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The Story of Open Eyes

Open Eyes (Charity Fund "Відкриті очі") is the corporate charity fund foundation of SoftServe, established in 2014 — a defining year for Ukraine. When russia launched its full-scale war against Ukraine, SoftServe employees could not stand aside. People came together in initiative groups, working day and night to source equipment, personal protective gear, medical evacuation vehicles, and other critical supplies. While also developing technological solutions to protect the lives of both soldiers and civilians. At that time, no one could predict how long the war would last or what scale it would reach. But one thing was clear: the wave of people's desire to help others could not be lost. We managed to unite not just professionals, but people who share common values — people committed to making a better future and putting in the effort to do so every single day. This is how the Fund's Ambassador Team was born. Acting as an advisory board, the Ambassadors help bring new ideas to life, find solutions, overcome challenges, and develop the Foundation's key areas of work.

2014
Open Eyes was founded in Ukraine to empower people to launch their own charitable initiatives, raise funds for them, and join volunteer teams
2017
Open Eyes launched an open fundraising platform — www.openeyes.org.ua — where anyone can easily support the foundation's charity projects
2022
Open Eyes focuses on supporting Ukrainians in their fight for freedom and independence, establishes a legal entity in Poland, and launches a partnership with Ecologistics — enabling tax-deductible donations from the USA

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Our charitable foundation is a unique case, because a large IT company does not sponsor someone's idea, but provides a platform for employees where you can create your own charitable projects from scratch, fundraise for them, create teams of volunteers, unite not only colleagues around an important cause , but also friends, acquaintances and all people who also care about the specific end result. Because our Foundation is primarily about values, about people and about the fact that we ourselves are doing good here and now.

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We strive to contribute to the development of the country and the society of active and conscious people who build a better future today, implementing their creative ideas and initiatives. To create environments, projects, and platforms to change this world for the better and do it now. That means we create something unique, valuable, and socially significant thanks, first of all, to people, employees, and external volunteers, who commit their talents, creativity, intelligence, and an open heart to helping others.

How we work

The Open Eyes website is a crowdfunding platform where we raise funds exclusively for projects and initiatives. Every donation goes directly to them — none of it covers administrative costs. The Fund has its own budget, with all administrative expenses covered by SoftServe. The company also co-finances charitable projects initiated by its employees.

Taras Vervega
BoD Member, Head of Charity Fund Open Eyes
Viktoriia Mishchuk
Director of Charity Fund Open Eyes
Olga Kruk
Charity Fund Program Coordinator
Mariia Krashtan
Charity Fund Program Coordinator
Viktoriia Savytska
Charity Fund Program Coordinator
Andriana Stakhiv
Business Title Open Eyes Communications Specialist
Maryna Bychkova
Project Manager Open Eyes Site

One of Open Eyes' greatest strengths is its ambassador community — people who support the foundation, generate new ideas, and contribute technical solutions. Our ambassadors are deeply involved in the fund's life: they represent it at events and conferences, take part in project implementation, and help develop our initiatives and partnerships. Colleagues from finance, legal, IT, HR, marketing, PR, administration, and other departments also contribute to the fund's work.
Beyond that, over 500 people across the world have already become Open Eyes volunteers — supporting projects at various stages and strengthening the team wherever it's needed most. Every employee can propose an idea and bring their own initiative to life, focused on the fund's key areas of work: healthcare, education, and support for the military and veterans. The authors of the idea coordinate their projects, while the Open Eyes team and supporting departments help make it a full reality.

OUR AMBASSADORS

Kostya Salatyan
HR Operations Director
Tetyana Lisovska
ESG & Sustainability, Digital Transformation Practice Director
Bela Rapoport
Functional / BU Coordinator
Anna Tymofieieva
Quality Control Engineer
Maryna Bychkova
Project Manager Open Eyes Site
Olha Shvets
Product Manager
Oksana Sobolieva
ex SoftServe Employer Brand Specialist
Olena Korsun
DevCenter Director
Vasyl Salyk
Manager HR Master Data
Volodymyr Khomik
IT Support Coordinator
Andriy Stytsyuk
Chief Financial Officer
Sylwia Janisz
Corporate Reporting Manager
Ulyana Ostapchuk
Corporate Reporting Director
Feyza O'Connell
Client Executive
Ola Nykolyshyn
Associate Events Director
Ulyana Budenkevych
Ex Charity Fund Lead
Kateryna Hubaryeva
SVP of Human Resources
Mykola Pomfiuk
IT Support Engineer
Andrii Korostenskyi
IT Business Partner Team Lead
Olena Pokalchuk
Employer Brand Specialist
Olena Kukharska
Legal Counsel
Mykhaylo Shvets
Lead Accountant
Danylo Vasyltsov
Corporate Reporting Specialist
Denys Shcherbak
Project Team Manager
Nataliia Vatsyk
Corporate Reporting Manager

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