The Ukrainian Veterans Foundation of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine analyzed which areas of veteran business most often applied for microfinancial support during the year.
During the year, 206 entrepreneurs who are veterans or belong to the families of Defenders of Ukraine and run their own businesses received compensation from the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation. The maximum amount is 20,000, and the minimum amount requested is 6,200 hryvnias.
The total amount of payments is 3.9 million hryvnias.
Areas which received funding most often
The program can be used by veterans, their spouses, children, parents, and families of fallen Defenders of Ukraine. The distribution by economic areas looks like this.
Most often, funding is received by businesses in the food sector: cafés, restaurants, and street food stalls. There are 12.14% of such entrepreneurs. In second place is the sphere of retail trade of non-food products, with 11.17%. Entrepreneurs from the food trade are in third place in terms of reimbursements received, 9.71%. Currently, representatives of the educational and tourism sectors are the least likely to apply for financial support. They comprise only 3.4% of the total number of recipients.
As for the division by gender, 101 women and 105 men received reimbursements.
In total, the compensation program is designed for 500 applicants with a total budget of 10 million and is valid until the end of martial law.
It can be used by officially registered veteran entrepreneurs or their family members.
More details are on the website of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation.
