It was founded in the February of 1969 as a Ukrainian non-governmental public organization. It has offices in all the regions of Ukraine, in Kyiv and Sebastopol as well. Existing at the expense of charitable contributions, the Fund unites the efforts of the society to establish peace and concession in Ukraine and beyond its borders, promotes the rebirth of the nation, and the development of international cooperation for the sake of peace, helps to provide the unprotected layers of the society with doles.

The Ukrainian peace fund is one of the founders of the international association of peace funds, which has the highest advisory rank in the UNO. This gives wider opportunities for peaceful actions, for the development of cooperation with various national and international organizations and movements in the realization of their programs.

For the period of its activity in Ukraine the fund has become the initiator of creation of public assistance centers for the poorest citizens and for the aged, financed the workers of the social service and visiting nurses, started the Memory book, annual “To the memory duties – to the peace duties”, devoted to the Victory day. The fund has financially aided the construction of charity houses in Kyiv and Odessa, the Fund helped to equip regional children hospitals and diagnostic centers in Donetsk and Zhytomir, constructed and equipped several hospitals and children institutions etc.

In December of 2002 the MP Lyudmila Suprun became the president of the Ukrainian peace fund. Among the elected to the directors’ board are MPs, famous science workers, public organization representatives, representatives of the creative intelligentsia. The new fund’s government has improved its work greatly for the short period of time. The action “Renew the sanctuaries of Ukraine” was founded – it gathered more than 8 million US dollars of donation for the reconstruction of  the famous historical monument of Ukraine – Transfiguration Cathedral in Chernihivsky region. Owing to the Ukrainian action “Save the child’s life” held in 2003, more than 1 million US dollars were given to the “Ohmatdit” hospital (Motherhood and childhood security hospital), which was spent on the equipment of the hospital and on the help to the sick in cancer. The primary attention of the organization is drawn to the new generation rearing, to the guardianship of orphans, of street children, and to the guardianship of the boarding schools. The boarding schools’ guardianship program is presently being worked out together with the government of Italy. More and more aid is coming from abroad. In this sphere the Fund develops closer ties with the partner organizations from the USA, Italy, Sweden, Canada, Germany. The Ukrainian peace fund was aided with 100 “Volvo” buses, which now service the students and schoolchildren in villages. The aid is divided between the retirement homes and boarding schools.

More than 10 years the Fund has fruitfully cooperated with the United methodologist Church in Pennsylvania (USA). The America n colleagues help the institutions for the sick children, orphan houses, medical institutions, poor families.

The traditional programs of the Ukrainian peace fund, such as “Treatment”, “Public democracy”, “Peace to your home” are realized more effectively. In particular, the Fund helps talented children to take part in the international festivals and competitions.

The project of creation of anti-crisis center for homeless children, which are more than 200 thousand in Ukraine, is currently being worked over. The Fund also aids the unprotected layers of the society, buys food and clothes, including the New Year presents for children.

According to the statute, the Ukrainian peace fund is governed by the board of directors, which is elected on a voluntary basis by the conference for the 5 year term. The bureau is in chosen from the board.

The board of directors :