Education Breaks Barriers Project

 The Education Breaks Barriers (EBB) project provides equal educational opportunities for the most disadvantaged children and youth in Ukraine. Sublimitas and Omnis Foundation launched the Education Breaks Barriers project in Lviv, Ukraine in September 2015.

Building on Sublimitas’ success with the Paving the Path to University program, we have implemented the same program in one of the orphanages in Lviv (western Ukraine) and launched Change-Makers mentoring program for orphans in Lviv.

Our Change-Makers mentoring program is designed for disadvantaged children (orphans) who are in need of emotional and academic support due to family traumas. The young children are paired up with their tutor-mentors, who are current students at the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU). The selected UCU students major in social work and are committed to improving the lives of the most disadvantaged children. Our program enables Ukrainian youth to make a difference in disadvantaged children’s lives, and affords an opportunity for the tutor-mentors to design a tailored curriculum for their mentees, apply their professional skills in practice, and act as role models for the young children. We are delighted to be partnering with the Ukrainian Catholic University that fosters civic responsibility and academic excellence.