OREANDA-NEWS. December 30, 2010. UkrSibbank BNP Paribas Group in cooperation with “Likar.Infund” International Charity Foundation once more makes Christmas present for children – new playgrounds in 8 orphanages located in different regions of Ukraine. Thanks to “Sensible Charity” project, already in spring, over 900 children will play and do sports using new chinning bars and swingsets. Previously, these playgrounds used to be broken and required repairs.

“We wish to bring joy to those who need it most – to children at orphanages. At that, just sweets or toys would not be enough, thus we would like to offer a New Year present that is really special and make the joy last for years. Our previous experience and sincere smiles of children prove that we should proceed on the initiative,” shared Sergiy Panov, the Acting Chairman of the Management Board, UkrSibbank BNP Paribas Group.

UkrSibbank is the bank of positive changes. Last year, the bank already built 8 playgrounds for orphanages in Zhytomyr, Vinnytsya, Chernihiv, Khmelnytskyi, Luhansk, Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, and Sumy regions. UkrSibbank will go on making children happy, hoping that other sponsors will also join the project, as children’s smiles make the world change for better.

Larysa Slyunchenko speaking on behalf of “Likar.Infund” International Charity Foundation: “Last year UkrSibbank became the pioneer of “Sensible Charity - Playgrounds for Orphanages” initiative. Joining our efforts, we have arranged playgrounds in eight regions and in the spring more than 700 children played and did sports using new safe facilities. We are glad that this year UkrSibbank keeps on taking an active part in the initiative. This year new playgrounds will be constructed in Khmelnytskyi, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Ivano-Frankivsk, Lviv, Sumy, Kharkiv regions, and in the Crimea. I would like to emphasize the essence of the initiative, which allows raising funds for charitable purposes out of companies’ budgets. We offered the companies that their funds allocated for New Year souvenirs at the beginning of the year be used for social projects. So, even at the time of crisis there is a way to find money for charity. This is a wonderful example of business taking care of socially vulnerable layers of population.”