Kyivstar supports children who lost their parents during the war
Kyivstar is investing UAH 5.8 million in an educational initiative to help children who lost one or both parents during the war. The project aims to provide IT education and the necessary technical devices for their studies to more than 340 high school boys and girls.
The mobile operator is joining forces with GoITeens, an online IT academy for children and teenagers, and dobro.ua, a charity platform, to launch an educational initiative aimed at supporting teenagers under the care of the Children of Heroes charity foundation, which takes care of more than 7,000 children and teenagers who lost their parents in the war.
"The IT sector is one of the fastest growing in Ukraine, and we at Kyivstar are committed to using this potential to support the future of our children, especially those whose parents were killed in the war. Our investment in education and digital infrastructure is an important part of our social responsibility and builds a solid foundation for a progressive Ukraine," said Oleksandr Komarov, President of Kyivstar.
The GoITeens educational programme embodies a project-based approach that will not only allow young people to work successfully as freelancers or in IT companies, but also to establish their own technology startups before they start university. Kyivstar, emphasising the importance of access to modern technologies in the educational process, provides some children in need with laptops. This not only allows them to actively participate in real projects that meet the requirements of the modern IT market, but also provides them with practical skills and valuable experience that is the foundation for a future career in the industry.
"Our goal to provide quality education requires considerable effort and investment: in teachers, materials, and infrastructure. We are grateful to Kyivstar for supporting this important initiative, as 340 Ukrainian children will receive up-to-date IT education and the opportunity to create their own success story. This is a great contribution to the upbringing of children whose parents were killed by the enemy for our independence," says Vyacheslav Polinovsky, CEO of GoITeens, an online IT academy for children.
The charity platform dobro.ua has created a project so that everyone who wants to help teenagers get an IT education can join in and contribute to their education and the future of Ukraine.
"Educational projects are always in the focus of our platform. Education is the best investment a society can make in its future. Children who lost their parents during the war need deeper care and support. We will never be able to bring back their loved ones, but we can try to prepare them for adulthood, where they will be in demand as specialists," says Iryna Hutsal, director of the charity platform dobro.ua.
Kyivstar and its partners are calling on the community to join the initiative and teach more children who lost one or both parents during the war. We teach our children because we live here!
Helping the children of killed Ukrainians
