KYIV. UkraineGate . 15 . September . 2022 | Ukraine News.
Since the beginning of the war, in the last week of February, 6 billion hryvnias have been transferred to the account of the Armed Forces. In March, Ukrainians donated a record sum of 8.1 billion hryvnias to the army. And these are only donations through the National Bank of Ukraine, according to statistics from the Opendatabot platform .
Crazy support of the army by citizens is quite understandable. People helped as much as they could: they gave money and things, independently found and bought ammunition, clothes, cars and everything that the defenders needed.
Since then, the amount of income to the accounts of the Armed Forces has been gradually decreasing every month. In June, Ukrainians transferred half a billion hryvnias for the army, in July – 1.9 billion. And there are objective reasons for this: more charitable funds and volunteer movements appeared, and the war reduced the level of citizens’ incomes.
However, brands have found creative ways to get their audience to help. The first actions and initiatives have appeared, which support Ukraine not only directly with monetary contributions, but also by purchasing goods or ordering services. Here are five original projects aimed at helping the country. Join in!
Winning socks from Dodo Socks
In six months, Dodo Socks clothing manufacturers collected and donated more than 7 million hryvnias to the “Return Alive” fund and the “Hospitaliers” volunteer medical battalion.
A special section has been added to the company’s website , where you can buy socks, puzzles and stickers with patriotic inscriptions. All funds go to help Ukraine.
Love will win with OBERIG jewelry
The Ukrainian jewelry brand OBERIG jewelry gives rings free of charge to soldiers who decided to get married during the war. He also launched the production of a pendant, the entire profit from the sale of which he transfers to help the Armed Forces. Ukrainian traditional ornaments and symbols can be seen on the brand’s jewelry.
Reanimobili for vitamin “Olidetrim”
The vitamin D brand ” Olidetrim ” donates 50% of the sale of the drug to the purchase of ambulances within the framework of the “Support yourself — support Ukraine” initiative. The money is collected until the end of September, so hurry to restore the balance of the all-important vitamin and automatically join the aid.
Donate “Mentors in the rear”
The platform ” Mentors in the rear ” appeared with the beginning of the war. The project brought together experienced specialists, founders and managers of well-known companies (Google, Facebook, Amazon, Diya, Vimeo, AJAX, etc.) — more than 250 experts provide professional advice, and part of the funds received are transferred to the Armed Forces support funds.
Good coffee from “OKKO”
The network of gas stations “OKKO” together with customers warms defenders in hot spots of Ukraine with coffee and hot dogs. The military has already received 365,000 cups of coffee and 217,000 hot dogs worth over UAH 24 million. More than UAH 5 million was collected with Fishka points, the rest was paid by the gas station network “OKKO”.
Source: Ukrgate
