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The Bohdan Hawrylyshyn Family Foundation was created by the wife and children of a famous Ukrainian, a prominent economist and visionary, public figure and philanthropist, and permanent patriot of Ukraine Dr. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn in order to continue his mission and contribute to the development of Ukraine and its transformation into an effective European country.

Based on such values as responsibility, cooperation and professionalism, with faith in the high potential of Ukraine, the Foundation develops and implements programs for the young people who are the engine of positive changes in the country.

The foundation’s programs extend the frontiers, integrate successful European and world experience, bring together opinion leaders, encourage systematic thinking, improve the image of Ukraine in the world and form an ecosystem to speed up changes.

The official inauguration of the foundation took place on November 1, 2017, at Kyiv City Hall. 

Mission

Empower aspiring changemakers to build a sustainable value-based Ukraine

The Bohdan Hawrylyshyn Family Foundation was created by the wife and children of a famous Ukrainian, a prominent economist and visionary, philanthropist, public figure, and patriot of Ukraine Dr. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn to continue his mission and contribute to the development of Ukraine and its transformation into an effective democratic European country.

Based on such values as responsibility, cooperation and professionalism, with faith in the high potential of Ukraine, the Foundation develops and implements programs for the young people who are the engine of positive changes in the country.

The Foundation’s programs extend beyond frontiers, integrate successful European and world experience, bring together opinion leaders, encourage systematic thinking, improve the image of Ukraine in the world and form an ecosystem to speed up changes.

The official inauguration of the Foundation took place on November 1, 2017, at Kyiv City Hall. 

Vision

Ukraine is a prosperous democratic country of responsible and free people

Values

Responsibility, freedom, creativity, love, purpose

For changemakers

Bohdan Hawrylyshyn’s Video Lectures course
The course consists of 15 lectures and philosophical meditations of the prominent Ukrainian Dr. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn and contains tips and answers to topical questions. This course will be useful to anyone interested in the history, political and economic situation in the country and the world who strives to be successful and effective in all areas of his/her life.

Declaration of Human Responsibilities
Declaration of Human Responsibilities, prepared by professor Bohdan Hawrylyshyn.

Declaration of Human Responsibilities
Declaration of Human Responsibilities, prepared by professor Bohdan Hawrylyshyn.

ProjectGuru: assistant in project writing
A free complex instrument that consists of video and text educational materials about project management. Also, the instrument proposes a chatbot for writing your project step by step.

Media literacy short course
Express course on media literacy about the loudest fakes of the last fifty years, media hygiene, and protection against information manipulation. Lecture: Alyona Romaniuk, founders of the project “On the other side of the news”.

   

Курс із ціннісного проєктного менеджменту
Проекти, спрямовані на створення, зміну та поширення ефективного та позитивного внутрішнього та зовнішнього іміджу Україні, які захищатимуть національні інтереси країни та покращуватимуть її репутацію в світі.

“Bohdan Hawrylyshyn. Mission – Freedom” Documentary
Documentary about life and activities of a world-know Ukrainian Dr. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn.

Co-founders

Christine Hawrylyshyn-Batruch

A historian and lawyer by training, graduate of the University of Toronto and McGill University respectively. Acted for twenty years as VP Corporate Responsibility at Lundin Energy. Currently Senior Strategic Sustainability Advisor at the Lundin Group (Geneva), board member of the Lundin Foundation (Vancouver) and of the Advisory Board of the Lundin Sustainability Chair at IMD as well as of the Advisory Editorial Board of I by IMD publication. Advisory Board member of the Ukrainian Society of Switzerland, Geneva Branch, co-founder of GE-CARE, a center for Ukrainian refugees in Geneva.

Patricia Shmorhun Hawrylyshyn

Swiss Canadian of Ukrainian heritage, raised in Geneva. Graduate of University of Geneva, Switzerland with Master’s from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Lives and works in Ukraine as a permanent resident. Founding Partner of Porcelain Medical Group in Kyiv (1995) , Co-founder of PSI-Pechersk International School in Kyiv, (1995), Former member of the Advisory Board of LifeLine Ukraine (2019)2031). Co-founder of MoveUkraine (2022).

Leslie Hawrylyshyn

Swiss & Canadian with Ukrainian heritage. Graduate University of Alberta (Edmonton-Canada) with an MBA from INSEAD (Fontainebleau-France) Was Founder & Managing Director of Euroventure Genevest (Geneva-Switzerland) then Founder and Managing Partner of Euroventure Ukraine (Kiyv-Ukraine) Currently on various Advisory & Board of directors & Senator of USBA (Swiss-Ukrainian Business Association).

Leonida Hawrylyshyn 

Born in Canada, of Ukrainian heritage, wife of Bohdan Hawrylyshyn for 66 years, mother of three and grandmother of 7, residing in Geneva, Switzerland. Leonida Petrivna was her husband’s most trusted, appreciated and long-lasting advisor and supporter. Bohdan Hawrylyshyn sincerely loved and respected his wife.

Core team

Marianna
Yeleiko

The Head
director@bhfamily.org

Olena
Bekreniova

Advisor of the BHFF

Bohdan Mykhalchuk

Project and community manager
project@bhfamily.org

Tetiana Martseniuk

Communications manager press@bhfamily.org

Annual reports