Ukraine Csr Bulletin: issue # 67 January 27, 2009

life:) Subscribers Collect UAH 50 thsd to Help Orphanages

For the fourth consecutive year, subscribers to cell phone operator life:) are raising funds to help homeless children through the operator’s charitable project Help Is So Easy. The project began a new stage with the launch of a designated number to which life:) subscribers could send a text message and in return receive Ukrainian pop star Irina Bilyk’s song, New Year’s Eve, free of charge. For each text message received, UAH 1 (USD 0.13) (incl. VAT), was deducted from the customer’s account. In the two months that the number was in operation, UAH 54,667 UAH (USD 7,099) was raised for local orphanages. Since 2005, the project has raised more than UAH 2.3 mln (USD 298,701). Apart from monetary support, the project seeks to change the attitude of Ukrainians toward the plight of homeless children. Ukrainian celebrities have joined life:) in this effort, helping draw the attention of the country to the problem of homeless and abandoned children. This year’s initiative was supported by Ukraine film industry luminaries. For more information, please click here.

STELLA ZAKHAROVA CUP 2009 Looks for Partners

Famous Ukrainian gymnast and head of the Sports for Children Charitable Foundation and the Gymnasts’ Club Stella Zakharova is organizing an international competition for the Stella Zakharova Cup. The tournament was launched in 2002 to promote Ukrainian gymnastics and has since become one of the major events in Ukrainian sports. The Stella Zakharova Cup is looking for partners for the 2009 competition. Please click here for more information (in Russian).

Eco News at Eco-Ukraine www.eco-ukraine.org.ua

Green Week International Forum to be Held in Ukraine

On March 16-22, the consortium for Ecological Technologies and Innovations, the Ukraine Partnership Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine and ExpoCenter Ukraine will host the international forum Green Week in Ukraine to introduce principles of the sustainable development of local territories. The aim of the international event is to harmonize relations among businesses, government and society and create conditions to transfer the sustainable model of harmonized energy and ecologically balanced development. Please click here for registration and additional information.

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