OTP BANK presented to 550 orphanage schoolchildren first in their lives vyshyvankas
OTP BANK JSC within the OTP Bank Helps Ukraine charity program implemented an initiative to purchase embroidered shirts for schoolchildren of family-type orphanages, centers for social and psychological rehabilitation of children, and special schools.
"For almost all the children, these were the first embroidered clothes in their lives! On May 15, on the Vyshyvanka Day, the Bank's volunteers personally went to children's institutions to congratulate the children and give them embroidered clothes. It is extremely important that these young hearts grow up with love for Ukrainian traditions, with knowledge about their native land and its history. After all, vyshyvankas were worn even during the times of Kyivan Rus, and mentions of them are contained in the "Word of Igor's Campaign" and in the Ipatiev Chronicle. We really want to preserve this connection between generations and to give children warmth, care and love”, - told team leader of the OTP Bank Helps Ukraine charity project and director of retail sales and network management of OTP BANK Lesia Syrota.
In total, the embroidered shirts were delivered to 20 children's institutions. The children of one of them - the Braginets family-type orphanage - together with their guardians personally visited the Bank's head office, where they received vyshyvankas from the Chairman of the Board, Volodymyr Mudryi.
The total cost of the initiative was over 600 thousand UAH. You can learn more about it here.
To remind, that in 2024, OTP Bank Helps Ukraine volunteers also donated embroidered shirts to children from orphanages and special schools. To read about last year's project, follow the link.
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Public Joint Stock Company OTP Bank is a subsidiary of OTP Bank, which is the largest independent Central-Eastern-European banking group. JSC OTP Bank is one of the largest domestic banks, a recognized leader in the financial sector of Ukraine. The Bank provides a full range of financial services to corporate and private customers, as well as to small and medium enterprises. The bank entered the Ukrainian market in 1998, and since then it enjoys a staunch reputation of socially responsible, reliable and stable institution providing its consumers with services of European quality standard.
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