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Thanks to donations from callers for the first eight months of the existence of common social initiatives Kyivstar and International charitable Foundation “Ukrainian philanthropic marketplace” (MBF UBB) “Children’s Hope” has managed to collect more than a million hryvnia for the provision of children’s Oncology and cardiology clinics with modern equipment, medical expensive materials and tools.

In particular, the funds transferred by the subscribers through SMS, purchased equipment and materials for the Institute. M. Amosov National Institute of cancer in Kiev, Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk regional children’s hospitals. Also already ordered the materials for the Lviv regional children’s clinical hospital “OKHMATDYT” and Western Ukrainian specialized children’s medical center and is awaiting delivery to Ukraine. Annually together these hospitals help to overcome diseases more than three and a half thousand young patients.

“Modern technology and telecommunications not only change the world, but transformerait charity. So it was very important to give subscribers the ability to easily and quickly do good things with ordinary SMS messages. The fact that less than a year we managed to raise for the project “Children’s hope” first million, are inspired to believe that in the future the project will be able to help even more sick children to quality health care and treat disease. We are thankful to each subscriber for concern, because only together we can change the world for the better,” says Anna Zakharash, Director of corporate communications at Kyivstar.

The average size of the donation for the initiative “Children’s hope” is only 20 hryvnia. Thanks to the small contributions that together make up significant amounts, it is possible to purchase essential materials for hundreds of young patients. All prepaid subscribers of Kyivstar have the opportunity to choose the direction of care (cancer or cardiovascular) and one of the four regions of the country (Kyiv, Dnipro, Lviv and Odessa) in hospitals, which will be sent to their charitable contributions. Donations can be one-time, from 1 to 3,000 hryvnia, or regular – 2, 5, 10, 15 and 20 hryvnas. A recurring donation will continue automatically after each recharge of 40 UAH. The contribution does not matter, because each hryvnia helps a good cause. To see the details and to support the initiative at the link https://kyivstar.ua/uk/charity-ubb.

The project is implemented in partnership with ICF “Ukrainian philanthropic marketplace” (UBB), which has monitored children’s medical institutions of Ukraine and has an excellent knowledge of their real needs. Funds that are subscribers to donate via SMS, are not taxed. 100% of donations Kyivstar lists MBF UBB for the project. The Fund buys all the necessary materials for hospitals. Reports on the collection and use of funds can be found on the website of the Ukrainian philanthropic marketplace.

Charities cooperating with Kyivstar, passed a thorough inspection at the international group level “VEON” on the subject of the ethics of doing business.

We will remind, in December 2018 Kyivstar jointly with the International charity Fund “Ukrainian philanthropic marketplace” (MBF UBB) founded the social initiative “Children’s hope”. Her goal is to help children with heart defects and ekologichnii diseases.

FAQ about Kyivstar:

Kyivstar – Ukrainian telecommunications operator, providing communication services and data transmission based on a broad range of fixed and mobile technologies, including 3G and 4G connection. Research international company Ookl, in the Kyivstar network speed of mobile data transfer is the highest in comparison with the average for Ukraine. The Kyivstar services used by more than 26.3 million subscribers. Shareholders of Kyivstar – an international Group VEON Ltd, office in the Netherlands. Shares are freely traded on NASDAQ (new York) and Euronext (Amsterdam).

Kyivstar has over 20 years experience in Ukraine and is recognized as the largest tax payer of the communication industry, one of the best employers of Ukraine and a socially responsible company.

For more information contact: pr@kyivstar.net, www.kyivstar.ua

Help about Ukrainian philanthropic marketplace (ubb.org.ua):

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UBB offers a safe, clear, easy to help and get help.

The team of UBB comes up and selects projects, gathers resources and implements important charitable initiatives that leave no one indifferent.

Since 2012 is winners and laureates of the most significant awards and competitions in the field of philanthropy.

Over 7 years of experience on the platform ubb.org.ua attracted more than 224 million, supported by more than 4.3 thousand Charitable projects and initiatives that partners are more than 120 non-profit organizations and more than 200 business companies.

Ukrainian philanthropic marketplace allows you to help quickly, effectively and transparently come together to achieve great results from small contributions.