Veteran entrepreneur Mykola Voropai is a story about stubbornness, inspiration, forward movement, development and life.
Just think about it: the man was on a combat mission in Mariupol surrounded by Russians as part of the Marine Guard unit. After the start of the Russian full-scale invasion, he fought in Mariupol and managed to get out of the encircled city.
He moved to Subcarpathia and settled in Ivano-Frankivsk, where he started to resume his business.
In Mariupol, Mykola had his own photo studio and created souvenir products. During the full-scale invasion, he lost everything, and the businessman returned to action – together with the unit, he performed tasks in the area of the Azov Ship Repair Plant and the Mariupol Sea Trade Port.
Now the Ukrainian Veterans Fund is helping the entrepreneur in reviving his business: the man applied for the “Varto” competition of the UVF.
Mykola will receive funding for the implementation of the “ARTnation” project. Renuval”.
Its essence is the launch of its own production for cutting various materials, applying images, labelling products, etc. With these funds, they plan to purchase a laser machine, a milling machine, a 3D printer, and a UV printer. With the help of this equipment, according to the entrepreneur, it will be possible to print high-quality images on almost any surface.
Mr. Mykola plans to manufacture an impressive range of products: coasters for drinks, flower beds, clothes for amulet dolls, lamps, applying images on tiles, printing on fabrics, etc. We would also like to add that this is not Mykola Voropay’s first cooperation with the Ukrainian Veterans Fund — he has already received funding from the UVF as part of the “20 thousand hryvnias” program.
These funds also were used for purchasing photo and laser equipment, and in the summer of 2022 he resumed production of products. The business comes to life, something that once was lost is now renovated, once stolen is returned to the owner, at the cost of a lot of work. And we at the UVF help in this by lending a hand of support.
