Olena

Your age?

39

Where are you from/where do you live?

Kharkiv, Ukraine

What are you doing?

11 years ago, I saw a video on Facebook about the activities of hospital clowns and thought: wow! it’s cool that you can be an artist and a volunteer!

and I have been doing this for 11 years in Ukraine, now we are constantly looking for funding for this activity

I work with colleagues in children’s hospitals, shelters with children, I plan to continue working in hospitals with military personnel

I am a theater and hospital clown, I want to carry this identity throughout my life

What is the Ukrainian in you?

songs, blood, spirit, humor

What is the European in you?

Ukraine, democratic views, progressiveness

In my childhood a friend saw moss and asked his relatives “what is it?” He was answered “moh” (transcription [moh]) and he heard BOH (transcription [boh], in English:”God”). He was very surprised and thought for some time that the moss was God. But it feels so true, at least it does to me 😉