Olena Zelenska’s vision for Ukraine

The comedy show starred Zelenskyy as the friendly high school teacher Vasiliy Petrovich Goloborodko. In the show, he became the president after being increasingly tired of what he said were corrupt politicians.

Ironically enough, the show ended in 2019 because its star, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, became the actual president of Ukraine. Suffice to say that his was a rather unconventional road to becoming president.

Zelenskyy made his plan for Ukraine clear, and Olena Zelenska also had issues she wanted to address. It took about half a year before she and her team decided which task was the priority. Finally, they settled on children’s health and reforms in school nutrition.

Zelenska wanted Ukrainian schoolchildren to be educated about eating healthy, and for school food to become better and more nutritious. The Ukrainian Ministry of Health was to present a new nutrition program in schools. When she went overseas with her husband, she visited several medical centers working with the same issues.

“In Japan, for example, there is a nutritionist in every school that pays special attention to the nutrition of children with allergies, and the kitchens in schools are completely separated and sterile, like an operations room. I sourced numerous ideas and became convinced that making positive changes is real, you just have to sincerely crave something and work hard,” Olena explained.