Steering Committee

Elizabeth Kourkov

I am a British teacher of English and have lived over half my life in Ukraine because my husband, the Ukrainian author Andrey Kurkov, only ever wanted to live in his home city of Kyiv. We have 3 adult children, all living here at the moment.  I consider that charity projects are central to IWCK’s work in […]

Lilit Nazaryan

My name is Lilit Nazaryan, I am spouse of Ambassador of Republic of Armenia. I am already two years living in Kyiv. Kyiv is not a new place for me as our first posting in 1996 was in Kyiv too. I love Kyiv very much. Previously we have been posted in Ukraine, Georgia and Italy after my husband had been in […]

Regina Kerkhof

I really want to stay involved by IWCK/Ukraine in this horrible times and I hope me and my husband will be able to come back to Kyiv soon, we only lived in Kyiv for 3 months when war started. Before I worked with (homeless) people in difficult situations as a social worker and I think […]

Chrisna Groenewald

As the spouse of a South African diplomat, I had the wonderful opportunity to live in Kyiv for the past four years. I must admit, I fell head over heals in love with this breathtakingly beautiful country with its history, rich culture, language and courageous people. Being an IWCK member also played a significant role […]

Mila Stupnikova

I joined IWCK to get involved with charity, the local community and meet like-minded international women. I hope the club continues and gets better with every new year and member

Yumi Terajima

I worked for Panasonic in Japan for seven years and handled International Relations/Logistics. I have been living in Eastern European countries as a expat for more than 21 years, and it includes living in Ukraine for 11 years. Before Russian Invasion started, I taught Japanese language to Ukrainians. Currently I am living in Warsaw, and […]

Helen Garbuz

Hello, my name is Helen Garbuz, and I am originally from the United States.  I have lived in Kyiv since 1998 and have been an IWCK member since 2009.  I served on IWCK’s Steering Committee from 2015-2018 as Secretary after a few months as Head of Membership. I also served several years on the Charity Committee.  I am […]