Rafiyev
Anar

My professional field is construction and business. I am a citizen of the Republic of Azerbaijan, but I have been living in Ukraine for many years and have been actively developing and investing in the construction industry here for more than a decade. I believe in the potential of this country, and clearly see it. I want to see Ukraine succeed. Therefore, I am interested in new progressive ideas and mentoring of young entrepreneurs, I am also engaged in development of startups and new business projects.

Ukraine is my second home and second Motherland.

That’s why, on February 24, the day when the full-scale invasion of Russia started, my life, like the lives of all of us, was divided into before and after. Being a citizen of another country, I could have left Ukraine without any problems. But I realized the needs and difficult challenges faced by Ukraine, and at that very moment I made a decision to create a Humanitarian Coordination Center on the basis of our Public Union "Ukrainian Fund of Energy Efficiency and Energy Saving" and to deploy missions of different purposes to help civilians, to cooperate in the evacuation, provide the affected communities with the everything they need.

It is an honor for me to support the country that has become my second Motherland and to support its citizens who have become my second family. This is my duty and call on the way to victory.

But at the same time, together with the team, we have the courage not only to fight for independence, but also to think about the future. Our choice is life. Not survival, but life itself - decent, modern, safe. So, we have initiated and are already implementing an ambitious and extremely important initiative - the creation of the Ukraine’s Renovation League and ONOVA GIC HUB. We unite communities, ministries, donors, business, independent civil society and we will restore and renew Ukraine together.