Vasyl Tsvyakh, the winner of the Do Your Own business idea competition, opened a car maintenance service in the village of Ivanchany, Ternopil region. A good car mechanic who does a good job and is not expensive is worth its weight in gold. So, to get to Tsvyakh, customers are willing to travel 100 kilometers to get their cars serviced. This was reported by MHP-Ridnyi Krai Western Hub, UNN reported.
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Vasyl worked for 10 years at authorized service stations in Ternopil. But then he decided to open his own car repair shop. Two years ago, he built a building near his home from scratch. After the outbreak of a large-scale war, he put the preparatory work on hold, but resumed it this year. Because he has a goal, a plan to achieve it, and helpers like MHP and its strategic partner, the MHP-Hromada charity foundation.
This year, Vasyl Tsvyakh won UAH 100 thousand in the Foundation's Do Your Own business idea competition, with which he bought a hydraulic stand, a welding machine, and various small but essential tools for quality work. He also bought a pneumatic compressor and a hydraulic press at his own expense. And now the service station has been operating for four months. Vasyl specializes in chassis repairs, engine maintenance, and replacing technical fluids and consumables. Customers come from all over the community, and there is an appointment for repairs at least two days in advance. "We are always happy to support people who start their own businesses. Especially when they are really useful businesses for the community, like this service station.
There are no car repair shops within a 20-kilometer radius, so now people will be able to quickly get high-quality and inexpensive car maintenance services," comments Yuriy Fedorchak, director of the Ridnyi Krai branch of the MHP Western Hub. Tsvyakh and his wife have plans to further develop their business, including creating new jobs.
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Recall
At the end of May, the organizers of the "Do Your Own" business idea competition for entrepreneurs in small towns and villages announced the winners of the 2023 edition. This year, the MHP-Hromada Charitable Foundation, which organized the competition, supported 80 business projects totaling over UAH 7.4 million. A total of 615 applications were received from small entrepreneurs from all over the country. In particular, most business ideas were submitted in Kyiv (22%), Cherkasy (12%), Dnipro (11%), Vinnytsia (9%), and Lviv (9%) regions.
The main criteria for selecting the winners were project innovation, economic component, creation of new jobs, social significance, and involvement of IDPs in business or work. Both existing businesses that are expanding or relocating and entrepreneurs who have a business idea and are just looking for funding to implement it received grant support.
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MHP-Gromada is a Ukrainian charitable foundation that started its operations in 2015. Its main mission is the comprehensive development of communities. The geography of its activities includes 12 regions of Ukraine: more than 700 towns and villages. Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Foundation has been systematically supporting people in the war zone, Ukrainian defenders and rescuers, communities, hospitals and maternity homes, charitable institutions that care for orphans and the elderly, as well as people who have lost their homes and livelihoods due to the war.