Angels of Freedom Project’s Timeline
From the first angel in Kazakhstan to this date until this time
  • May 10, 2023
    Toloka at the Netherlands’ Embassy
    Astana
    During the presentation of the Angels of Freedom project, the diplomats of the Netherlands’ Embassy and their family members have joined the toloka to make the angels. The representative of the Embassy of Lithuania in Kazakhstan Neringa Gaidyte and the vice-ambassador of the European Union Delegation Maceij Madalinski have also visited the charity event.
  • May 8, 2023
    The first toloka in Ust-Kamenogorsk
    Ust-Kamenogorsk
  • May 7, 2023
    The first toloka in Semei
    Semei
  • May 1, 2023
    Koktem Fest at Pavlodar
    Pavlodar
    The Angels of Freedom project took part in the market during which a charity toloka was held.
  • May 1, 2023
    Toloka at the residence of the Ambassador of the Netherlands
    Astana
    Upon invitation from the Netherlands’ Ambassador André Carstens, Angels of Freedom have conducted a toloka at his residence, for his family and guests. The atmosphere at the event was very positive.
Toloka at the Netherlands Embassy
Toloka at the Netherlands Embassy
Toloka in Ust-Kamenogorsk
Toloka in Ust-Kamenogorsk
Toloka in Semei
Toloka in Semei
Toloka on May 1 in Pavlodar
Toloka on May 1 in Pavlodar
André Carstens and Iryna Semenchuk
André Carstens and Iryna Semenchuk
  • April 23, 2023
    Zabava fair
    Almaty
  • April 16, 2023
    A meeting with Anna Ganzhul and an Easter tea party
    Astana
    The premiere of a mini documentary about the Angels of Freedom project and the Chernihiv schools and kindergartens supported by the project. Presentation of the Ukrainian city of Nikolaev by Anna Ganzhul, the artist and the director of the Nikolaev Development Agency, as well as a story about school No. 20 which the Angels of Freedom project also plans to support.
  • April 15, 2023
    A master class by the Ukrainian artist Anna Ganzhul
    Astana
    At the invitation of the Angels of Freedom project, Anna Ganzhul, an artist from Nikolaev, held an exclusive charity master class on painting. The paintings were made in yellow and blue tones, the colors that unite the two countries — Kazakhstan and Ukraine, and supplemented with phrases in two languages: Kazakh and Ukrainian.
  • April 14, 2023
    A charity auyzashar for IT-community
    Astana
    The auyzashar (evening meal after sunset during fasting) took plase in Astana Hub. All the money raised at the evening will be used to equip the underground shelters of Chernihiv kindergartens No. 37 and No. 74.
  • April 10, 2023
    A toloka at the new office of Angels of Freedom
    Astana
    A new space for tolokas and other events is located at 8 Kenesary street, office 19 (second floor).
  • April 9 and 16, 2023
    A stall with angels for donations
    Karaganda
    For the first time, a stall with angels was placed at the Ukrainian Greek Catholic church to collect donations.
  • April 9, 2023
    Garage Sale fair
    Almaty
    The fair was held at the “Nesanatory” event space.
  • April 89, 2023
    Garage Fest fair in the Keruen shopping mall
    Astana
The master-class
The master-class
Anna Ganzhul
Anna Ganzhul
Charity auyzashar
Charity auyzashar
A stand with angels in Karaganda
A stand with angels in Karaganda
Garage Sale fair in Almaty
Garage Sale fair in Almaty
Garage Fest fair in Astana
Garage Fest fair in Astana
  • April 8, 2023
    The first toloka in Stepnogorsk
    Stepnogorsk
    The first toloka was held and a steering group of volunteers was set up in the town.
  • April 78, 2023
    Charity Hackathon
    Astana
    A charity hackathon was held for schoolchildren and students.
    Their task was to develop a digital tool for collecting donations for the Angels of Freedom ptoject.

    The hackathon was initiated by the school club NIS Valley represented by one of the coordinators, 17-year-old Amina. The idea was supported by Astana Hub, the largest technopark in Central Asia, acting as a co-organizer, and Jusan Bank, EPAM IT company and Shoreditch restaurant joined as sponsors.

    38 teams from different regions of Kazakhstan have applied for participation, even schoolchildren from Taraz came to the event. 13 teams reached the final, developed their product and presented it to the jury. The winner was the girls’ team from Karaganda — Main Line.

    The Angels of Freedom project will continue to collaborate with a few teams to further implement their ideas.
  • April 3, 2023
    Opening of schools No. 6 and 13 in Chernihiv
    Chernihiv, Ukraine
    Two schools in Chernihiv, the bomb shelters in which were equipped by the Angels of Freedom project, opened their doors for the first time in this school year and started offline lessons.
  • April 2, 2023
    Toloka in a language school
    Astana
    Corporate toloka in the Terra Education language school.
Toloka in Stepnogorsk
Toloka in Stepnogorsk
Hackathon, awarding of the Main Line team
Hackathon, awarding of the Main Line team
Children in the shelter of school No. 6 in Chernihiv
Children in the shelter of school No. 6 in Chernihiv
School No. 13 in Chernihiv
School No. 13 in Chernihiv
Toloka in the language school
Toloka in the language school
  • March 29, 2023
    Equipment delivered to the school No. 13 in Chernihiv
    Chernihiv, Ukraine
    The school No. 13 in Chernihiv received the equipment for the bomb shelter which allows the school to open on April 3, 2003, right after the school holiday. The following items were procured: folding tables — 30 pcs., chairs — 30 pcs., karrimat-pazzles — 25 pcs., microwave oven — 1 pc., electric kettle — 2 pcs., battery desk-lamps — 5 pcs., 50 liter boiler — 1 pc., 5 liter vacuum flask — 1 pc., plastic container — 6 pcs., 50 liter dustbins — 2 pcs., LED lightning — 2 pcs., 10 m extension cord — 4 pcs., electric cable — 50 m.
  • March 29, 2023
    Finalisation of the school No.6 restoration
    Chernihiv, Ukraine
    The renovation of the bomb shelter in the Chernihiv school No.6 is now finished. The works have been completed thanks to the donations of the Kazakhstanis and Belgians. The school is finally ready for opening.
  • March 26, 2023
    The first toloka in Schuchinsk
    Schuchinsk, Kazakhstan
    The first toloka took place in Schuchinsk, Kazakhstan. People form other towns came to take part as well.
  • March 18–19, 2023
    Koktem Fest Fair
    Astana
    The fair took place in Sal Seri art gallery. Two tolokas were carried out during the fair: for adults on March 18 and for kids on March 19.
Equipment for the school No.13 in Chernihiv
Equipment for the school No.13 in Chernihiv
Bomb shelter of the school No.6 in Chernihiv
Bomb shelter of the school No.6 in Chernihiv
Toloka in Schuchinsk
Toloka in Schuchinsk
Children's toloka on March 19
Children's toloka on March 19
Koktem Fest
Koktem Fest
  • March 14–17, 2023
    The first charity online auction
    Astana
    The lot was an exclusive hoodie from Ukraine “Be Brave Like Ukraine”.
  • March 5 and 8, 2023
    Garage Fest Fair
    Astana
    The fair took place at The Torium.
  • March 4, 2023
    The first toloka in the Human Rights Hub
    Astana
    The first toloka took place in Human Rights Hub (@humanrights_hub) which had provided a new location.
  • March 3, 2023
    Angels in Belgium
    Belgium
    The angels which were sent to Belgium earlier in January help to raise funds for the Ukrainian schools.
Hoodie “Be Brave Like Ukraine”
Hoodie “Be Brave Like Ukraine”
Angels of Freedom at the Garage Fest
Angels of Freedom at the Garage Fest
Toloka at the Human Rights Hub
Toloka at the Human Rights Hub
Angels in Belgium
Angels in Belgium
  • February 25, 2023
    Charity standup-kvartirnik
    Astana
    Performance by Shugyla Sagynbekova.
  • February 24, 2023
    Reporting stream on YouTube
    Astana
    Summing up the work of the Angels of Freedom project for the latest 8 months.
  • February 24, 2023
    Angels of Freedom made at tolokas are in Poland
    Warsaw, Poland
    Angels are in Warsaw, at the Ukrainian Embassy and the T. Shevchenko monument.
  • February 9, 2023
    Toloka at the US Embassy
    Astana
    US Embassy staff got together to make the angel-dolls and raise funds to support Ukrainian children and help to restore the schools.

    The US ambassador in Kazakhstan Daniel Rosenblum took part in toloka.
  • February 4, 2023
    Kids’ toloka
    Astana
    The first kids’ toloka took place in Astana.
  • January 28, 2023
    First charity lectures in Astana
    Astana
    Lectures by N. Kondel “Ukrainian language and its formation”, by A. Makushin “Antiwar cinema: how arts combats violence and diagnoses society”, etc.
  • January 17, 2023
    Registration of the public foundation “Angels of Freedom”
    Astana
  • 15 января 2023
    The first toloka in Karaganda
    Karaganda
    Toloka took place at the Moon studio.
Performance by Shugyla Sagynbekova
Performance by Shugyla Sagynbekova
The Angel in Warsaw at T. Shevhenko monument
The Angel in Warsaw at T. Shevhenko monument
Kids’ toloka in Astana
Kids’ toloka in Astana
At the lecture by Andrey Makushin “Antiwar cinema: how arts combats violence and diagnoses society”
At the lecture by Andrey Makushin “Antiwar cinema: how arts combats violence and diagnoses society”
The fist toloka in Karaganda
The fist toloka in Karaganda
  • December 31, 2022 – January 1, 2023
    New Year toloka
    Astana
    Toloka with Ukrainian Christmas songs. Watching video «Новорічне вітання казахським друзям» (“New Year wishes for Kazakh friends”), New Year address by the president of Ukraine V. Zelensky and the 2017 movie “Darkest Hour”.
  • December 26–27, 2022
    The fair at the shopping mall Miras in Pavlodar
    Pavlodar
  • December 25, 2022
    The first toloka in Pavlodar
    Pavlodar
    Two tolokas were conducted: adults’ (with 18 participants) and kids’ (with 17 participants). Students from the School of National Revival took part in the kids’ toloka.
  • December 24–25, 2022
    The fair in Eurasia shopping mall
    Astana
  • December 24, 2022
    Koktem Fest in Pavlodar
    Pavlodar
  • December 17–18, 2022
    Koktem Fest
    Astana
    Angels of Freedom took part in the festival. Festival’s guests took part in toloka.
  • Deember 16–18, 2022
    The fair in Keruen-City
    Astana
  • December 13, 2022
    Heating of the village’s community center in Ligoviki
    Lugoviki, Ukraine
    A new buleryan was delivered to the Lugoviki village in Kyiv region to heat the local community center. Now, the children can play, read, sing, dance and study in a warm place.

    Angels of Freedom supported this project.
New Year toloka in Astana
New Year toloka in Astana
Adults’ toloka in Pavlodar
Adults’ toloka in Pavlodar
Project team’s trip to Pavlodar
Project team’s trip to Pavlodar
Angels of Freedom at Koktem Fest
Angels of Freedom at Koktem Fest
Angels of Freedom at Keruen-City fair
Angels of Freedom at Keruen-City fair
  • December 11, 2022
    The party of solidarity with the Ukrainian people
    Astana
    The evening party of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and presentation of the Angels of Freedom project at the Human Rights Hub.
  • December 10–11, 2022
    The fair at Forum shopping mall in Almaty
    Almaty
  • December 10, 2022
    Winter Wonderland Holiday Bazaar
    Astana
    Angels of Freedom took part in the Winter Wonderland Holiday Bazar at the QSI international school in Astana.
  • November 30, 2022
    The photo report and the video address of Galina Povazhuk, the director of the Chernihiv school No. 6
    Chernihiv, Ukraine
    3 heaters, 3 fire extinguishers, 2 wireless routers, 260 chairs and 80 folding desks were delivered to the school No.6 bomb shelter.
  • November 27, 2022
    The fist toloka in Almaty
    Almaty
    50 people took part in the event.
  • November 23, 2022
    Toloka in Nazarbaev University
    Astana
    The students themselves organized the toloka in the University and gave the accomplished dolls to the Angels of Freedom project.
  • November 19–20, 2022
    The fair at Saryarka shopping mall
    Astana
The party of solidarity with the Ukrainian people
The party of solidarity with the Ukrainian people
Participants of the first toloka in Almaty
Participants of the first toloka in Almaty
Toloka at Nazarbaev University
Toloka at Nazarbaev University
The equipment for the bomb shelter at the school No. 6
The equipment for the bomb shelter at the school No. 6
The fair at Saryarka shopping mall
The fair at Saryarka shopping mall
  • August 25, 2022
    The meeting of the project’s coordinators with Vassily Bilogura, the head of the education department of the Chernihiv city
    Chernihiv, Ukraine
    It was agreed that the school’s No. 6 bomb shelter would be equipped with assistance from the Kazakhstani project Angels of Freedom.
  • August 24, 2022
    The Vyshyvanka Run
    Kazakhstan
    The running round in vyshyvankas was organized to support the Angels of Freedom project on the Ukraine Independence Day. 49 persons took part in the round.
  • August 23, 2022
    A trip to Chernihiv
    Chernihiv, Ukraine
    The project’s coordinators Iryna Semenchuk and Yevgeniy Ribalko met Galina Povazhuk, the director of the Chernihiv school No.6 and discussed the potential help by the project.
The Chernihiv school No. 21. Sergey Dikalov and Iryna Semenchuk
The Chernihiv school No. 21. Sergey Dikalov and Iryna Semenchuk
The Vyshyvanka Run
The Vyshyvanka Run
A vyshyvanka and a medal for the Vyshyvanka Run
A vyshyvanka and a medal for the Vyshyvanka Run
  • August 17, 2022
    The charity concert in the Wien café
    Astana
    The concert was aimed to support the Angels of Freedom project.
  • July 2022
    The drawings of the school’s No. 6 students
    As a result of the bombings of Chernihiv, 88 windows of the school No.6 building were knocked out by the blast wave. The students have painted their school to show how beautiful it should look after the renovation, and asked Angels of Freedom to help to restore it.
  • Juny 19, 2022
    Toloka to make Angels of Freedom in Borovoe
    Borovoe
    The toloka was conducted by Zulfiya.
  • Juny 18, 2022
    The first donation for an Angel of Freedom received
    Astana
    Amangul, who still is an active volunteer and assists the project, made the first donation.
  • Juny 17, 2022
    The first toloka to make Angels of Freedom
    Astana
    The second, third and forth tolokas were conducted on 21, 22 and 23 June 2022, at 2/4 Kabanbay batyr street, office 69.
  • Juny 11, 2022
    The first Angel of Freedom in Kazakhstan
    Astana
    Was made by Iryna Semenchuk.
Iryna Semechuk with the angels on Arbat street
Iryna Semechuk with the angels on Arbat street
The concert in Wien café, Zulfiya
The concert in Wien café, Zulfiya
The drawing of the Chernihiv school No. 6 student
The drawing of the Chernihiv school No. 6 student
Toloka in Borovoe
Toloka in Borovoe
The first Angel of Freedom in Kazakhstan
The first Angel of Freedom in Kazakhstan
“A huge number of schoolchildren left Chernihiv during active hostilities in March. They went to European schools and there they taught their classmates how to make motanka dolls — Angels of Freedom — and sold them at school markets. Thus, the children collected donations for the restoration of their schools. I suggested that Zhenya [a short form of the name Yevgeniy] launch this project with us, but call for volunteers to make angels.”

Iryna Semenchuk,
From the interview with the project’s coordinators
Made on
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