The International foundation Stand with Ukraine, which supports Ukrainian
mothers and children, has started activities in Bulgaria. The foundation aims to
provide future generations of Ukrainians with an opportunity to grow up to be
healthy, strong, and successful, whilst also protecting their rights to happy and
peaceful lives.
The foundation focuses on helping the most needy and war-affected families
with children. Thus, aid from the foundation is directed toward: the treatment
and rehabilitation of sick and war-affected children, the provision of quality
medicines and medical equipment, accommodation in medical facilities, the
procurement of first-class food products and supplements, the provision of
suitable conditions for children with specific needs, and other similar projects.
The Head of the Supervisory Board of the foundation Stand with Ukraine is
Georgi Sazhinov, PhD. He lives in Ukraine and has over 30 years’ experience
in the field of healthy nutrition in children. At present, Mr Sazhinov is involved
in the development of projects for healthy nutrition in schools.
The foundation’s team includes experts in other fields, such as lawyer Olga
Matviyeva, dairy expert Vadim Chagarkovsky and the deputy director of
Cherwill College in Oxford, Helen Clark – who is organizing a charity auction to
raise funds for the foundation, in Oxford, in September.
Another distinguished member of Stand with Ukraine is Natalia Kovalevskaya,
a Healthcare portfolio manager atSignet Global.Ms Kovalevskaya focuses on
fundraising and is responsible for coordinating with the foundation’s American
partners to help Ukraine in the face of ongoing Russian aggression.
