Olya Polyakova raised more than 2 million UAH for military prosthetics
The singer exceeded twice the planned amount of the collection and disclosed the name of the benefactor of the record contribution. He became a military man, defender of "Azovstal" Mykhailo Dianov. It was he who donated 1,700,000 UAH, collected for him by Ukrainians, for bionic prostheses for victims during the war.
At the beginning of October, Olya Polyakova joined the team of the charity platform dobro.ua and the National Rehabilitation Center Unbroken on the basis of the First Medical Association of Lviv, becoming an ambassador of the "Prostheses for the Unbroken" project, and initiated her own collection of funds for the treatment, rehabilitation and prosthetics of the Ukrainian military. As part of this initiative, the singer launched her online marathon "Together we are millions" with the participation of stars, the goal of which was to raised one million hryvnias.
In three weeks, Polyakova managed not only to collect the necessary funds, but also to double the result thanks to the support of the Ukrainian soldier, marine and defender of Mariupol Mykhailo Dianov, who transferred the sum of 1 700 000 UAH sent to him by Ukrainians for treatment.
"I am very proud of everyone who joined the charity initiative "Together we are millions. Prostheses for the Unbroken" and contributed to the treatment of our military. In three weeks, together with benefactors of the dobro.ua platform, we collected more than 2 million hryvnias - a significant amount that will speed up the prosthetics of Ukrainian defenders who lost their limbs while performing their duties. I am incredibly grateful to Mykhailo Dianov, the legendary defender of Mariupol, for what he did and continues to do for Ukraine.His donation amounted to a record 1 million 700 thousand hryvnias. It's just fantastic!", Olya Polyakova commented.
Mykhailo Dianov: "For more than 8 months, I have been living with the use of one hand. I am used to many restrictions. For a while, I thought that it would always be like this, and this thought is very difficult. Because it should not always be like this. Neither with me, nor in other guys who are in even worse situations. I've been looking for ways to redirect some of your help to those who, like me, need the ability to hug their family back with both arms and walk and possibly hold a gun. This is a very important direction for me and I found those who have already helped many veterans.Thanks to Olya Polyakova for the very timely initiative and the fact that it was thanks to her that I learned about the project.
I will donate 1,700,000 UAH from your donations to "Prostheses for the Unbreakable" of the Unbroken National Rehabilitation Center. The money will go towards the purchase of high-quality bionic prostheses. This is all your help, for which I once again say thank you".
"Ola Polyakova's charity collection is an incredible synergy of care, zeal and unity around a great goal. We are grateful to every benefactor for their donations and support. Special thanks to Mykhailo Dianov for his significant contribution and help to our brothers. Thanks to such charitable initiatives, we have the opportunity to save people and enable doctors to install high-quality prostheses to wounded military personnel, to whom we owe the protection of our lives," Iryna Gutsal, director of the charity platform dobro.ua
We will remind that the online charity marathon "Together we are millions" took place on November 3 on Ola Polyakova's Instagram page.For three hours in a row, the singer, together with her star colleagues, soldiers, athletes and journalists, communicated live in order to collect the necessary amount for the purchase of bionic prostheses for the injured Ukrainians, who are being helped at the National Rehabilitation Center "Nezlamny". Masha Yefrosinina, Dmytro Gordon, Alesya Batsman, Yuriy Gorbunov, Anri Dzhokhadze, Tanya Pylypchuk, Oleksiy Sukhanov, Dasha Astaf'eva, Zhan Beleniuk and Mykhailo Yurchuk joined the charitable initiative.