{"id":11697,"date":"2022-11-03T09:45:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T09:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendsofp.org\/?p=11697"},"modified":"2022-12-01T08:14:59","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T08:14:59","slug":"jak-vse-pochinalosja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendsofp.org\/en\/2022\/11\/03\/jak-vse-pochinalosja\/","title":{"rendered":"How it started"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"11697\" class=\"elementor elementor-11697\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd50832 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"bd50832\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f70a39\" data-id=\"9f70a39\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e75367e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e75367e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: var(--global-md-spacing);\">\u00a0My name is Oleksandr Tovstonoh and I am the initiator of the FriendsOfp project. What is it? I will tell you a little bit later.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fbe52e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"fbe52e8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b3e99c\" data-id=\"9b3e99c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d38d81c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d38d81c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/photo_2022-11-10-12.28.28-768x1152.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11744\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/photo_2022-11-10-12.28.28-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/friendsofp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/photo_2022-11-10-12.28.28-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/friendsofp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/photo_2022-11-10-12.28.28-682x1024.jpeg 682w, https:\/\/friendsofp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/photo_2022-11-10-12.28.28.jpeg 853w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-165f1d7\" data-id=\"165f1d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0fc5e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0fc5e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I started my career way back in 1999, when after graduating from the Kharkiv Aviation Institute, I came to the ANTK Antonov.<br \/>I was a leading flight test engineer there and I had more than 30 test flights completed, some of them in the crew with the first Hero of Ukraine - A.V. Galunenko.<br \/>n November 2005, I left the aviation industry and joined the Toyota Center Kyiv Avtosamit as an intern.\n\nAfter 3 years, I became the deputy director of sales. I was involved in retail and corporate car sales and was also responsible for advertising and marketing.\n\nI have two titles of the best Toyota dealer in Ukraine (Toyota Ichiban 2008, 2009), which are awarded by Toyota Motor Corporation to the leader in sales and after-sales service in one`s own country.<br \/>We also took the constant 1st place among all Toyota dealers in Ukraine, having sold more than 10,000 new cars in 8 years.<br \/>In 2013, I became the General Director of the official KIA dealer - the Promavtotechservice company, the team of which was awarded the \"Platinum Prestige 2014\" award - the best KIA dealer in terms of sales and service in Ukraine.<br \/>The final big position in the official car business was the Sales Director of the ViDi group of companies in 2018 - 14 car brands and 16 car showrooms.<br \/>At the end of 2018, I left this position and opened my own company, UniMotors, which is engaged in the selection and delivery of cars from the USA.\nWe worked for a little more than 3 years until February 24, 2022, when the lives of all Ukrainians turned upside down with the beginning of a full-scale invasion of russian troops into Ukraine.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e563693 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"e563693\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-566c0b3\" data-id=\"566c0b3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8470c4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8470c4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: var(--global-palette5);\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"color: var(--global-palette5);\">My family and I were forced to leave our hometown \u2013 Irpin. I returned to it immediately after the town had been liberated from enemy occupation.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8178f8b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"8178f8b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f823211\" data-id=\"f823211\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7590230 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7590230\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I was one of the first to return to Irpin at the beginning of April, when there were still almost no people.\nI lived alone in a 10-story building with 54 apartments, where there was no electricity, gas, or water.<br \/>My apartment is on the 6th floor - two shells flew towards my neighbors, and three apartments burned completely.\nThere I decided that it was time to help my hometown and its residents.<\/p><p>I created a public fundraising initiative - \"Good afternoon, we are from Irpin\", in which we collected funds for the reconstruction of our house on the Universitetska street, 2\/1, building G.<br \/>We made and sold T-shirts with this inscription and invested a significant part of the funds to the house repairing. \nAt this time, we finished the main exterior work and started the interior renovation.<br \/>n July 2022, I became a Red Cross volunteer and worked in various projects that helped residents who lost their homes or jobs during hostilities.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fabd6f5\" data-id=\"fabd6f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0b3e0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a0b3e0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/friendsofp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/photo_2022-11-10-12.31.56-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-11746\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friendsofp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/photo_2022-11-10-12.31.56-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/friendsofp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/photo_2022-11-10-12.31.56-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/friendsofp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/photo_2022-11-10-12.31.56.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2b70dbd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"2b70dbd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd701f5\" data-id=\"cd701f5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea2ec1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea2ec1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><br \/>There, I saw with my own eyes how much pain and sorrow the war brought to our land. I will tell you about this in the next article.\nBack then I had already decided to organize some big project that could help more people.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Oleksandr Tovstonoh and I am the initiator of the FriendsOfp project. What is it? 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