free selection of educational programs from the best Ukrainian and foreign teachers. On November 30, 2017, Kyivstar launched the Sharity social platform to help charitable projects. As part of this initiative, the operator transferred UAH 1.6 million to the Tvoya Opora Charitable Foundation to provide medicines for children's heart surgeries. Since 2017, Kyivstar has been supporting the GoCamp educational project in cooperation with the largest international volunteer initiative in Eastern Europe, GoGlobal. As part of the project, Ukrainian students learn foreign languages and communicate in a multicultural environment. Kyivstar initiated the development of an interactive training course Entrepreneurship & Innovation development. The company's specialists, as volunteers and mentors, organize training webinars for students and teachers. On August 15, 2018, in Kharkiv, Kyiv, and Poltava regions, Kyivstar and the National Police of Ukraine launched the joint project "Search for Children". By the end of 2018, Kyivstar connected all regions of Ukraine to the service. At the end of 2018, Kyivstar together with the International Charitable Foundation "Ukrainian Charity Exchange" launched the "Children's Hope" initiative to help children with heart disease and cancer. Kyivstar has created a transparent system that allows its subscribers to make charitable contributions quickly and conveniently via SMS. In 2021, the fee for the project exceeded ₴8 million. These funds were used to purchase equipment for more than 15 hospitals throughout Ukraine. In September 2019, the operator launched Ukraine's first online mobile literacy school "Smartphone for parents" - an interactive video course for the older generation with step-by-step instructions, as well as an information campaign to bridge the digital divide and break stereotypes about technology. In December 2020, this project won the European Excellence Awards in the Telecommunications category, and also won bronze in the national competition Effie Awards Ukraine in the PR category, Corporate Reputation. On February 11, 2020, together with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and the Office of the Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights, Kyivstar launched an educational portal https://stop-sexting.in.ua and an information campaign #не_ведись. In connection with the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, Kyivstar has allocated UAH 30 million, of which UAH 30 million is charitable. In cooperation with the Tvoya Opora Charitable Foundation, the company provided Ukrainian hospitals with 10 ventilators with consumables, 20 patient monitors, and 6,851 reusable protective suits for medical staff at 30 support hospitals and 55 oxygen concentrators. References External links Telenor Ukrainian companies established in 1994 Telecommunications