the ground, creating самозарадні/самозарядні (self-reliance) communities.
Transformation of activities due to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Establishment of a logistics department, organization of humanitarian warehouses in Ukraine and Poland, delivery of humanitarian aid to war zones, occupied and de-occupied settlements, and comprehensive support for people from affected communities.
Launch of the women's Christian leadership program «WOWoman.The Potential is in You»
Rebranding of the organization. Change of name from Lviv Educational Foundation to Ukrainian Educational Platform.
Establishment of the Ukrainian Education Platform Alumni Community
Establishment of the first local centers of the program «Building Ukraine Together»
Membership in the international organization FICE International
Participation in the transformation of 2 institutional facilities (boarding schools) in the Lviv region
Launch of the educational project «Living Parish Studio» in cooperation with CF Caritas Ukraine and the School of Responsible Service to strengthen the UGCC Social Ministry Development Strategy.
Opening of the social workshop «Woodluck»
Launch of the «Good Neighbor» project
Opening of the initiative platform — «Teplytsia» in Sloviansk and the Family Center — «Ryasne» in Lviv
Launch of the «Building Ukraine Together» (BUR) program and the opening of Ukraine's first youth platform — «Free House» in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, following a BUR camp.
Launch of activities to protect the rights of children in communities — support for orphans, half-orphans, children in difficult life circumstances with the support of the Ginger UCUF Foundation.
Opening of the organization's office in Lviv.
Construction and opening of the V. Petrakh Public Library in Dobrotvir, Lviv Oblast, the first public library in Ukraine.