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About us

We are the Charitable organization Mother and Child.

We save children's lives and provide immediate assistance even in the most challenging cases

For over 20 years

we have been helping children and families in distress without delay

16,500+

children from Ukraine received help from the charitable foundation
1,500+

seriously ill children and their families were evacuated to Europe for treatment
950+

newborn children received financial assistance from the charitable foundation for treatment
100+

houses were purchased for orphan mothers with children

How we help

Emergency care for newborns

Our charitable foundation provides assistance to newborns, without wasting time on fundraising, if the baby needs urgent treatment, the family cannot afford it, or the mother is under anesthesia and cannot take care of the baby
Treatment of children abroad

We provide transportation, treatment and stay of seriously ill children in specialized clinics in Europe
Treatment of children in Ukraine

We provide all the necessary financial assistance for the treatment of the child, help find specialized doctors, provide housing in Kyiv for the period of diagnosis, treatment and/or rehabilitation
Creation of Mother and Child centers

We implemented the program of Mother and Baby Social Centers, which are still functioning throughout Ukraine. We are building a LITTLE ANGELS center to help children and their mothers in Kyiv
Humanitarian aid to children and families

We provide everything necessary for children in Kyiv medical institutions, children with disabilities, single mothers, needy families, etc
Socialization and Psychological help for children and mothers

Our specialists provide offline and online help 24/7, we conduct group and individual psychological consultations, create themed areas for communication and support
Helping children from dangerous and occupied territories

We carry out the evacuation of children from the regions of hostilities and those close to them, we take children out of the occupation, we provide all the necessary assistance to children affected by the war
Active management of international efforts to save children

We cooperate with partners from Switzerland, Austria and Germany, as well as European clinics, transport companies, religious organizations and philanthropists from all over the world. Thanks to this, we can provide targeted support to children and their family members in Ukraine

Heart of the foundation

Alla Melnychuk

Founder and Head of the Mother and Child Charitable Organisation

Honoured Worker of the Social Sphere of Ukraine

Dr Pavlo Plavskyi

Head of the Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery at the National Children's Hospital ‘OKHMATDYT’

Honoured Doctor of Ukraine

Expert of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine in neurosurgery

Dr Igor Boyko

Paediatric neurosurgeon

Paediatric orthopaedic traumatologist

Dr Sergiy Petrik

Physician-surgeon at the Department of Abdominal Surgery of the National Children's Hospital ‘OKHMATDYT’, Ministry of Health of Ukraine

Doctor of Philosophy

Participant of international medical congresses

Author of scientific papers

Dr Olga Zarudnya

Head of the infectious diseases boxed unit for young children at the OKHMATDYT National Children's Hospital

Doctor of the highest category

Honoured Doctor of Ukraine

Dr Vasyl Prytula

Doctor of Medical Sciences

Professor of the Department of Paediatric Surgery at the Bogomolets National Medical University

Honoured Doctor of Ukraine

Dr Mikhail Lovga

Head of the Clinic of Neurosurgery, Epilepsy Surgery and Neurophysiology at the Western Ukrainian Specialised Centre Clinical Centre for Children's Medicine, Lviv

Pediatric neurosurgeon

Co-founder of the NGO ‘Ukrainian Association of Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus’

Dr Kateryna Novakovych

Paediatric neurosurgeon at Kyiv City Clinical Hospital No. 1

Candidate of Medical Sciences

Doctor of the first category

Dr Olga Gaidarenko

Paediatric neurosurgeon

Highest category doctor

Dr Svitlana Starenka

Head of the Department of Intensive Care and Early Rehabilitation of Children with Perinatal Pathology at the OKHMATDYT National Children's Hospital

Pediatrician-neonatologist

Honoured Doctor of Ukraine

Dr Alyona Bezlegka

Physical therapist, occupational therapist of the acute rehabilitation department for children at the OKHMATDYT National Children's Hospital

Dr Maria Pavliuk

Pediatric neurologist

Epileptologist

Neurophysiologist

Dr Elena Bakayeva

Neonatologist of the highest category in the department of intensive care and early rehabilitation of children with perinatal pathology at the National Children's Hospital ‘OKHMATDYT’ of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

Dr Nadiia Belkevych

Paediatric neurosurgeon

Dr Vadym Zyabchenko

Paediatric neurosurgeon

Highest category doctor

Candidate of Medical Sciences

Dr Tatiana Orlova

Head of the intensive care unit for profoundly premature infants at the National Specialised Children's Hospital ‘OKHMATDYT’ of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

Honoured Doctor of Ukraine

Dr Andrii Garkusha

Paediatric neurosurgeon

Highly qualified doctor

Dr Anastasiia Tsupriy

Neonatologist-pediatrician at the Intensive Care Unit for Deeply Preterm Infants of the National Children's Hospital ‘OKHMATDYT’

Breastfeeding Consultant

We are a team from the Charitable organization Mother and Child. We are diverse, but we are united by one common goal: to save children's lives and help families in distress.

We sincerely believe that charity begins in the heart. Our hearts are filled with the desire to make children's lives bright, interesting, fulfilling, and full of love. After all, helping one child may not change the whole world, but for that child, the world will change forever.

We have united to fulfill an important mission that inspires us. We believe in the power of kindness and want to contribute to the greater good. We extend our heartfelt thanks to our partners, sponsors, media outlets, benefactors, and volunteers for their incredible support. Together, we are a big heart!