Standing with Ukraine & Ukrainians

Since Russia's initial invasion in 2014, the foundation has focused its support on delivering food and medicine, providing treatment and rehabilitation for injuries, offering psychological support and giving comprehensive assistance to children.

As part of the “Rinat Akhmetov – Saving Lives” programme, the foundation has distributed over 13 million food packages, 800,000 medical kits and medical equipment. It has also regularly facilitated treatment and rehabilitation for adults and children injured during the war, assisting more than 11,000 people since 2014. 

Through the “Rinat Akhmetov to Children” programme, more than 5 million children have received comprehensive support for their well-being and development. Additionally, 10,000 children have been housed with new families through the “Say No to Orphanhood” project, and over 230 children have received modern hearing aids through the “Now I Can Hear” initiative. Nearly 5,000 children affected by the war have benefited from the “Peaceful Recreation for Children of Ukraine” initiative, which provides them with psychological support and the chance to relax and recover.

In collaboration with the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, the foundation was the first to provide comprehensive assistance to children returned to Ukraine after being illegally deported to Russia. It also supports medical institutions, including Ukraine’s leading children’s hospital, Okhmatdyt, which sustained significant damage during a major Russian attack in summer 2024. As part of its aid, the foundation donated cutting-edge medical equipment to the hospital. 

In 2023, the foundation joined the pilot social housing project “MariupolHousing” for displaced Mariupol residents. As the primary Ukrainian donor to the initiative, it took responsibility for equipping shared spaces and creating a children’s playground.

Prior to the full-scale invasion in February 2022, the museum focused on collecting stories from residents of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, where fighting was ongoing. Since the full-scale invasion, its scope has expanded to include accounts from across Ukraine. These testimonies not only preserve oral history, but also serve as critical evidence in court proceedings, forming the basis for the fair prosecution of war crimes. Some contributors have already testified at Permanent People’s Tribunal in The Hague in 2023. 

Since its inception in 2014, the museum has operated online, publishing video, audio and written testimonies. In 2024, it broadened its scope to include offline initiatives, launching a multimedia space as part of the "VOICES" exhibition at the Museum of Kyiv History. Another notable offline project, “Peaceful Diaries: Voices of Those Who Survived and Those Who Did Not”, was a documentary initiative based on the diaries of Kateryna Savenko and Volodymyr Velychko from Mariupol. These accounts, with their contrasting outcomes, provide deeply personal perspectives on the tragedy of war. 

The museum also organises thematic events, both in Ukraine and abroad, engaging global experts. It conducts interviews with historians, artists and specialists in national memory preservation, while supporting documentary filmmakers. These efforts aim to bring greater awareness to the experiences of Ukrainians during the war. Each story is a testament to strength and resilience. 

Stories can be shared on the museum’s portal.

SCM and its portfolio companies invest heavily in improving the educational landscape, fostering human capital development through various innovative initiatives to close critical skills gaps and addressing transformation needs across multiple sectors.

SCM’s commitment to advancing education began well before the war. One of its earliest initiatives was the creation of Grigorivska, its first international school in Donetsk. Regrettably, with the outbreak of war in 2014, this landmark educational project could not be fulfilled.

While it plays a role in preparing the workforce for the energy transition, its scope extends far beyond a single sector. Since 2014, Academy DTEK has worked with leading Ukrainian and international companies and public-sector organisations. Its campus is a single, thoughtfully designed ecosystem where nature and new technologies converge to inspire guests and participants. Implemented in accordance with the US’ Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard, the campus prioritises ‘green’ technologies and the rational use of resources. Innovative spaces include a large co-working “Zen Garden” and an auditorium that can seat 230 people. Academy DTEK's commitment to excellence has earned it international acclaim, such as being named the best corporate university in the world in the "Corporate Social Responsibility" category by Global CCU in 2019.

The institution was the first in Ukraine to implement the comprehensive integration of large business into technical education, with the educational process involving not only academics but also leading engineers and managers from Metinvest who prepare students to make real-world business decisions. It has demonstrated remarkable success in addressing critical workforce shortages and upskilling employees. Students benefit from real-world experience through industrial internships at Metinvest's enterprises internationally, including recent partnerships with Promet Steel in Bulgaria and Danieli in Italy and Austria. Metinvest Polytechnic has established cooperation with more than 30 research and educational institutions across Bulgaria, Poland, Italy, Latvia and Ukraine, and was the first Ukrainian institution to join the global Vision Zero initiative for workplace safety.

Complementing these internal programmes, SCM actively partners with leading academic institutions to expand educational opportunities and align curricula with industry needs. Notable collaborations include partnerships with American University Kyiv, the Kyiv School of Economics, and Mariupol University (now operating from Kyiv). This comprehensive approach demonstrates SCM's commitment to fostering a new generation of highly qualified specialists across multiple sectors, ultimately contributing to economic and social advancement while building resilience in critical infrastructure and human capital development.