Nataliia Tarabalka

Nataliia Volodymyrivna Tarabalka (; born October 24, 1974) is a Ukrainian volunteer, community activist and military chaplain. She is the founder and head of the NGO “Know Your Dream” named after Stepan Tarabalka and also a founder of the "Warmth of the Winged Soul" health center in the village of Tseniava. She is a mother of the military pilot, Hero of Ukraine Stepan Tarabalka.

Biography Nataliia Tarabalka was born on October 24, 1974 in a village Kornych.

In 1991, she finished a Kornych middle school. She actively participated in the Orange Revolution and Euromaidan, where she helped with food and cooked. After the beginning of the Russian aggression against Ukraine in 2014, Tarabalka participated in initiatives for joint prayer for peace.

Since 2022, after the death of her son Stepan Tarabalka, she began volunteering. On November 20, 2022, she founded the health center "Warmth of the Winged Soul" in the village of Tseniava, where qualified doctors, such as psychiatrists, psychologists, and rehabilitation specialists, work on the recovery of servicemen. Since May 2024, it has had a hospital where veterans can receive psychological assistance.

In 2023, at the Ukrainian-Portuguese Culture Festival, with the help of the Ukrainian diaspora, she raised over 10,000 euros, which went to restore the heating, repair the sewage system, and water supply of the center.

In April 2024, she joined the Military Chaplain Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, becoming a chaplain. On October 3 at 9 p.m., together with psychologist Anzhelika Barashovets, they stopped traffic at the intersection near Lyceum No. 1 in Kolomyia to honor the memory of the fallen defenders of Ukraine. At the end of November, she held a poetry evening at the philharmonic in Kolomyia, where she read her own poems.

In the autumn of 2025, she presented her author's book "My Strength is in Your Wings". She is also an active member of the Rotary Club Kolomyia.

Awards and honors

Award "For Volunteer Activities" (2025) Blessed Emilian Kovch Prize (2025)