Charity Foundation AVA is a non-profit, non-governmental public organisation in Ukraine with an extensive network of experts that provide consultations for AVA’s activities on topics of their profile expertise, as well as engage in AVA’s projects.
Having grown from GLOBSEC (C)PTSD Task Force Team throughout 2023 and 2024, in 2025 the expert network of CF AVA has expanded to over 30 experts in the field of psychotherapy, psychology, psychiatry, neurology, neurosurgery, public policy, military and combat experience, military history and law, cinematography and journalism, dog support therapy etc. More are expected to join in 2026!
Formal establishment of CF AVA was inspired by tireless amazing work on WRT that GLOBSEC has been doing in Ukraine in terms of supporting reconstruction of human capital of the country, as part of the broader challenge to rebuild Ukraine after the war. Our cooperation with GLOBSEC started in spring 2023 when many of AVA experts were invited by GLOBSEC to join their newly established Task Force on (C)PTSD and other WRT, to provide with an expertise and to conribute in writing the comprehensive report Scars on Their Souls: PTSD and Veterans of Ukraine. This successful project laid solid foundations for future engagements and cooperation on a more systemic scale.
In 2025 GLOBSEC has officially requested CF AVA to become a successor of all its projects and activities on WRT as a reliable long-term partner, capable of ensuring their continued implementation and development. To fix this arrangement, a respective Memorandum on Cooperation was signed in summer 2025. Following the end of GLOBSEC contract with the Deputy Head of GLOBSEC Kyiv Office, the administrative lead of GLOBSEC (C)PTSD and WRT Task Force Ms Olena Kudliak, CF AVA has officially offered to her to lead the Fund in a capacity of the director. We are happy that Olena has accepted our proposal and is now the one, who unites and leads our team!
Our Team
Dr Ava Kadirova
Founder
Ava, a dermo-venerologist by profession, has over 20 years of experience in the medical field. She has extensive experience in senior administrative roles within private clinics specialising in psychological disorders and addictions. In this capacity, she has also been responsible for overseeing safety and the social environment for patients.
Olena Kudliak
Director
Coming from a background in business and the government sector, Olena brings her extensive decades-long expertise in managing complex, multilayered projects, combined with strong outreach to international partners and Ukrainian stakeholders. Over the past three years, while working at GLOBSEC as deputy director of the GLOBSEC Office in Ukraine, Olena was responsible for issues of reconstruction and development (including human capital reconstruction) and served as the administrative lead of the GLOBSEC Task Force on War-Related Traumas (WRT) in Ukraine. She is a co-author of WRT-related reports and research conducted by GLOBSEC, the latest being ‘There is a Place for Us’, about the re-employment of Ukrainian veterans (scheduled for publication in October 2025).
Svitlana Protsenko
Administrative Office
With degrees and over thirty years of practical experience in administrative management, infrastructure, and commerce, Svitlana has spent the last 15 years working in the recreational sector, overseeing recreational facilities in Western Ukraine. Her expertise includes managing construction projects and budgets, controlling operating costs and financial planning, conducting quality control checks, and supervising HR management.
Iryna Petrunko
Representative of CF AVA in Europe
Iryna is a former career diplomat with postings in Germany and the UK, and she is now based in Germany. Among other activities, she is the founder and director of the company “Medprofi” (Germany), specializes in providing medical care to vulnerable segments of the population, as well as training medical personnel for its own needs. She was also a founder of the organisation “Smile&Help GmbH” in Germany, assisted in promoting Ukrainian educational and cultural initiatives; restoring and equipment educational and childcare establishments in Ukraine; enhancing qualifications of Ukrainian medical personnel in Germany.
Currently, Iryna is pursuing a qualification as a psychological consultant with the German Academy of Psychology. With the CF AVA, Iryna is responsible for liaising with international, primarily European, partners and donors.
Our Experts
MProf, MSc, MA, ISST-D Clinical Director, Trauma Assist International (UK) Clinical lead of GLOBSEC (C)PTSD Task Force (2023-2025), co-author and chief clinical consultant on (C)PTSD report: Scars on Their Souls: PTSD and Veterans of Ukraine. International trainer and speaker on trauma. Her work in the UK has involved supporting military regiments, veterans, and their families, as well as advising on mental health services, prison establishments, and liaising with court and police officers. In 2016, Mandy was appointed as a Specialist Trauma Psychotherapist to the Colonel Fund of the Grenadier Guards, a charitable arm of the Grenadier Guards Charity established in 2007. Recognised as one of the leaders in her field, Mandy was appointed to support the most seriously wounded and traumatised, many suffering from Complex PTSD and comorbid disorders as a result of the Afghanistan conflict. Since then, she has championed their causes and worked tirelessly to ensure their injuries are better diagnosed and understood, as the impact on their health and long-term well-being is sometimes not fully appreciated; in the most serious cases, life expectancy can be reduced, and they may be unable to work or maintain relationships. Highly respected among her peers and patients, Mandy has previously provided evidence to the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Select Committee, raising awareness of Traumatic Brain Injury for those returning from Iraq and Afghanistan without proper assessment, diagnosis, and treatment. Mandy’s pioneering work challenges the current ideology of PTSD and is based on the most up-to-date research, involving collaboration with international experts worldwide. She is currently completing her doctorate at Chester University in England and supporting Ukraine in adopting more advanced approaches to the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Children’s PTSD University of Washington School of Medicine Dept. of Psychiatry & Behavioural Sciences Eric has over 40 years of practical and academic experience in child and adolescent psychiatry. For more than a decade, he led the Department of Child Psychiatry and Behavioural Medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Centre (US). Eric has authored numerous academic papers and articles on child psychiatry, as well as several innovative treatment models for psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, he has travelled to Ukraine to provide consultation to both governmental and non-governmental organisations on evidence-based approaches to treating trauma and other mental health challenges, particularly in children and adolescents.
Crisis psychologist, Head of Psychology Department, State University of Trade and Economics of Ukraine With social and military psychology academic degrees from military higher education institutions, Serhii’s research focus is on the psychology of activity in extreme conditions. He is a member of the Sectoral Expert Commission on Health, Safety, and Wellbeing of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine; a member of the Collegium of Polygraphologists of Ukraine; Chairman of the Institute of Modern Psychological Counselling; a member of the Scientific Council of the European Association of Security Sciences (Krakow); a member of the Ukrainian Association of Organisational and Labour Psychologists; a member of the Ukrainian Association of Family Psychologists; and co-editor of the scientific journal Civil Security: Public Administration & Crisis Management. He has authored approximately 300 scientific publications covering extreme and crisis psychology, as well as overcoming the adverse effects of acute traumatic stress among professionals operating in extreme environments. Serhii also engages in working groups drafting profile legislation and has contributed to establishing the Psychological Service within Ukraine’s Service for Emergency Situations (SES).
Psychiatrist, head of clinic Practising psychiatrist and narcologist with over 40 years of clinical experience. Since 2014, he has been the founder and head of Cadyrov Clinic (Kyiv, Ukraine), which specialises in treatment of comorbid stances of PTSD, mental and substance abuse disorders. He is renowned for his signature tailor-made treatment programmes, where he applies a multidisciplinary approach to treatment. Before 2014, he founded and led the Cadyrov Clinic in Crimea for 10 years, but was forced to abruptly cease his work and leave Crimea due to the Russian invasion. His previous years of clinical experience include a top position at a leading narcological clinic in Tashkent (Uzbekistan).
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Charitable Organization
«Charitable Fund «AVA»
Ukraine, Kyiv, 01013, 5A, Budindustrii street
Charity Registration Number 45699354