The first step towards knowledge: Metinvest continues its fine tradition of supporting future schoolchildren
For some, this autumn will mark the start of a great educational adventure. Very soon, more than 1,300 children of Metinvest employees will be sitting at their school desks for the very first time. To ensure this important event brings families even more joy, the company has been running the "First Time – First Grade" programme for many years, taking some of the preparatory burden off their shoulders.By 1 September, the children of Metinvest employees who are just starting their school journey will receive essential school kits.This year, as part of the programme, which is implemented with the support of the "Rinat Akhmetov to Children!" charity initiative, 1,284 future first-graders – the children of employees at Metinvest’s Ukrainian enterprises – will receive gifts. The kits prepared for the first-year pupils contain exercise books, pens, pencils, paints, brushes, diaries and other items they will need from their very first days at school. A further 49 children of employees at the