The UWE Hub has been operating in Brovary for a year now, helping many women realize their long-held dream of starting their own business. The founder of the hub, Maryna Saprykina, and women entrepreneurs told UNN journalists about what they learn here, whether it is possible to get financial support, how they share their experience, and how the city authorities help.
Despite the fact that the Women's Business Hub in Brovary has been operating for less than a year, the fifth training program for women who want to start their own business has recently started.
"This is our fifth curriculum, and it is completely new. We have changed 100% of the lectures, we have made two stages of selection. And now we want to create a community that will strengthen them (women entrepreneurs - ed.) so that they develop their business and grow," said Maryna Saprykina, founder of UWE Hub.
The woman noted that the city authorities of Brovary wanted this hub to open, facilitated its work and provided all kinds of support.
"We would not have come here without the city government. We do not pay for the premises we are in. We have a memorandum with the city authorities. The Brovary City Council was No. 1 because of their enthusiasm, their support, just as they said: we want to have this hub. And we see this support," added the founder of UWE Hub.
It is important that the emergence of such a hub encourages many women who have left for other countries since the start of the full-scale invasion to return to Ukraine. Among them is Lesia Taran, who started her own business preparing graduates for the External Independent Testing and NMT.
"Exactly a year ago, I returned from Germany with my children. And I saw that something extremely interesting was happening in our city. Women were walking and studying. It was against the backdrop of the war depression. It was something so interesting," said Lesia Taran.
Victoria Hetman, the owner of a foot care studio, received not only knowledge but also financial support to develop her business at UWE Hub. Not only brewers use the services of her studio, but people from all over Kyiv region come to get their feet treated.