On August 3, Cherkasy hosted the Razom Dijemo (Together We Work) Fest, which featured civil society organizations with experience in cooperation with the institutions of the European Union.

The Mykola Babak Foundation was invited to participate in the Fest to present its activities, because the charitable organization has successful cases of implementing projects with grant support from European countries.
At the beginning of the war, the Foundation appealed to the Europa Nostra organization (a pan-European federation of associations created for the purpose of popularizing and protecting the cultural heritage and natural environment of Europe) with a request for help in preserving the Foundation’s unique collections. Support came from the Dutch Prince Claus Fund, which financed the manufacture of containers, the purchase of packaging materials, the transportation of art objects and other measures aimed at preserving collections of Ukrainian folk icon paintings of the 18th – 20th centuries, naive paintings of the 20th century, rural photographs of the 19th – 20th centuries and other artifacts totaling more than 15,000 items.
The Mykola Babak Foundation thanks the Prince Claus Foundation for its support in preserving items of traditional Ukrainian art, which is an integral part of pan-European art.
We thank the organizers of the Fest, the Representation of the European Union in Ukraine in partnership with the NGO “Against Corruption” for the opportunity to present the Foundation’s activities!
We thank the EU countries for their support of domestic public organizations and for their solidarity with Ukraine!