The women presented the goods and services they were able to create or provide thanks to winning the project. The initiative was created for internally displaced women who started their own businesses in the host community. In the summer, the winners received financial assistance to purchase the necessary equipment.
During the fair, women from the Myrhorod and Lubny districts demonstrated how this support influenced the development of their business. The participants sold new types of products, advertised their businesses, attracted new clients, got to know each other, and negotiated collaborations.
For adults, the Myrhorod House of Culture performed during the fair, and there was also a prize draw among those who purchased some of the products. Children were entertained by life-size dolls Labubu and Stitch.
First of all, such an event demonstrates how women, despite the challenges of war, maintain their strength of spirit, create and develop businesses on their native Ukrainian land.
The WIWAT project (Women's Initiatives Work Adamant and Thoughtfully), within the framework of which the fair was held, produced by Light of Hope NGO,funded by The United Nations Women’s Peace andHumanitarian Fund (WPHF) with technical support of UN Women Ukraine.The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) mobilizes critical support for local and grassroots civil society organizations working on women, peace and security and humanitarian action. WPHF is a flexible and rapid financing mechanism supporting quality interventions designed to enhance the capacity of women to prevent conflict, respond to crises and emergencies, and seize key peacebuilding opportunities.
Photo: Light of Hope NGO/Iryna Solyanyk
