— IT VN Charity
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Through charitable initiatives, the Vinnytsia IT Association unites companies to create real social impact together — supporting military and civilian personnel, assisting educational initiatives, and developing the community.
Systemic Help Platform
We create an environment where IT companies can pool resources, expertise, and people to scale help and make it systemic
We believe that when the tech community comes together, its impact goes far beyond the industry.
Each of our projects is a specific aid figure, specific partner companies, and specific Heroes and civilians reached by this aid.
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Engage teams in volunteering and social initiatives
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Support the country's recovery
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Strengthen the reputation of socially responsible business
We report
Initiatives implemented jointly with the participating companies and partners of the Association. Each project is documented
Platform
HELP UA — a platform for helping Ukrainians
Vinnytsia IT Association and Winstars Technology R&D engineers created an announcement platform for the needs of the Ukrainian population. The service was called HELP UA. With the help of the platform, you can: help the army, find housing, find transportation, receive humanitarian aid. Two main menus are available to users: "Give help" and "Help needed."
Terminals
Starlink for member companies of the Association
In cooperation with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and IT Ukraine, we provided Association member companies with a batch of 33 Starlink satellite communication systems with free subscriptions. We also thank the Infopulse team for helping deliver systems from Western Ukraine.
Equipment
Military uniforms and equipment
Together with Letyshops, EPAM Ukraine, Sigma Software, Lampa Software, and Winstars.AI, we provided uniforms and equipment for 120 soldiers; specifically, uniforms of a specific size were purchased - extra small and extra large.
700 000 ₴
Replacing windows in houses after the July 14 terrorist attack
The IT Association of Vinnytsia participated in the replacement of windows in the entrances of three buildings that were damaged as a result of the Russian terrorist attack on July 14. In particular, together with EPAM Ukraine, Onseo, Infopulse, Exadel, Avenga, and Dedey Digital transferred UAH 700,000 to These are the houses: Shmidta, 34, V. Vinnichenko, 33, Zamostyanska, 27.
69 000 ₴
Cyclops 335 Thermal Monocular
Together with EPAM Ukraine and LetyShops, collected UAH 69,000 and handed over the Cyclops 335 thermal imaging monocular to the fighters in the Kharkiv direction.
517 000 ₴
H20T Camera for Matrice 300 Attack Helicopter
Together with Letyshops, EPAM Ukraine, Lampa Software, Exadel, Existek, Onseo donated UAH 517,000 for the H20T camera for the Matrice 300 shock quadcopter, which was handed over to the 120th SMB
82 000 ₴
Collections for the FAU through Community Meetups
As a result of charity auctions at the Code & Cheers Stand-Up, IT VN Clubs, and the annual Innovation Day program, the IT VN community collected and donated 82,000 hryvnias to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Sport equipment
Rehabilitation equipment for a veterans' hospital
Together with FST Ukraine, thanks to the active gathering among the Telegram community of the Association and the Letyshops company, we delivered the first part of the purchased sports equipment to the Vinnytsia region—war veterans hospital.
Gifts
Christmas gifts for children
Together with partners UA Tech Network, Country of Dreams and Epicenter, IT VN shared 10 modern tablets with covers and sweet gifts as New Year's gifts for military children from Vinnytsia. The gifts were given personally to the fighters of the 93rd "Kholodny Yar"
12 500 ₴
Drone Department
During the presentation of the Tech Connect platform, charity lots were drawn. In this way, it was possible to collect 12,500 hryvnias, which were donated to the development of the Department of Drones from the Vinnytsia IT Academy
# SPECIAL DIGITAL MEMORY PROJECT
Living memory of Vinnytsia
1500+
Saved multimedia stories
Together with the NGO “Union of Indestructible Families”, the Department of Social Policy of the Ukrainian Red Crescent, the INTITA and ElifTech teams, we developed the “Living Memory of Vinnytsia” platform. This is an online memorial with over 1,000 stories of our Heroes and Heroines — Vinnytsia residents who gave their lives for Ukraine. Their voices, views, and memories — a bridge between the past and the future, which is essential to preserve, are preserved here.
The presentation took place on July 14, the third anniversary of the terrorist attack in Vinnytsia, which claimed 29 lives.
