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Philanthropist
Founder of Together UA Family Charity Fund since 2009. Children's welfare, education, psychological support — across four cities, in partnership with Oxford University.
Together UA
Valerie Nykyforets is a public figure, philanthropist, author, and documentary filmmaker based in London. Her life spans continents, platforms, and disciplines — from the stages of Miss Ukraine to the streets of Kyiv during wartime, from Everest Base Camp to the palaces of European culture.
Born into a family where service was a way of living — her father, a priest, her mother, her lifelong companion in every endeavour — Valerie embodies what it means to carry values forward across generations.
Today she works at the intersection of civil society, culture, and international philanthropy — building bridges between Ukraine and the world.
Founder of Together UA Family Charity Fund since 2009. Children's welfare, education, psychological support — across four cities, in partnership with Oxford University.
Together UA
Writer on identity, service, and the Ukrainian experience. Short stories published in more than ten literary anthologies in Ukrainian, English and Spanish.
Writing
Graduate of the London Film Academy. Creator of several documentary projects, including a documentary about children commissioned by the State Film Agency of Ukraine.
Documentary
Has led and supported numerous initiatives focused on children, women, education, psychological support, rehabilitation and children with special needs.
MentorshipTogether UA was founded in 2009 — long before Ukraine became a global story. Its roots are in a family culture of service: Valerie's father has served his parish his entire life; her mother has been beside her at every event since the beginning.
The Fund operates safe houses, educational programmes, and psychological support for children in conflict-affected regions of Ukraine. Its university preparation programme has opened paths to higher education for young people who had no way there.
Named among the Top 50 Women of the Lviv Region — a recognition built on years of work that predates any international profile.
Together UA founded. First programme launched in Ukraine.
Expansion following events in Eastern Ukraine. Safe house network built.
Full-scale response to the Russian invasion. Psychological support programme launched.
International impact report published. Continued partnership across the United Kingdom and Ukraine.
Від «Люди Львова» до гала-вечора Eden та платформи Топ-50 жінок, Valerie створює простір, де культура, філантропія та вплив зустрічаються — об'єднуючи людей, чия робота формує майбутнє України.
Valerie Nykyforets has taken part in a number of television projects as both a host and guest. Among the most notable was her victory in the Ukrainian version of The Amazing Race as part of the team “Beauty Queens,” where they set a world record for the highest number of episodes won within the franchise.
Valerie Nykyforets has led and supported numerous initiatives focused on children, women, education, psychological support, rehabilitation, and children with special needs — both in her homeland Ukraine and internationally. Her work has also responded to humanitarian and social challenges across regions including Nepal, Africa, and the United States.
Valerie won several beauty pageants and represented her country as Miss Ukraine at the international final in Malaysia alongside contestants from more than 60 countries. The experience introduced her to the world of international representation and public presence at a young age.
Over time, she came to see beauty not as decoration, but as discipline, responsibility, and the ability to represent something larger than oneself.
Valerie Nykyforets is a writer with Ukrainian roots based in London and the author of short stories published in more than ten literary anthologies in Ukrainian, English, and Spanish. Her work explores memory, war, displacement, identity, and the fragile border between reality and myth.
She is currently working on her debut trickster novel.
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