The winner of the contest #worth "doing your own" was included in the top 100 Most Influential Women in the world according to the BBC
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Olga Olefirenko, who opened a farm thanks to winning the #worth "doing your own" contest, was included in the BBC 100 Women 2024 rating. she realized the dream of her hero father, who died near Mariupol in 2015.
The British Television Corporation BBC has announced its annual list of the 100 Most Influential Women in the world for 2024. The rating, among others, includes the winner of the contest #worth "doing your own" Olga Olefirenko, reports UNN.
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It should be noted that the #WorthDoingYourWay contest was held in 2023 with the support of the MHP-Hromada Charitable Foundation and the Ukrainian Veterans Fund. Winning the contest helped Olefirenko realize her long-held dream of starting a farm.
Olga was inspired to start her own farming business by her father, the commander of the 73rd Marine Special Forces Center Yuri Olefirenko. He was seriously wounded on January 16, 2015 near Mariupol, during a reconnaissance operation to detect enemy positions and adjust artillery fire. Yuriy Olefirenko was awarded the badge of Distinction "people's hero of Ukraine" (posthumously).
After the death of Yuri, the family was allocated a plot of land for farming. Olga decided to build a pig breeding facility on this land, because her father dreamed of farming and working near the land.
The current BBC ranking of the most influential women includes two Ukrainian women: Olefirenko and Olga Rudneva, founder of The Superhumans Center.
The entire list of 2024 can be viewed at Link.
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it is worth "doing your own"
The grant program was launched in 2023 by the Ministry of Veterans 'Affairs of Ukraine together with the Ukrainian Veterans' Foundation and the MHP – Hromada Charitable Foundation. The aim of the program is to support entrepreneurial initiatives of veterans in the fields of agriculture, food production and processing.
The program provides grants in the amount of 500 thousand to 1.5 million UAH for the winners of the competition. Veterans and family members of the fallen defenders of Ukraine who are registered as individual entrepreneurs or are founders of legal entities created no later than two years before the application is submitted can apply.
BBC 100 women
Every year, the BBC publishes a ranking of the 100 Most Influential Women in the world who inspired and changed it.
The project team compiled a short list of names that they collected themselves and which were suggested by journalists of 41 BBC Broadcasting Services.
The BBC scales both famous women who have been written about by the media, and those who have not made it to the news, but have achieved something important and are changing their society.
This year's list includes Nobel Peace Prize winner Nadia Murad, rape activist Gisele Pelico, actress Sharon Stone, Olympic Athletes Rebecca Andrade and Allison Felix, singer Ray, artist Tracy Emin, climate activist Adenike Olados and writer Christina Rivera Garza.
Last year, the project noted three Ukrainian women. These are climate policy adviser Irina Savchuk, writer Oksana Zabuzhko and children's rights defender Elena Rozvadovskaya.
