“Each employee of the Foundation understands that he works with a person – not with numbers, not with indicators. The most important are people.”
Yesterday, Nataliia Kalmykova, Executive Director of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs of Ukraine, visited Poltava.Here she managed to meet personally the winners of #Varto competition programs from the Poltava region:
– with veteran entrepreneur Taras Lelyukh, who owns the agribusiness “Demetra Agro-Group”
– Dmytro Horishnyi, who is engaged in serial production of mobile field simulators for training grenade launchers and Anti-tank missiles and MANPADS operators
– Maryna Kumechko, who together with her husband develops the Kumechko farm.
– Igor and Anna Yashchenko, who own the “BIOS” farmAlso, the team of the Ukrainian Veterans Foundation of the Ministry of Veterans held a working meeting “Opportunities for the development of veteran business”.
At the round table in the Poltava City Council gathered, in particular:
✅ Nataliia Kalmykova, Executive Director of the UVF of the Ministry of Veterans
✅ Secretary of the Poltava City Council, Kateryna Yamshchikova
✅ Director of the Regional Development Agency of the Poltava Region “Office of European Integration” Vita Klymenko
✅ Management of Poltava Regional and Military Administrations
✅ Representatives of the veteran business of the Poltava region — Taras Lelyukh, head of the GS “Business Association of Defenders of Ukraine Kolovorot Areiv”.
The executive director of the UVF Nataliya Kalmykova explained to the veterans of the Poltava region the mechanism of receiving assistance under a number of competitive programs of the UVF. She emphasized transparency and reporting on the funds used.In addition, they talked about several examples of veteran businesses that have already received funding from the Foundation and are successfully developing.
First of all, we work with people, not with numbers or indicators. That’s why we know the story of everyone who comes to us, we support them in communication, financially, and morally.We want veterans and their families to feel that support is already there and will be there for everyone upon their return.
