Maryna Marchenko has been a head of NGO ‘PMSC Lada’ since 2020. She created this organization with partners 4 years ago to provide conditions and opportunities for healthy and active maternity in Ukraine, economic capacity and financial independence of women. Maryna’s role now is based around managing activities and projects, fundraising and government relationships. It includes project design, monitoring and evaluation, negotiation with potential partners and donors, building cooperation with government and advocacy rights and interests of mothers on the government level. Under her leadership, NGO ‘PMSC Lada’ launched the first all-Ukrainian support hotline for parents. 8.000 parents received aid in 9 month. Also, she and her team created a free online course ‘The time has come’. 10.000 moms are currently participating in it to understand how to find themselves, return to the labor market and become financially independent. Since the war in Ukraine began, she has made an adaptation of all NGO projects to military conditions. Now she continues to create new projects to help Ukrainian moms. Maryna also consults other women activists on how to create an NGO and start its activities.
