The Foundation supports Volodarske School No. 1 and the Church of St. Nicholas near Mariupol, and is preparing the cultural project “Generation of the Victors of Novorossiya”. Targeted, transparent and personal.
Foundation beneficiariesSchool No. 1 and the Church of St. Nicholas in Volodarske — under our patronage since 2022
Volodarske, DPRMoscow — headquarters and registration, Yoshkar-Ola — partner bank, Mariupol — cultural project, Volodarske — the school and church under our patronage.
Two beneficiaries with whom the story of the foundation began — and two projects the foundation runs today.
ProjectProject: reconstruction of the boiler house
More than 600 pupils. The school’s boiler house has reached the end of its service life — the foundation is running a project to rebuild it, so that the children can learn in the warmth.
ProjectProject: gas boiler house
An active parish in Volodarske near Mariupol. The church is currently heated with wood and coal — the foundation is running a project for a gas boiler house, which is both more reliable and more economical.
A music and educational project bringing together young musicians and songwriters from all four regions of Novorossiya — the DPR, the LPR, and the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
16–20 May 2027From destruction — to creation. From silence — to music.
A competition, an educational programme, a gala concert and digital distribution within a single system for supporting talent and integrating the culture of the macroregion into the wider Russian space.
CultureThe foundation supported the “SHOWABKHAZIA” festival in SukhumThe First International Festival of the National Culture of Abkhazia and Russia brought together 600 performers from the two countries — with the support of the “Wings of Dream” foundation and the company “Kovalev & Partners”. The foundation was represented at the festival by the singer Valeria Chaika, a member of the Board of Trustees, and by the Chair of the Foundation, Vladimir Kovalev.
FoundationMedicines for the front line: “the medicines are already working”With the support of the “Wings of Dream” foundation, a consignment of medicines has been delivered to the front line. A military medic recorded a video message of thanks — and the main thing he said was: the medicines are already helping the soldiers.
ProjectOne day in Mariupol: meetings that came together into a projectThe head of the city, the “Molodyozhny” Palace of Culture, the Kuindzhi University, the drama theatre and the youth wing of the People’s Front — five meetings in a single day, and every one of them to the benefit of the “Generation of the Victors” project.To help the school my grandfather once led is to carry on my family’s work
The story of the foundation began long before it was registered. Since 2022, from the liberation of Mariupol, Vladimir Kovalev has taken Volodarske School No. 1 into his care — the State Budgetary Educational Institution “Volodarske School No. 1 named after Hero of the Soviet Union A. D. Yakimenko”: engineering systems and the boiler house, computer equipment, teaching materials, activities for the children.
For Vladimir this is a family story. His father lives in Volodarske, and his grandfather — Alexey Konstantinovich Kovalev, a front-line veteran and holder of the Order of the Red Star — was head of that very school for more than 20 years, from 1967.
On 29 December 2025 this work was put on a systematic footing: the Wings of Dream Charitable Foundation was registered. A team is being formed to support the beneficiaries continuously, and alongside targeted help the foundation is preparing a cultural project in Mariupol.
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