A new online course on philanthropy has been launched in Ukraine, designed to teach people how to move from chaotic aid to systematic support and make charity environmentally friendly for their own resources. The educational programme was created by the National Network for the Development of Local Philanthropy “Philanthropists” and the EdEra platform. Access to the course is free, and you can register at any time after it opens.
The course consists of six short lectures and two video interviews with well-known figures in the charitable sector. The speakers are Ukraine’s second-ranked tennis player Marta Kostyuk, who heads her own charitable foundation, and Viktor Bronyuk, leader of the band Tik and chairman of the representative council of the Podil Community Charitable Foundation.
The organisers note that the course was created in response to numerous requests from people who already help others but want to do so more systematically. According to Filantropi project manager Viktoria Zablotska, a high-quality Ukrainian course was intended to be an accessible alternative to foreign resources.
The course materials explain the difference between patronage, volunteering, philanthropy, and charity, and show why money is not the only resource that can be useful for helping others. Participants learn how to check organisations before collaborating with them, how to plan sustainable participation in charity work, and how to preserve their own resources to avoid emotional exhaustion. According to the organisers, one in five Ukrainians experiences emotional burnout from regular participation in philanthropy.
Each lesson contains practical tasks, and upon completion of the course, participants will receive a personal action plan for the coming months and skills for analysing the effectiveness of their own assistance. The course aims to dispel the stereotype that only people with high incomes can be philanthropists and to show that regularity and awareness in support have a much greater impact than one-off contributions.
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