Update: Grants for Women's Businesses

 
 

In December, we announced that The Women's Opportunity Fund, a new entity created by Project Kesher Ukraine, is providing grants to support small women's businesses that need to rebuild or expand. PKU received 127 applications and 50 are being granted immediately with a total expenditure of $75,000. Due to the number and quality of applications, PKU will continue accepting applications and awarding grants throughout 2023. 

A few examples of what the Women’s Opportunity Fund is providing: 

  • A new coffee machine and furniture for a coffee shop in Mariupol.

  • New equipment for a dental clinic that had to relocate from Donetsk to Vinnytsia.

  • Production of Ukrainian cosmetics for a brand launched by a doctor during the war.

  • Production equipment for a small clothing business owned by a mother/daughter pair, who recently had to relocate to Dnipro. 

  • A camera for a young woman from Kyiv starting a photography business.

  • Sewing machines for a woman from the Luhansk region. She and her family are in the process of relocating, and her husband is a soldier who was recently wounded.

Lily Katz2023