SoftServe donates 1.5 million US dollars to support the “Drive for Life 3.0” initiative and support Ukraine with 100 ambulances

“Drive for Life” is a project of Open Eyes, the charity fund of SoftServe. Through this initiative, more than 200 ambulances and medical vehicles have been donated to date, in support of rescuers in Ukraine.

SoftServe, one of the largest IT companies in Central and Eastern Europe, donates 1.5 million dollars to support the third edition of the “Drive for Life” project, an initiative of the company’s charity fund – Open Eyes – which has in order to support rescuers in Ukraine by providing fully equipped ambulances.

For this year’s edition, Open Eyes aimed to provide Ukraine with 100 more ambulances and medical equipment, requiring a total budget of $1.9 million. SoftServe is contributing $1.5 million, with the remaining $400,000 to be raised through fundraising from employees and other donors. Since 2022, through the “Drive for Life” project, Open Eyes has donated 230 ambulances to rescuers in Ukraine. With the help of donations received by SoftServe from employees, partners and other donors around the world, more than 30,000 lives, both civilian and military, have been saved. As part of this project, this year, the charitable fund also launched satellite initiatives, such as “Lifesaver Support: Romania”, through which it aims to raise $3,000 for essential medical equipment for ambulances. The main mission is to provide Ukrainian medics and combat medics with the necessary tools to save lives. More information about this fundraiser for Ukraine can be found here.

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, SoftServe’s “Open Eyes” charity fund has donated more than $30 million to support Ukraine. About 80,000 Ukrainians benefited from the company’s support, which included the delivery of about 1,000 tons of humanitarian aid, 25,000 units of protective equipment, 10,000 units of computer equipment and more than 50,000 medical kits. In 2023, the fund also launched a number of projects to support hospitals in five regions of Ukraine.

SoftServe has made a tradition of donating to Open Eyes every year on the occasion of the company’s anniversary. This year, on July 12, SoftServe celebrated its 31st anniversary. The SoftServe business was born in 1993 in Ukraine and has grown steadily, now becoming a multinational company with more than 60 offices in 16 countries and 11,000 people. SoftServe expanded 2 years ago to Romania, where it is present with an office in Bucharest and co-working spaces in Cluj and Iași.

SoftServe is a global IT company providing software development and consulting services. The company is working on more than 900 active projects for clients in North America, the EU and Asia. SoftServe’s clients include IBM, Cisco, Panasonic, Cloudera, Henry Schein, Spillman Technologies and others. SoftServe is a partner of Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, NVIDIA and other well-known technology companies.