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Over five years, it has scaled from an annual meeting into a permanent Global Platform, which during this time has brought together more than 50 first ladies and gentlemen, as well as opinion leaders and soft power agents from different regions of the world.

In 2025, the Olena Zelenska Foundation focused on scaling programs and launching new initiatives aimed at ensuring access to education and development, supporting family-based care, and providing psychosocial support to adolescents and young people under wartime conditions.

First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska has summarized the implementation results of barrier‑free projects carried out by ministries in cooperation with civil society and international partners under her “Barrier‑Free” initiative and the National Strategy for Creating a Barrier‑Free Environment in Ukraine.

First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska took part in the Honorary Ambassador – 2025 award ceremony. The event, held on the occasion of Ukraine's Diplomatic Service Day, was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

Since the beginning of 2025, more than two million children in Ukraine have been provided with free hot meals. This was announced by First Lady Olena Zelenska as she summed up this year’s results of implementing the school nutrition reform.

The First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska, summarized this year’s results of implementing the All-Ukrainian Mental Health Program “How Are You?”.

During the annual online meeting of first ladies and gentlemen from Europe and Latin America, participants of the Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen Global Platform discussed their joint work over the past year, set priorities for 2026, and reviewed the platform’s five years of activity.

The Olena Zelenska Foundation is presenting its interactive Christmas performance “Speaking Are Those Who Have Listened to Eternity” for the second time on the grounds of the National Conservation Area “Saint Sophia of Kyiv.” This was announced by the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska.

A meeting on the implementation of the School Nutrition Reform Strategy and the coordination of next steps was held under the chairmanship of Prime Minister of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko. More than 2 million children in Ukraine have already been provided with free hot meals, and plans are in place to expand the program to cover 3 million students.