Vidnova Fellows
We are proud to have supported over 230 fellows across all program lines. These dedicated professionals from Ukraine continue to shape civil society through their work in activism, human rights, education, culture, mental health and more.
Our fellows form a growing network — a space for connection, collaboration, and peer learning. We support them through community meetings, networking events, and access to the Bosch Alumni Network.
Our Fellows
Olena Brutska
Fellowship
Olena Brutska was born in Krasnodon, Luhansk region. Lives in Kyiv since 2012. Olena is an activist, journalist, screenwriter, and PR volunteer of the NGO Women’s Veteran Movement. Starting from October 2022, Olena actively worked on covering stories about servicewomen in Ukraine and abroad. Together with Vogue magazine, she implemented the special project “Letters from the Front” – materials in the form of letters from the trenches from female defenders who fight on the front lines. Thanks to Olena’s scrupulous communication activities, it was possible to collect donations from sponsors for the tailoring of women’s military uniforms.
Kateryna Sakevych
Fellowship
Kateryna Sakevych moved to France from Kyiv. She is a social activist who works to restore the resourcefulness of women volunteers foundation workers, and other women who experience burnout. She has completed her training as a master of sound therapy with Tibetan bowls and is already conducting free therapy sessions for women. She also plans to organize outreach events for volunteers from Kharkiv.
social activism
support for vulnerable groups
women support
returnees
Tatiana Dashkovska
Fellowship
Tatiana comes from Molochansk, in the Zaporizhzhia region. Now lives in Zaporizhzhia. Activist and entrepreneur Tatiana, with the support of a fellowship, decided to create a safe space in Zaporizhzhia for those forced to leave their homes. She especially wanted to support her Molochan community, which temporarily moved to the city due to increased danger at home. There, she organized classes on combating post-traumatic stress disorder and worked individually with women, families, and children who needed psychological help.
Iryna comes from Kyiv and moved to Berlin. Her project in frames of Vidnova Europe aimed to support new Ukrainian women in Germany through helpful YouTube videos with experts and build network connections between Ukrainian female activists nationwide. Iryna’s host organization was Vitsche e.V.
women empowering
videomaking
Vitalii Zinchenko
Fellowship
Vitalii Zinchenko moved from Sumy to Katowice, Poland. He is a lawyer and activist. Vitaliy strives to ensure that the next of kin of prisoners are informed and aware of the social and material guarantees to which they are entitled. He provides free assistance to families of prisoners who are applying for and receiving benefits.
support for vulnerable groups
advocacy
social activism
returnees
Anastasia Pobidash
Fellowship
Activist Anastasia Pobidash lives in Irpin, Kyiv region. She held the “Culture for Nature” training festival to restore the nature of Ukraine with the help of cultural events. The first festival was in April, inviting 26 creative teams from the Kyiv region. The participants’ contributions aimed to restore the park zone of de-occupied Irpin.
Sаf Gomin
Fellowship
Sаf Gomin moved to Finland from Kyiv. They are artists and journalists. They are working on audiovisual projects, including those about vulnerable groups, the environment, and the Russian-Ukrainian war. As part of the fellowship, they plan to do a project about non-binary people and start shooting a photo series about wounded soldiers and their challenges.
support for vulnerable groups
social activism
queer activism
returnees
Diana Popfalushi & Inna Datsiuk
NGO Plato
Lab
Diana is an ecoactivist and project manager from Lviv. She’s a part of Plato NGO and works on local, national, and international climate policy. She is also involved in a community gardening project in Lviv named Rozsadnyk and a co-host of the environmental podcast “Poyasnyzaeco”. Inna also comes from Lviv, where she blends the healing essence of nature with psychotherapy to brighten people’s lives.
In the frame of Vidnova Lab, Diana and Inna have combined their passion for climate activism and mental health and found an interconnection between the two topics in building resilience through green spaces. They do both, help with climate change mitigation and adaptation, which is the field of Diana’s research, and provide therapeutic assistance to restore and maintain mental health, so Inna’s research topic.
mental health
therapeutic horticulture
healing through nature
Vira Dranhoy
Fellowship
Vira Dranhoy lived in Odesa and moved to Mainz, Germany. She is a Roma activist. She plans to work on developing online educational content for Roma youth. This initiative will include creating a platform for online consultations that will explain legal and human rights issues specifically adapted to the needs of the Roma community.
social activism
Roma activism
non-formal education
returnees
Anastasiia Pustova
SUPERWISE bureau, SUPERWISE NGO, "Your Family Doctor" public association
Lab
Anastasia is a Kyiv-based strategic communications expert, consultant, facilitator, and co-founder of two NGOs.
In the frame of Vidnova Lab, Anastasia together with Julia Ovcharenko research professional communities and communication in the discourse of Ukraine’s recovery, accessibility, efficiency, and acceptability. Their work consists of collecting a Lexicon with phenomena, definitions, roles, and the meanings attached to words to make them understandable for communities, media, the (non)-government sector, and academic circles. This lexicon aspires to influence the discourse, strengthen social cohesion, and foster transparent communication.
knowledge
communication
vidnova lexicon
Vira Degtiarova
Fellowship
Vira comes from Kharkiv and moved to Istanbul. In the frame of Vidnova Europe, she showcased exhibitions in the UNIMUSEUM Pavilion of Solidarity in the Metaverse. It highlighted various artworks created in response to the Russian war in Ukraine as a sign of support and solidarity with Ukrainians.
metaverse
art
Olesia Moroz
Lab
Olesia has a master’s degree in agriculture and an MBA in Regional Management. She is particularly interested in ecology and nature conservation and creating community development strategies. During the war, her focus shifted to the inclusion of Ukrainian refugees in Berlin.
In the frame of Vidnova, Olesia and Daryna Pyrogova aim to contribute to the debate on nature conservation in times of war. They are researching the possibilities of preserving and protecting natural areas damaged, contaminated, and mined as a result of the full-scale Russian invasion. This research aims to gain insight into the conservation practices of regions contaminated by war in other countries and the existing approaches to land conservation in Ukraine.
nature preservation
conservation
protection
Ivan Orlenko
Fellowship
Ivan Orlenko is from Odesa, after 22.04.2022 he lived in Serbia and Poland. He is a theater and film director and screenwriter. Ivan’s work has been awarded by the International Federation of the Film Press (FIPRESCI), the Ukrainian Film Critics Association (KINOKOLO), the Ukrainian Film Academy (ZOLOTA DZYGA), and many film festivals in Ukraine and abroad. In addition to film and theater projects, Ivan is currently developing a pilot of the digital memorial project Empty Places in the locations of 3D copies of abandoned synagogues in Ukraine.
digital memorial project
commemorative practices
film production
returnees
Lyubov Malikova
Fellowship
Lyubov Malikova lived in Kyiv and then moved to Berlin, Germany. She had a one-year artistic residency in the city of Essen. Lyubov represents the DIS/ORDER creative team, works on modern art, and represents it in fashion design. In addition to her own author’s creativity, she has dozens of fashion collaborations and unique developments, including from a technological point of view. New collaborations are scheduled for this season: Ksenia Hnylytska and Nikita Kadan for the serial project HUSTKA.
Julia Ovcharenko & Anastasiia Pustova
Cultural Business Education Hub NGO
SUPERWISE bureau, SUPERWISE NGO, "Your Family Doctor" public association
Lab
Julia is an international cultural manager, researcher, program director, and president at Cultural Hub NGO between Kyiv and Vienna. Anastasia is a Kyiv-based strategic communications expert, consultant, facilitator, and co-founder of two NGOs.
In the frame of Vidnova Lab, Julia and Anastasia research professional communities and communication in the discourse of Ukraine’s recovery, accessibility, efficiency, and acceptability. Their work consists of collecting a Lexicon with phenomena, definitions, roles, and the meanings attached to words to make them understandable for communities, media, the (non)-government sector, and academic circles. This lexicon aspires to influence the discourse, strengthen social cohesion, and foster transparent communication.
knowledge
communication
vidnova lexicon
Diana is an ecoactivist and project manager from Lviv. She’s a part of Plato NGO and works on local, national, and international climate policy. She is also involved in a community gardening project in Lviv named Rozsadnyk and a co-host of the environmental podcast “Poyasnyzaeco”.
In the frame of Vidnova Lab, Diana and Inna Datsiuk have combined their passion for climate activism and mental health and found an interconnection between the two topics in building resilience through green spaces. They do both, help with climate change mitigation and adaptation, which is the field of Diana’s research, and provide therapeutic assistance to restore and maintain mental health, so Inna’s research topic.
mental health
therapeutic horticulture
healing through nature
