Karyna Karpenko

Mentee 2026

Impact: A webinar series on everyday legal questions young Ukrainians face, explaining their rights and obligations in plain language with real examples.

Volunteer work:

• Member of the Dnipro Youth Council and of European Youth of Ukraine, working on youth and civic initiatives

• Supporting the Ukrainian community in Ireland with a Ukrainian NGO, and running workshops on globalisation and Erasmus+ applications

• Volunteering with institutions for children with cerebral palsy

From: Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Eastern Ukraine (now in Dnipro)

Top Issues:

• Loss of human capital through war and crisis

• Unequal access to mentoring and education for young people

• Weak operational capacity of NGOs and community initiatives

Interested in:

• Finance

• Business

• Economics

• Entrepreneurship

• IT

• AI

• Government

• Civil Society

• Nonprofits

• Education

• History

• Culture

• Arts

• Media

• PR