Businessman Oleg Krot and ‘Techiia Foundation’ support a social Ukrainian primary school in Limassol

Thanks to monthly grants from the non-governmental organization “Techiia Foundation”, Ukrainian children who left for Cyprus after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, got access to quality education. The school was established on the basis of the Ukrainian educational space “Kryla” in Limassol.

This was reported by the Techiia Foundation website.

After the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, thousands of displaced people came to Cyprus seeking asylum. The Ukrainians, who’ve been living in Limassol for many years, made a decision to create an educational space around the Ukrainian primary school that is intended to become a place of unity for the Ukrainian community in Cyprus.

This school is a social project. Grants from the Techiia Foundation make it possible for children to receive an education according to the Ukrainian program, and for their parents to spend up to 10 times less on education than in other schools on the island.

Currently, 21 children study at “Kryla” in grades 0, 1 and 2. They are also currently enrolling students in the third and fourth grades. Children are taught according to a program approved by the Ministry of Education of Ukraine, in partnership with a school in Ukraine. The program was supplemented with additional lessons in English, and mathematics, and also focused on the development of soft skills in children.

Students will receive knowledge and documents that will allow them to continue their education in Ukraine or Cyprus.

“The educational space created in Limassol has not only an educational function,” says Oleg Krot, founder of the Techiia Foundation and managing partner of the TECHIIA holding. — Children not only get a good education in “Kryla”, but they also adapt more easily to life in new circumstances. Their parents too. For a normal life, everyone needs a sense of security and support. Community is one powerful way to provide that feeling.”

In addition, the entrepreneur notes the change in the attitude of big businesses towards charitable initiatives. According to him, companies are increasingly aware of the need to be based on the principles of social responsibility, unlike projects that focus on a temporary increase in their own rating.

“A company cannot develop in a vacuum – without a society that consumes its products or services. Therefore, effective development is impossible without attention to the needs of communities on the ground. For example, we do business in Limassol, and having Ukrainian roots, so we are happy to support the initiative of the Ukrainian Educational Center. Especially since education is one of the basic directions of our Foundation’s work,” sums up Oleg Krot.

“Techiia Foundation” is a structural unit of the international technological holding TECHIIA, created in 2019 by entrepreneurs Oleg Krot and Yuriy Lazebnikov on the basis of their joint companies. The holding unites more than ten different business fields — from the creation of entertainment content, IT products and services, to services based on unmanned technologies and the production of innovative insulated glass units, and merch.

Companies of the holding operate worldwide — from Vietnam to the USA. One of TECHIIA’s offices has been located in Limassol for several years now, a city with one of the largest Ukrainian communities in Cyprus.

“Techiia Foundation” was created in 2019 to implement large-scale social and charitable projects in Ukraine. The main directions of the Foundation’s work are projects in the field of healthcare and education. From February 2022, the project “Supporting freedom of Ukraine” was added. Based on the results of the Foundation’s activities, the TECHIIA holding won the “Partnership for Sustainable Development-2021” competition from the UN Global Compact Network in Ukraine.