Dear friends,
The ChangeMakers community meets those people who set the positive development - in business, art, nature, and social development. We love to be together because we exchange, learn from each other, and create in cooperation.
Today, however, we need to put our energy and intellectual power into another task - to help reduce the painful effects of the war in Ukraine, which is forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes and ensure the lives of their children, leaving loved ones in the war fields.
Therefore, we join forces with the Bulgarian Center of Women in Technology (BCWT) for one special edition of our monthly dialogue format: “The ChangeMakers Meetup: in Support of Ukraine”. Our guests will be several #changemakers who help the Ukrainian people in these difficult times: Max Gurvits and Elina Zheleva, co-founders of the “Bulgaria for Ukraine: BG4UA” platform whose partners are MOVE.BG and BCWT, Galina Vacheva from the initiative for psychological support to the victims of the war in Ukraine - BEINX In-Service (Human Beings in service to human beings), and Olya Antonova from the initiative for refugees already settled in Sofia who have difficulties with shopping for food, medical supplies, and other products
Join “The ChangeMakers Meetup: Support for Ukraine” and learn how each of us can contribute to these initiatives. We start at 18:30, the House of MOVE.BG - 20 Serdika Street in Sofia. You need to save your place by registering on the link here. The event will be held in the Bulgarian language.
The guests
Elina Zheleva is the founder and manager of Launchlabs Sofia, the first human-centered design agency in the region.
Max Gurvits is the manager of the investment fund Vitosha Venture Partners.
Galina Vacheva is the Director of Insight Seminars UK in London.
Olya Antonova is a managing partner at Trastena.
The ChangeMakers of Bulgaria
The ChangeMakers is a club of innovators who develop original ideas and businesses with a positive impact on societal development. The ChangeMakers connects and unites the drivers of change in Bulgaria in a national network that identifies cross-disciplinary solutions for the future with the aim to inspire a positive change in the world that comes from Bulgaria in topics such as digital and sustainable development, education and science, contemporary art. Learn more here.
BCWT
The BCWT mission is to bring together stakeholders from the business sector, the government, the academia, and non-governmental organizations, giving them the opportunity to support and to work for increasing the women's professional participation in the sphere of ICT, as well as to take part in the development of technological and engineering products. The Bulgarian Centre of Women in Technology cooperates in the implementation of regional innovative projects and stimulates research collaboration, exchange of good practices, and resource mobilization in the ICT sector. Learn more here.
MOVE.BG has summarized for you in one place links to various campaigns and bank accounts in aid of Ukraine and its people - see them in our special article here.
