Preserving cultural heritage: Donors have launched a new grant competition.

The charitable foundation "MHP-Gromadi" has partnered with the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation to launch a grant competition titled "Culture in the Focus of Communities," reports UNN.

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The competition was presented at the end of January in Kyiv during a joint press brunch held by the charitable foundation "MHP-Gromadi" and the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, which focused on the outcomes of cultural initiatives supported in 2024 and plans for 2025.

The goal of the competition is to support local initiatives aimed at preserving and developing Ukrainian cultural heritage. Participants in the competition can receive from 500,000 to 1 million UAH to implement their cultural projects. Both legal entities and individuals are eligible to apply. The application period is open until February 24, 2025.

The importance of cultural identity and the need to support cultural initiatives are emphasized by Alexander Pakholyuk, the director of the "MHP-Gromadi" Charitable Foundation.

Since the start of the full-scale war, the foundation has allocated over 80 million UAH to support cultural projects. In 2023 alone, five cultural centers were restored and supported, including the museum-estate of Vyacheslav Chornovil, composer Mykola Leontovych, writers Vasyl Symonenko and Vasyl Stus, and the museum of Trypillia culture.

Last year, the Foundation significantly expanded its support for cultural initiatives, including joining efforts to promote Ukraine abroad through the popularization of kobzar art and its recognition as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, as well as the project "The Will to Win."

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At the national level, important initiatives continued, including the national tour "Cinema for Victory!", performances by Kozak System in military hospitals, and the restoration of a 100-year-old windmill from the Kherson region.

Additionally, in 2024, the Foundation supported local projects, particularly restoring cultural heritage sites within the National Reserve "Homeland of Taras Shevchenko" in Cherkasy region, which are part of the tourism routes related to Shevchenko's homeland.

One successful example of sustainable support for cultural institutions in communities is the project "HERITAGE. Clothing of Myronivshchyna," implemented by the Myronivka Local History Museum in collaboration with the "MHP-Gromadi" Charitable Foundation. Within this project, museum staff recreated and digitized traditional clothing from the region dating back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The director of the Myronivka Local History Museum, Inna Savsyuk, shared that the project consisted of three phases. Initially, museum staff gathered and studied traditional clothing from museums, private collections, and villages in the community. They then digitized the collected collections and recreated four sets of women's and two sets of men's traditional clothing.

The revival and popularization of Ukrainian culture is a significant step in strengthening national identity. Cooperation between businesses, government institutions, and public organizations can become a driving force for positive changes in the preservation of cultural heritage.

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"MHP - Gromadi" is a Ukrainian charitable foundation that began its activities in 2015. Its main mission is the comprehensive development of communities.

The scope of its activities covers 13 regions of Ukraine, including over 700 towns and villages. Since the onset of the full-scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, the Foundation has systematically supported people in combat zones, Ukrainian defenders and rescue workers, communities, hospitals and maternity wards, and charitable institutions caring for orphans and the elderly, as well as individuals who have lost their homes and livelihoods due to the war.