Since April 2023, we have been raising funds and applying for grants to supply the Boyarka and Cherkasy regions with books for all ages. We are able to disperse these books with the help of our Ukrainian partners – Liudmila Diadyk, director of the Cherkasy Regional Universal Scientific Library, and Marina Sokolova, head of the City Library Branch for Children No. 1 of the Boyarka Public Library. Our work in the Boyarka region focuses on four villages, Novosilky, Kniajichi, Perevitz, and Maliutianka. Click on their names below to learn more:

                   Novosilky               Kniajichi

Perevitz         Maliutianka

 

 

Village Libraries Fundraiser

Village libraries in Ukraine are the only social hubs in their communities, but they are in desperate need of books. They support local schools, elderly, internally displaced persons in addition to servicing their regular readers.

We are working to help 7 villages by raising $1000 per each village.


 

Current Fundraiser Progress

We have been able to provide hundreds of books to nine different libraries throughout Boyarka. These children’s books of various themes include works by Ukrainian and foreign authors that are published in the Ukrainian language. A special shelf has been allocated for these books, with labels indicating the institutions that provided funding. The new books are highly popular among the library visitors!

The below table documents the total amount of donations and which libraries received books:

Date  Amount (USD)  Number of Books  For whom
April 2023  325 59   City library-branch for children No. 1 of the Boyarka Public Library
July 2023 

Association for Library and Information Science Education grant

750  129  City library-branch for children No. 1 of the Boyarka Public Library
April  2024 1000  159  Novosilky village library 

Knyazhychi village library 

Dzvinkove village library Malyutyanka village library 

July 2024

Charitable donation from Mrs. Lesia and Mr. Jarboe

300  52  City library-branch for children No. 1 of the Boyarka Public Library
August 2024 200  28  Boyarka Public Library
October 2024 200  31  Tarasivka village library

Pereviz village library 

December 2024 100  18  City library-branch for children No. 1 of the Boyarka Public Library
February   2025 200  33  Malyutyanka village library
June 2025 200 32 Tarasivka village library 

Knyazhychi village library.

 

Total Donations (USD) Total Books Donated
$3275 541

 

 

City of Boyarka
New books at the Boyarka Public Library
Children reading at the library during a blackout in 2022