Vidnova Fellowship
Many civil society actors in Ukraine have lost their local context as well as their integrality as teams and organizations, and have been disconnected from their beneficiaries because of Russian military aggression. Moreover, opportunities for civic engagement have been constrained by the economic hardship that has resulted from the displacement of refugees.
Vidnova Fellowship is an individually designed support program for civil society actors from Ukraine who have been forced to leave their local context due to the full-scale Russian invasion. We are collaborating with activists and professionals involved in civil society who had to seek refuge in Europe (Vidnova Europe) or returned back to Ukraine (Vidnova Ukraine). The program aims to support the continuation of work of Ukrainian civil society actors in connection to diverse Ukrainian and European partners.
We address activists and professionals who are involved in the following spheres of civil society:
- Human rights protection (LGBTIQ+ activists, Roma-activists, etc.)
- Support for vulnerable groups (survivors of the Nazi Regime, people with disabilities, etc.)
- Non-formal education (including history & remembrance activists)
- Media literacy (independent media)
- Social innovation and social entrepreneurship
- Environmental protection
- and others.
Fellows’ profile
- An activist and/or a leader/founder/manager of an NGO, charity organization, or volunteer group who relocated to a European country or Ukraine because of the war.
- Searches for support in finding ways and new senses for activities of their expertise.
- Intends to stay in the sector, maintain current skills, develop further, and cultivate experience and their organization’s impact in Ukraine.
- Needs support adapting their activities to the new context.
Calls for applications
Fellowship from 3 to 12 months
Vidnova Europe
Connection with a host organization
Vidnova Europe
Coaching
Vidnova Europe
Training opportunities
Funding for project activities
Vidnova Europe
Networking meetings
Calls for applications
Vidnova Fellowship Ukraine
For fellows in Ukraine.
This call for application is hosted by our partner organisation Insha Osvita. Please apply until April 14, 2024.
Vidnova Fellowship Europe
For fellows in other European countries.
Meet the fellows
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EU
Petro comes from Donetsk and lives in Berlin. In frames of Vidnova Europe, he produced high-quality infotainment on YouTube channels to popularize quality Ukrainian content. The first block of the series “Nevihlasy” concerns sexual education, aiming to develop a public discussion about questions about sex. Petro’s host organization is Vitsche e.V.
sex education
videomaking
UA
Teresa Barabash
Teresa Barabash moved from Lviv to Poland (Lublin, Ustka), Austria (Hollabrunn), and France (Paris). Teresa is an artist who works in textiles, installation, audiovisual art, and land art. She plans to work on a series of thematic canvases dedicated to the work of Polina Raiko, a Ukrainian artist from the Kherson region, whose house museum was flooded after the explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP.
UA
Taras Prodanyuk
Taras is an entrepreneur. Taras moved from Kyiv to Oxford. He will be engaged in the recovery of the analytical center’s activity, which will help organizations make decisions based on the database. It also plans to cooperate with Ukrainian businesses in conducting research on the current state of Ukraine’s economy and the viability of SMEs.
EU
Yanush Panchenko
Roma Zentrum für interkulturellen Dialog e.V.
Yanush comes from Kakhovka and moved to Beverungen. In frames of Vidnova Europe, he collected interviews from Roma in Ukraine, monitoring media and social networks, researching how Roma’s participation in the resistance to Russian aggression in Ukraine is covered in the media, and how Roma from the post-Soviet countries reacted to the current situation. Yanush’s host organization was Roma Zentrum für interkulturellen Dialog e.V.
Roma
media
UA
Alexandra Krolikowska
Psychologist and cultural activist Aleksandra was born in Donetsk. From 2007 to 2014, she lived in Crimea, Sevastopol. Aleksandra has been living in Kyiv since 2014. She created a photo diary of collective memories – and enlisted the cooperation of servicemen and women who recorded their lives on film during the winter. Despite the active battles, the Ukrainian defenders captured the moments of the daily struggle for victory. Now, she is collecting funds to print a photo diary.
UA
Ganna Bogachuk
Ganna moved from Brovary to Vilnius, Lithuania. She plans to work on the project “Identity”, which investigates the factors that influenced identity formation through the prism of personal memories of women from the eastern, southern, and central regions of Ukraine. Plans to conduct 15 more interviews.
UA
Khrystyna Slobodianiuk
Khrystyna is an actress, dancer, and performer. She moved from Kyiv to Paris and Wuppertal. She plans to study art therapy, improve mental health among her existing and new audiences, and create plays, videos, and performances designed to heal audiences in Ukraine.
UA
Yuliya Kysil
Yuliya moved from Kyiv to Prague, Czech Republic. Yulia is an artist working on the documentary “Libido during the War” series. In this project, she studies the history of Ukrainians trying to preserve vitality and thirst for love despite a full-scale war.
UA
Marina Ryzhova
Due to the war, Marina moved from Kyiv to Israel, Arad, and later to Germany, Pirna. Marina is the founder and director of the independent art formation Art. Razom. She is engaged in productions of little-known Ukrainian operas and the popularization of the work of young Ukrainian composers.
UA
Shaza Musa
Shaza Musa lived in Kyiv and then moved to Berlin, Germany. She is a Syrian-Ukrainian cultural figure, designer, illustrator, and coordinator of art projects. Her purpose is to study patterns that are part of the visual language and design of the Poltava region and design the research into a digital publication.
UA
Lyubov Lisovenko
Before the full-scale war, Lyubov lived in Toretsk and was forced to move to Krakow, Poland. Her activities will assist and support those affected by the war: purchasing food, medicine, hygiene products, and other necessities for those in difficult life circumstances.
EU
Mariam comes from Kyiv and moved to Berlin. In the frames of Vidnova Europe, she aimed to establish connections between activists and researchers from countries with a colonial past and openly talk with them. Mariam worked on the future scope and development of the Kviradio (QueerRadio) – an initiative for non-professional reading of texts on queer-feminist topics.
LGBTQI+
radio
Partners & Supporters
This program is created by Commit by MitOst gGmbH and EVZ Foundation with kind financial support of EVZ Foundation, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Gerda Henkel Stiftung and Stiftung Mercator. The coordination of Vidnova Fellowship Ukraine is performed in partnership with NGO Insha Osvita.