16 years of the Foundation

Festival “Mama+Ya”

The Mama+Ya Festival and the Foundation itself were founded. It all started with a celebration with an entertainment programme and gifts for 1000 orphans – children from orphanages, shelters and boarding schools in the city of Dnipro. Since that year, the Festival has become an annual tradition.

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Second year of the foundation

2008

The main victory of the second festival (2008) was the adoption of a boy, Vanya, just over a year old, from the Children's Home. Vanya became the symbol of the festival. His face adorned all the promotional leaflets, posters of the 2nd Festival, and was posted on the Internet. It was there that his future parents saw him, found him and adopted him! It was incredible!

Thanks to this event, the idea of the TV project "Talk about me. This child needs a family" was born, and in the first year of the programme's broadcasting, 49 children were adopted and taken into care!

The festival is expanding

2009-2016

2009-2016

2009-2016

2009-2016

2009-2016

2009-2016

The Mama+Ya festivals are beginning to expand. The circle of patrons is growing. Many stars and celebrities come to visit the children for the holidays. The programme includes creative concerts, master classes, sports competitions and a mini-football tournament.

Since 2009, the Festival has been officially supported by Kuzma Scriabin.

In May 2011

Dnipropetrovs'k region has been declared the leader among Ukrainian regions in the placement of orphans in foster families and children's homes!

State orphanages are undergoing a transformation, changing their status, shelters are disappearing and more and more children are moving to families! And this is a significant achievement of the Mama+Ya festival, which was recognised by the state! New charity events to support orphans are beginning to emerge, in addition to the Festival.

2017-2019

Expanding the geography of the Festivals.
The number of charity events is growing, covering 4 regions of the country. The largest of them are: "Making Children's Dreams Come True", "Graduation for an Orphan", "Easter Campaign", "Winter Marathon", "Sunshine", "Mentoring", and "Cashboxes".

2017

the festival was held for the first time in Zaporizhzhia (2000 children).

2018

the festival settled in Kropyvnytskyi (1500 children).

2019

The festival was held in Kyiv at the National Exhibition Centre (1000 orphans).

2020

It became a decisive year in the Foundation's history. The Foundation's activities were reformatted and scaled up. New charitable programmes "Health" and "Investing in the Future", as well as the "Birthday of an Orphan" and "Basket of Goodness" campaigns were launched.
At the end of the year, the Foundation holds a large-scale project called “Good Story”, raising UAH 500,000 to buy medical equipment for a children’s hospital. The Foundation receives an award from the Charitable Ukraine National Competition in the Charity Campaign of the Year nomination.
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2021

The development of the Health and Investing in the Future programmes continues, and they are being further developed into separate projects: "Rooms of Happiness" and "Speech Therapy Rooms and Sensory Rooms" - both projects are among the first in Ukraine. Cooperation with business is developing - lotteries and charity events are held by partners. Educational activities are carried out, including social advertising campaigns and the creation of a mural.
In February and December, we held events as part of the Good Story project – charity flea markets. At the end of the year, we held a large-scale charity event that raised more than UAH 500,000 for orphans.

2022

War in Ukraine

Since 24 February, the Foundation has been actively involved in helping children and all victims of Russian aggression in Ukraine. At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Foundation sent 8 humanitarian cargoes to the settlements that were under temporary occupation or in the area of active hostilities.

The Foundation helped hospitals by donating medical equipment and special food for children.

Supported thousands of children and adults with targeted food and hygiene kits. Organised events for children and fundraising events to ensure that Ukrainian children receive maximum support.

Повертав вкрадене війною дитинство, здійснював мрії та підтримував таланти.

worked during blackouts
ensuring that children receive help promptly

2023

We continue to help Ukrainian children affected by the war in Ukraine.

We started cooperating with the international organisations Médecins Sans Frontières and the European Association of Psychologists. In cooperation with Allo, we sent 1500+ "care packages" to families in Ukraine!

We are constantly growing and improving our work, learning and enhancing our professionalism to provide the best care for children.

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