"Do your own thing": an immigrant from Luhansk region revives a beekeeping business destroyed by the occupiers in Vinnytsia region

Mykhailo Hrebennik, an immigrant from Luhansk region, won the "Do Your Own" competition and opened a beekeeping business in Vinnytsia region. This was reported by MHP-Zernoproduct, and UNN.

Details

It is reported that by the spring of 2022, Hrebennik had the largest apiary in the Luhansk region. It was located in Sievierodonetsk. However, Hrebennik's business, as well as his home, were completely destroyed by the occupiers. Mykhailo managed to escape and move his family to Vinnytsia region. On peaceful territory, Hrebennik started his own business from scratch. His knowledge, friends, and colleagues helped him with this. And also the MHP-Hromada Charitable Foundation, which provided grant support.

"Mykhailo Hrebennik won 100 thousand UAH as part of the Do Your Own business idea competition for the project 'Your Apiary'. He used the money to buy a device for creaming honey. Now the beekeeper will not only collect honey, but also cremate it, pack it, and sell it online," the statement reads.

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To recap

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 more than 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.

Reference

MHP-Gromada is a Ukrainian charitable foundation that started its operations in 2015. Its main mission is the integrated 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.