EVA chain of stores and Happy Paw charity foundation announce a project to help animals in shelters
Date: 2024-10-10 Author: Кирило Загоруйко Categories: COMMUNITY
On the occasion of World Animal Day, EVA chain of stores and the Happy Paw charity foundation presented the fifth, anniversary project "VusoSvyato", aimed at helping animals in Ukrainian shelters. The presentation took place in the Gostomel shelter during the "Kindness Tour", where they summed up the preliminary results of four years of cooperation. More than 600 cats and dogs live in the shelter, which regularly receive help from EVA and Happy Paw. A third of the animals from this shelter were evacuated from the combat zone, including from the Kherson region during the flood after the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station.
The current project was named "VusoSvyato". Thus, the organizers decided to emphasize its special anniversary status. "Celebrating 4+1 years: 4 paws + 1 donation," - this is how the organizers played up the round date of the charity project to help animals.
The "VusoSvyato" project, which starts on October 24 and will last until December 6, will allow anyone to join the fundraising to help animals in shelters. A charitable contribution can be made at EVA checkouts and on the Happy Paw website.
Alexandra Gnatik, head of the PR department of the EVA and EVA.UA chain of stores, said that at the start of the project in 2020, the number of benefactors was 840 people, the amount of funds collected then amounted to 270 thousand hryvnias, and 7 shelters received assistance.
Over the course of four years of cooperation, EVA and Happy Paw supported almost 100 shelters across Ukraine, helped more than 30,000 animals to spend the winter in warm conditions and attracted 347,840 benefactors to charity, raising more than UAH 4.1 million. According to Oleksandra Gnatyk, 2022 was especially difficult, when, despite the focus on helping the population and the military, EVA continued projects to support homeless animals.
"Over the years, we have not only warmed tens of thousands of animals, but also attracted hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to good deeds. This inspires us to continue working for animals who are already waiting for warmth and care," Oleksandra noted.
The direction of helping animals in the EVA chain of stores was born at the end of 2020. Then the company launched a good initiative - to refuse expensive gifts for the New Year holidays for partners, and to transfer the saved funds to help homeless animals in shelters.
In 2021, EVA became a partner of the Happy Paw foundation, which allowed it to significantly expand the impact of charitable initiatives.
"Thanks to years of cooperation with the EVA chain of stores, our foundation can no longer imagine the New Year holidays without a joint project. After all, every year our cooperation generated colossal help for animals in shelters, literally warming thousands of paws and tails. And some of the animals even found a home and a loving family. Therefore, we, together with the four-legged animals from the shelters, are eagerly awaiting the start of the current "VusoSvyat", - notes the founder and chairperson of the Happy Paw foundation Olga Spektor.
During the "Kindness Tour" to the Gostomel shelter, guests saw with their own eyes the results of many years of cooperation between EVA and Happy Paw, scratched their fluffy bellies and treated numerous dogs with delicious treats. The animals in the shelter are well-groomed, well-fed, they reacted vigorously to visitors and, of course, to the treats in their hands. Veterinarians carefully monitor the health of the animals in the shelter.
But the most touching moment of the meeting was the adoption of a cat who lived in the shelter - he went home with one of the guests of the "Kindness Tour". Therefore, the event lived up to its name, giving warm emotions to the guests of the shelter and a home to one of its charges.
