UKRSIBBANK donated UAH 20 million through UNITED24 fundraising platform to purchase modern ambulances
UKRSIBBANK BNP Paribas Group thirdly donated for the purchase of ambulances equipped with advanced medical equipment through the UNITED24 fundraising platform. Thus, the total amount of donations to the UNITED24 bank amounted to almost UAH 60 million.
UKRSIBBANK continues to actively participate in humanitarian initiatives aimed at supporting medicine. The new Type C ambulances will be equipped with modern medical equipment, including defibrillators, cardiac monitors, oxygen cylinders, and lung ventilation devices.
Today, in extremely difficult conditions for Ukraine, medicine is critically important for our society. Our donations to the UNITED24 fundraising platform and the resulting purchase of ambulances are an opportunity to save people's lives.
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the international BNP Paribas Group has been supporting Ukraine. Through its “Rescue and Recovery” fund, the BNP Paribas Group allocated more than €19 million to support its employees, as well as the population of Ukraine through NGOs and international organizations.
Background
UNITED24 – is initiated by the President of Ukraine fundraising platform and the primary place for collecting donations to support Ukraine. Over the entire period of operation, UNITED24 has gathered over 500 million dollars from citizens in 110 countries. Among the ambassadors of UNITED24 are well-known athletes such as Andriy Shevchenko, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Elina Svitolina, and Oleksandr Usyk, as well as creative director Demna Gvasalia, American actors Liev Schreiber and Mark Hamill, actresses Ivanna Sakhno and Katheryne Winnick, Imagine Dragons, singer and actress Barbra Streisand, astronaut Scott Kelly, and historian Timothy Snyder.