The Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation is the first and only charity foundation in Ukraine that is privately funded. The main aim of the Foundation is to control the

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epidemic in

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History

The foundation was established in September 2003 by Elena Franchuk, the daughter of

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, the second post-Soviet Ukrainian President. In 2010, the Foundation changed its name to the Elena Pinchuk Foundation, as Elena Franchuk divorced her first husband, Igor Franchuk, and married

Viktor Pinchuk Victor Mykhailovych Pinchuk (; born 14 December 1960) is a Ukrainian businessman and oligarch. As of January 2016, ''Forbes magazine'' ranked him as 1,250th on the list of wealthiest people in the world, with a fortune of US$1.44 billion. ...

(in 1997). In 2010, Elena Pinchuk entered the

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High Level Commission on

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. In 2011, the Foundation launched a competition to develop social media and mobile phone projects for HIV prevention. In October 2022, the Elena Pinchuk Foundation, together with the NGO Hryhoriy Skovoroda Institute for Process Oriented Work in Ukraine, announced the launch of the Regeneration project to train specialists to provide psychological support to war-affected Ukrainian women.

Programs and projects

* Awareness media campaigns intended to attract attitude of Ukrainians towards the HIV/AIDS problem. The first campaign started in November 2003, where up to 30 PSAs were made and shown on the national TV channels. * Direct help to people living with HIV/AIDS. * Wide scale campaigns to attract international leaders and stars attention to HIV problem in Ukraine. This has included a visit to

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by the 42nd President of the US,

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, along with charity concerts by

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and

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. * Partnership with international and Ukrainian organizations. Elena Pinchuk Foundation has been in partnership with the

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since 2004, and the

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since 2007. On October 18, 2010, Victor and Elena Pinchuk received the "Enduring Vision" award from Elton John AIDS Foundation for their contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.antiaids.org/eng.html HIV/AIDS prevention organizations Medical and health organizations based in Ukraine Organizations established in 2003 Foundations based in Ukraine