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Vladimir Ubeivolc

Vladimir is the president and co-founder (together with his wife Yulia) of Beginning of Life NGO in Moldova, which runs three programmes. Two of them are focused on preparing children and youth for a better future through educational and training courses; and one is serving the people who have suffered from different types of social injustice, such as single motherhood, human trafficking, domestic violence, poverty, etc.

For many years, Vladimir taught Ethics and Missiology in different colleges and universities in Moldova and Russia, leading and speaking in conferences in almost all countries of the former Soviet bloc in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

In 2014 together with his colleagues, he launched Studio of Innovative Leadership, which is focused on teaching and promoting social transformation from a holistic theological and missiological perspective. Vladimir holds his PhD in Contextual Missiology from the University of Wales in 2012.

Serghei Mihilov

Serghei Mihailov is the director of Beginning of Life NGO, which seeks to shape and empower a new generation of young and passionate leaders who are capable of taking responsibility for making real transformation in the situation in Moldova, through advocating for social justice and equality as well as reaching restoration of the victims of vulnerability, violence and exploitation.

Serghei is also a Chairman of Significado Foundation in Moldova that is focused on building the entrepreneurial skills of unemployed youth by providing them with advice from local businesses, models and lessons from international partners and a small start-up loan to develop a micro-business project.

For 5 years Serghei was Executive Editor of youth magazine “Escape”, a national media project that aimed to give an answer to challenges faced by the young generation in Moldova, is one of the powerful tools within a wider vision to educate, equip and raise awareness among young people in a holistic manner.

Julia Ubeyvolk

I am a practicing psychologist, art therapist. Work experience and experience 20 years at the public organization "Beginning of Life", where I am its founder. Over the years, I have always performed two roles: program director and psychologist. At different stages, we had different projects of assistance - 5 years for women in crisis pregnancy, 9 years of experience as a psychologist for women with severe trauma and the consequences of sexual and physical violence. Then for 6 years it has been working in a shelter with teenage girls, and for the last 7 years one of our centers has been a psychological art studio, where I am most involved as an art therapist

I am a Christian and this is not only my worldview, this is my world, my heart, which allows me to be who I am today. I am the owner of God's great love, which gives me the meaning of life, inspires me, strengthens me when it is difficult for me and when I am tired. And most importantly, I always want to go forward, grow, learn new things and overcome the familiar.