The Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF) was invited to the May 2023 Digital Currency Conference (DCC) in Mexico City, a high-profile gathering for central bankers, bankers, and the financial services industry, to discuss the role of digital currency in times of crisis and humanitarian aid. ODF’s Chief Advocacy Officer, Katarzyna Szczypska, argued in her closing keynote […]
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Bitcoin the basis for freedom: panel discussion at BTC Prague conference
At the beginning of June 2023, the President of the Open Dialogue Foundation Lyudmyla Kozlovska moderated the panel discussion Bitcoin Is Justice at the annual conference BTC Prague — Europe’s most important event dedicated to Bitcoin. The panellists shared their experiences of financial exclusion and gave examples of how Bitcoin helps to fight oppressive regimes […]
Summary of the humanitarian mission to the Avdiivka region, 27 April-3 May 2023
At the turn of April and May 2023 we set off on our third humanitarian mission to the very frontline of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Having first been to Kupiansk/Kherson and Bakhmut, this time we brought aid as far as to the vicinity of Avdiivka where Ukrainians now fight the heaviest battles against the Russian aggressor. Our […]
Our humanitarian aid for 14 months of war in Ukraine. Summary for the period 24.02.2022-30.04.2023
Since 24 February 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, we have been doing everything to support our friends and neighbours. Thanks to your support our aid has included, among others, 83 transports with which we have delivered 74,253 pieces of protective and life-saving equipment! The aid mentioned above included:– 1 118 helmets;– 4 ventilators;– 8 active […]
Donetsk: Polish benefactors provide Avdiivka residents with fire extinguishers
Volunteers from the Polish charity Open Dialogue Foundation in Warsaw have donated 200 fire extinguishers to the Avdiivka front-line community. As a result of continuous enemy strikes, Avdiivka is gradually turning into ashes. The Russian occupants are bombarding residential areas and civilian infrastructure with “Grad” missiles, heavy artillery and other missile attacks. As a consequence, […]
How does Bitcoin support Ukraine? Lyudmyla Kozlovska explains at CoinDesk Consensus 2023 conference
From political dissidents to conflict refugees to people without formal identification, centralised financial platforms have excluded a swath of disfavoured, but not necessarily criminal, user categories. To what degree is crypto a viable alternative for financially excluded individuals and organisations? Lyudmyla Kozlovska, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, answered this question at the CoinDesk Consensus […]
The Beneficiaries of Russia’s War Against Ukraine. How the Nazarbayev-Tokayev Regime is Helping Putin
Executive summary In 2022 and 2023, the Kazakhstani authorities have repeatedly convinced the international community of their alleged commitment to “preventing the use of the Kazakhstani territory to bypass sanctions”. “Appropriate measures” have been adopted (such as the creation of a “list of sanctioned goods”, the signing of a law “on the control of specific […]
Artistic accomplishments of our charge from the Home for Independent Mums
It is time to mention the artistic accomplishments of a resident of one of our Homes for Independent Mums. The daughter of our residents, named Antonina, is making her dreams come true during her time in Poland: she wants to continue her education in an art school, and in the future, she plans to go […]
Preparations for Easter at the Homes for Independent Mums
We have received photos of the preparations for Easter from one of the Homes for Independent Mums from Ukraine that we run. The children and their mothers spent this time in a great atmosphere of creativity, illustrated by their smiling faces. Decorating Easter eggs and baking muffins with colourful sprinkles is undoubtedly fun, and not […]
Poland’s Radical Nationalists to Receive Thousands in Grants from the Ukrainian Refugee Relief Fund
Read the full article: wyborcza.pl
Crypto community plays role in delivering humanitarian aid to Ukraine
Read the full article: globebanner.com
David Berlind’s Interview with Open Dialogue Foundation President Lyudmyla Kozlovska
Read the full article: blockchainjournal.com See also: Crypto’s role in aid to Ukraine: Kozlovska at the Blockchain Summit (March 22, 2023) as well as other interviews with Lyudmyla Kozlovska: Interview with Lyudmyla Kozlovska: her story, her struggles, and her achievements (February 23, 2024) Lugano’s Plan ₿. Defending Human Rights with Bitcoin: Interview with Lyudmyla Kozlovska […]
Let’s make Ukrainians at the front line happier this holiday!
In just three weeks, Ukraine will be celebrating its Easter. For Ukrainians, this is a special holiday – not only the most important one of the year, but also related to honouring the dead. According to the tradition, Ukrainians visit the graves of their loved ones a week after Easter and symbolically share a meal […]
Crypto’s role in aid to Ukraine: Kozlovska at the Blockchain Summit
Lyudmyla Kozlovska, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation, was one of the speakers at the Blockchain Summit on “How Blockchain Impacts Humanitarian Aid and Charitable Giving”, held on 21 March 2023 in Washington DC. Within two days of the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The Open Dialogue Foundation, together […]
“Bitcoin resists tools of oppression” — Lyudmyla Kozlovska for BitCorner
In March 2023, Lyudmyla Kozlovska, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation (ODF), gave an interview to Juan Cienfuegos, founder of BitCorner — the first Salvadorian podcast dedicated to Bitcoin. During the interview, she spoke about Bitcoin’s role in the field of human rights, the CBDC, the war in Ukraine and financial exclusion. Lyudmyla Kozlovska told […]