Modern philanthropy is never limited to occasional donations but can ensure large-scale changes globally, as Yael Poliavich does with education.
Yale is a result-driven female leader, in the professional area and beyond. She is a dedicated philanthropist who is capable of arranging large-scale, international projects. She is a co-founder of a charitable organization whose activities span 45 countries and provide high-quality, identity-centered education to more than 22,500 Jewish children.
These results have been achieved after founding the Yael Foundation, an international charitable organization. It is aimed at providing seamless access to up-to-date educational programs so that no Jewish child can be left behind. Whether children live in cities or in remote communities, and regardless of their economic background, the organization led by her provides access to high-quality, identity-centered education and the necessary resources.
Yael Poliavich supports educational institutions, teachers, and community leaders to ensure sustainable and lasting impacts.
Early Years and Origins
Yael Poliavich was born in 1982 in Kyrgyzstan. Yael’s mother worked as a music teacher at the M. Abdraev Republican Secondary Special Boarding Music School in Bishkek, fully dedicated to education. For Yael’s mother, education was not only a profession but also an important part of her work with people. Yael has absorbed this attitude that later impacted her own philanthropic initiatives.
Education and Professional Development
Yael Poliavich gained a solid education in the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, named after Zh.Abdrakhmanov from 1999 to 2004. She earned a degree in Economics, Finance, and Credit there. Yael Poliavich worked as a finance professional until 2021. During this time, she gained a strong background in business, financial planning, and organizational management.
These professional experiences allowed Yael Poliavich to obtain valuable knowledge and skills. She excels in effective decision-making, administration, budgeting, and long-term strategic development. These experiences helped her understand how organizations function as well as how to build and scale similar organizations.
Personal Values and Life Attitude
Yael Poliavich grounds her approach towards life on the balance between family and philanthropy. They shape her understanding of leadership and the world she can nurture. Under this setting, Yael Poliavich expresses many distinct values:
- Care and compassion. Yael Poliavich arranges her philanthropic initiatives with empathy and support. For Yael, caring is never limited to regular charitable initiatives. It is always an active, everyday practice with long-term goals in mind.
- Education as a foundation for opportunity. Yael Poliavich is deeply committed to learning and values education above all. She also believes that high-quality education is a foundation for change. Education is never a formality, but structure, meaning, identity, and confidence. Yael Poliavich strongly believes that every Jewish child, regardless of their family circumstances and geography, deserves the right to access high-quality education.
- Strong Jewish identity. For Yael Poliavich, supporting Jewish education is an important way to preserve identity and strengthen community connections. A strong, identity-centered education can help children understand their roots, history, and place in the societies they live in. Yael Poliavich creates conditions so Jewish children can share their family stories, build, and strengthen their relationships, even when living in different countries.
- Responsibility towards the wider community. Yael Poliavich grounds her philanthropic activities with the goal of shaping and strengthening the Jewish community worldwide. Within this community, cooperation and proper organization are essential, touching educators, parents, local leaders, and other institutions that can help children get access to high-quality, identity-centered education.
- Global reach. Yael Poliavich pursues and successfully achieves the ambitious goal to ensure global reach. Her philanthropic initiatives already reach 45 countries across different continents. She creates a nurturing environment for children with different cultural, social, and educational backgrounds to grow into successful adults. Yael Poliavich successfully cooperates with multiple local organizations across the globe to implement her charitable plans. As of 2026, she effectively supports 143 different educational programs across the globe to make high-quality, identity-centered education maximally close to Jewish children worldwide.
Education as a Catalyst for Global Change
Yael Poliavich is a result-driven philanthropist who strengthens educational standards and ensures long-term, sustainable results. Yael Foundation promotes learning and pursues the goal of making high-quality, identity-centered education available to a greater number of children, regardless of their social, financial, and previous educational background.
Yael has already provided via the Foundation access to up-to-date, high-quality education to 22,500+ children across 45 countries. Education is a catalyst for change, a power that can ensure exponential effects. The Yael Foundation encourages future positive social changes this way today.
