Even though education establishes the foundation for personal and community growth, many people across the globe still face challenges in accessing education. The lack of resources, facilities, and high-quality curricula is the most common obstacle on the way to obtaining a solid educational background.
Yael Poliavich is a person who is deeply motivated to make high-quality education easy to access from any corner of the globe. She has made education a primary focus of her charitable initiatives that now span across 45 countries worldwide. Beyond providing up-to-date, high-quality curricula, Yael Poliavich also makes them identity-centered as well. She backs knowledge children need in modern life with no less solid understanding of the Jews identity and culture. Promoting education is an effective way to strengthen both children, educators, and the communities where they live.
Creation of Yael Foundation: Mission and Values Behind
The Yael Foundation was established in 2020 by Yael and Uri Poliavich. Founders were aimed at investing in schools and educational programs to encourage children to develop their sense of confidence and belonging to a greater Jews community. From day one, founders pursued the goal to make this foundation international. For this purpose, they have arranged its operation in a different way.
Strategic partnerships have been established with diverse local organizations.. Their local leadership could attract more people and expand the coverage of educational programs provided by the Yael Foundation. These local organizations only have to share the same values as the foundation, being driven by excellence and care for the future generations.
For this purpose, the Yael Foundation helps to solve specific local issues that obstruct access to high-quality, identity-centered education. It provides all necessary resources, facilities, and, where necessary, also teachers to make access to education seamless. Yael Poliavich creates conditions for organizations to operate stably over time.
The foundation's model and initiatives ensure scalable results, expanding its activities across the globe. Such organization and processes are much determined by the experience and values of Yael Poliavich.
Yael Poliavich: Early Years and Shaping the Character
Yael Poliavich was born in 1982 in Kyrgyzstan. Her mother was a music teacher, who impacted Yael's growth most. She was committed to high-quality, ongoing education and self-learning, and was an example Yael Poliavich chose to follow. Treating education not as a profession, but as a calling was foremost for Yael's mother, who believed in the transformational power of education. This setting later determined the philanthropic activities of Yael Poliavich.
Education and Professional Background
Yael Poliavich has obtained a solid education and pursued a successful professional career before devoting her life to philanthropy. She graduated from the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic named after Zh. Abdrakhmanov, where she obtained a degree in Economics, Finance, and Credit. These comprehensive studies allowed Yael Poliavich to gain an essential understanding of financial planning, public administration, and responsible governance.
Afterward, Yael Poliavich worked many years as a finance professional with a particular focus on financial planning and operational management. Later, she was in charge of managing business operations overall. These professional roles allowed Yael Poliavich to gain a strong and comprehensive background in financial planning, administration, and decision-making. These backgrounds also helped Yael Poliavich to figure out how to build resilient structures and facilitate their growth.
Yael Foundation Today: Activities and Achievements
The main focus of Yael Poliavich is to support the infrastructure for education and the development of high-quality, identity-centered curricula. Yael Poliavich is confident that high quality is the best choice for every family, regardless of the communities they live in. She has diversified her efforts to cover all possible types of activities maximally:
Primary Schools. In these institutions, children get a foundation education alongside learning about Jewish culture and traditions.
Kindergartens. Yael Poliavich invests in the creation of safe and supportive environments that encourage early childhood development and learning.
Formal and Informal Educational Programs. Diverse community projects allow Yael Poliavich to adapt up-to-date, high-quality curricula to the local contexts.
After-School Programs. Yael Poliavich also supports various initiatives that help children develop essential skills, interests, and strengthen social connections beyond the formal classroom.
Sunday Schools. Yael Poliavich also supports programs that supplement formal schooling and allow children to immerse themselves in Jewish culture, heritage, and identity.
The foundation's activities already span across 45 countries worldwide. What is even more important is that it has already ensured access to high-quality, identity-centered education to more than 22,500 Jewish children and is going to continue at the same pace.
Education is pivotal for personal growth. It also has the potential to foster the community's growth when it is provided on a large scale. Education can ensure exponential benefits in the future. The Yael Foundation makes those closer starting from today.
