Saving Lives send a humanitarian aid convoy to perinatal centres in Odessa
The Saving Lives humanitarian project implemented by Metinvest Group in concert with the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation expands the scope of aid provided to Ukrainians every month. This time, it sends 35,000 baby food packages to Odessa.
Humanitarian assistance in wartime is a significant part of the work for Metinvest Group and the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation. Vulnerable groups of Ukrainians receive all kinds of assistance, food, essentials, and medicines as part of the Saving Lives initiative.
Currently, it sends a humanitarian aid convoy with much-needed infant food to Odessa maternity hospitals. In response to a request from Odessa City Administration, the project has tied up with the Ministry of Health of Ukraine to arrange packages with infant formulas. A truck loaded with baby food was sent from a humanitarian hub of Central GOK.
“Today, Metinvest Group has become a backbone for Ukraine and its humanitarian efforts. In the very first days of the war, the company in concert with the Rinat Akhmetov Foundation launched one of the largest humanitarian projects, Saving Lives, which has already helped more than 300,000 Ukrainians. Overall, 189 companies from all over the world has joined the initiative. Metinvest employees form humanitarian aid packages in the distribution centre located on the site of Central GOK and then send them to different regions of Ukraine. We have just prepared a humanitarian aid convoy with baby formulas, which will be sent to Odessa,” said Dmytro Shevchyk, CEO of Metinvest Group's Central GOK.
The humanitarian aid convoy is heading to perinatal care centres in Odessa, which determine the complementary food needs. New mums will receive packages with baby formulas, which will last for a month.
Since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine, Metinvest Group has made arrangements to supply humanitarian assistance to the most vulnerable groups, including families of conscripted employees, welfare recipients, retired employees, as well as residents of liberated areas and shelters in 37 communities of Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Kyrovohrad, and Kherson oblasts.