Sayenko Kharenko Partners Sergey Pogrebnoy and Michael Kharenko have joined forces with Ukrainian businessmen Vyacheslav Lysenko and Yuri Krivosheya to create the “Dyhai” Charity Fund dedicated to providing financial assistance to Ukrainian hospitals, doctors, and scientists combatting the Covid-19 crisis in Ukraine.
According to Sayenko Kharenko, "the fund’s activities are aimed both at solving the problems existing today and systematic preparation for dealing with the problems that Ukraine is going to face soon. The most relevant focus areas today are centralized procurements of necessary equipment, personal protective equipment for doctors and providing hospitals with the equipment, and targeted support for doctors.Our systematic approach to business allows us not just to respond to the existing problems but also to predict the development of events when it comes to the Fund’s operations as well. It is obvious that the next challenge all the countries all over the world are going to face is vaccines procurement. And our aim is to get as much prepared as possible. This means that the sooner we start the preparations (raise funds, search for suppliers, and sign preliminary contracts), the more vaccines we will be able to provide for the country once the vaccine is developed."
“To tell the truth, charity is not something new for us, many of our colleagues have their own history of providing assistance in various areas," commented Sayenko Kharenko Partner Sergey Pogrebnoy. "That’s why with the start of the spread of COVID-19 in Ukraine, we all (Sayenko Kharenko’s partners, our clients, and friends) started 'silent' fundraising. Having raised over USD 3 million during a short period, we saw that number of people willing to help only increased. That’s how Michael, Yuri, Vyacheslav and I decided to join together and create a charity fund that would allow us to combine the efforts of all those who care and to save them from the need to solve routine and complex technical and legal issues.”
