Alyona Pylipaka

Mentee 2026

Impact: "Words to Touch": a series of practical trainings for publishers on barrier-free Ukrainian literature, with inclusion experts, writers, psychologists and people with disabilities, so that books reach readers with visual and hearing impairments.

Volunteer work:

• Leading the student NGO "Brotherhood of Students of Ostroh Academy": writing its social media and organising events that raised funds for the Armed Forces of Ukraine

• Ambassador for Dignity Kits, hygiene kits for women in the army

• Easter baskets for residents of Bucha and Irpin, and St Nicholas Day aid for children from Staryi Saltiv

From: Sarny, Rivne Oblast, Western Ukraine (now in Kyiv)

Top Issues:

• The absence of a world order, and with it of security anywhere

• Social and class inequality

• Cybercrime and disinformation

Interested in:

• Government

• Civil Society

• Nonprofits

• Education

• History

• Culture

• Arts