Klitschko Foundation

Klitschko Foundation is a Ukrainian charitable organization that implements projects in the fields of education, sports, and active citizenship for children across the country.

In 2003 Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko founded the Charitable organization ‘Klitschko Brothers Foundation’. From the very beginning, the Foundation cooperated with Ukrainian universities to provide career advice for students, helped the victims of the flood in Western Ukraine giving humanitarian aid, implemented projects for children to raise awareness about ecological problems. Since then in 2014, the Foundation rebranded to the ‘Klitschko Foundation’ and it became a family foundation involving more than just Vitali and Wladimir but a new generation of the Klitschko Family. It has been successful in implementing projects in the field of education, sport, ecology, and active citizenship. Klitschko Foundation’s mission is to create an environment that supports Ukrainian young people and provides them with opportunities for development. The motto of the Foundation is ‘Fight for your dream’ and believe that everything is possible. In pursuit of this, the Foundation designs and introduces social projects locate additional finances for them and develops cooperative partnerships. The goal is to increase the number of Ukrainian young people who choose to pursue self-development, social activism, and a healthy lifestyle.

Klitschko Foundation’s vision is to give all Ukrainian youth an equal opportunity to discover their potential and bring their dreams to life. In specific areas that help children to achieve the most in life: education, sports, and active citizenship. Creating a space for their social, emotional and physical development.

The mission of Klitschko Foundation is to create an ideal nationwide environment for developing a young generation of Ukrainians who are actively involved in decision-making and discover themselves as being the driving force behind change in society. Klitschko Foundation facilitates this by delivering and supporting projects and sports events that encourage a healthy lifestyle and promote learning opportunities for young people.

The foundation seeks to set youth in Ukraine on the path to success and personal responsibility through sports and education. To date, the foundation has reached more than 1.8 million children and young adults in Ukraine as of 2019.

Klitschko Foundation believes that children's dreams are important to realize, and the organization is constantly working on it! Realizing dreams is vital in the development of self-confident, successful adults and thus a more successful nation in the future.

The Foundation works with the future, with children: helping them discover their potential and bring their dreams to life. Via chosen areas that help children achieve the most in life: education, sport, ecology and active citizenship. Working together, we create a space for social, emotional, and physical development.

To achieve this, Klitschko Foundation works in three main areas:
To support sports events and projects that encourage a healthy lifestyle and develop facilities.
To promote learning opportunities for young people and encourage active citizenship.
To conduct educational workshops focusing on the importance of ecology and implementing a zero-waste culture within schools across the country.