International Youth Day is a celebration not only for young people, but also for everyone who works every day to advance youth policy in Ukraine.

This year, the team of the Ukrainian Youth Foundation received honorary awards on the occasion of International Youth Day 2025:

• Mykola Kobysia, Director of UYF – awarded the Honorary Certificate of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine.
• Vitalii Kryzhanivskyi, Head of the Grant Programs Department – became a laureate of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine Award for Outstanding Achievements of Youth.
• Yana Lubchynska, Head of the Organizational Work and Communications Department – received a Letter of Appreciation from the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine.
• Andrii Sakhno, Legal Expert – awarded a Letter of Appreciation from the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine.

These awards are recognition of our team’s contribution to the development of youth initiatives and the creation of new opportunities for Ukrainian youth.
We continue our work to ensure that young people in Ukraine have even more space for self-realization, growth, and the restoration of faith in the future here at home.