Humanitarian assistance to the businesses of SCM, the Akhmetov Foundation and FC Shakhtar has covered more than 3 million people, continued assistance to the defenders of Ukraine.
The businesses of SCM, the Shakhtar football club and the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation have donated 2.7 billion hryvnias to help Ukraine and Ukrainians since the beginning of the Russian invasion, according to the company’s website on Thursday, July 7.
“From February 24 to July 1, the SCM business, the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation and the football club Shakhtar donated UAH 2.7 billion, or approximately $ 90 million, to help,” the message said.
The priority direction of assistance is humanitarian aid, as well as support for the security and military forces.
“Ukraine’s defenders regularly receive ammunition, vehicles, drones, special technical equipment (thermal imagers, rangefinders, cameras, etc.), fortifications, clothing and shoes, first-aid kits and turnstiles, walkie-talkies, fuel and other things they need. from SCM’s businesses and accessories, “the company said.
Initially, the Akhmetov Foundation planned to distribute 200 thousand packages of food to the population, but in June the entrepreneur decided to double the food aid.
The Foundation also heads the Museum of the Voice of the Peaceful – more than 25,000 stories of people affected by the war have been collected.
In turn, the businesses of Metinvest and DTEK, with the support of the Fund and international donors, are implementing the Save a Life project, where medicines and medical products are supplied in Ukraine.
In total, the humanitarian assistance provided by SCM businesses, the Akhmetov Foundation and FC Shakhtar covers more than 3 million people. Of these, more than 1.2 million are covered by the Fund.
The work continues to support citizens in the cities where SCM businesses operate. In business -based support centers, their employees and local residents, as well as those internally displaced, receive assistance.
It should be noted, according to media estimates, at the beginning of June, Akhmetov allocated 100 million euros to help the military and the population.
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