BUD is a small nonprofit corporation with 501(c)3 status (making your donations tax deductible) registered in the state of Texas. Created in 2023, our story is a simple one:
Build Ukraine Democracy (BUD) educates Ukraine’s next generation in the importance of democracy. We believe that democracy is worth fighting for, and we need to help those that fight for it. BUD seeks to ensure that the younger generations of Ukraine have a comprehensive understanding of democracy: Its history, meaning, and appreciation of its value. A strong democratic Ukraine strengthens the global family of democracies: Their fight is our fight.
We are a USA 501c3 nonprofit (making your donations tax deductible) incorporated in Texas. We are a very small group of American and Ukrainian volunteers and operate exclusively in Ukraine, keeping our expenditures low: No overhead costs go to a home office back in the United States.
BUD’s course ”Democracy” is now taught live at two national universities. We have launched alpha-testing of an online version which includes 20 hours of three-perspective video with subtitles: More than 150 students from 10 universities throughout Ukraine are participating. BUD also regularly participates in local and national conferences, outreach programs to high schools, and regularly meets with leaders in education, courts, government, and war crimes in order to conduct fact-finding missions.
With your help we can continue to institutionalize the course Democracy at other national universities, and continue with our other activities as enumerated above. Patrick Henry declared “Give me liberty or give me death!” Ukrainians have lived, and died, by this sacred call to freedom. Push back against the anti-democratic axis of communist China, Islamic Iran, criminal Russia, and belligerent North Korea. Please help us support a democratic Ukraine.
