Weekly recap of June 20, 2022

People for People Foundation (P4P) is a collective of entrepreneurs joining forces to get as many people affected by the Russia-Ukraine war to safety. Here’s what happened in the last 2 weeks.

Every person who is affected by war can open a free bank account and experience bunq in their native language. Simply set your phone's language to Ukrainian or Russian and update to the latest version of the bunq app. https://www.bunq.com

One of the best importers of authentic pasta in the Netherlands, Pastaficio gave the People for People organization a significant discount to acquire 10 pallets full of premium spaghetti of Sgambaro. This transaction was done in partnership with LifeLine Ukraine.

Thanks again to our partners LifeLine Ukraine, Pastaficio, Tony's Chocolonely for the fruitful cooperation!

In this interview:

✔️Ali Niknam shared why he decided to start the foundation 

✔️Jesse van der Meulen shared the achievements so far and plans for the coming period

✔️Anna Tian shared her personal experience and what Ukrainians need the most when they arrive in other countries

Read more details here: https://thenextweb.com/news/scaleup-how-you-can-support-victims-of-the-war-in-ukraine

And here’s a report of the event itself: https://thenextweb.com/news/president-zelenskys-hologram-addresses-4-tech-conferences-across-europe-heres-what-he-had-to-say

People for People team joined the TNW Conference to find more partners, connections, volunteers and to do more for people affected by war.And we are grateful to Zach Butler and the fantastic TNW Conference team for giving People for People Foundation the opportunity to join! And for 20 complimentary tickets for Ukrainian tech entrepreneurs, we could invite many talented people from Ukraine. It was an unforgettable experience!

Thanks to Helloprint for donating unlimited merchandise!

Are you interested in joining People for People Foundation as a volunteer? Meet us at our virtual introduction date to explore a potential role!

It's an excellent opportunity to meet the team, feel the atmosphere, and learn more about what we do! 

The goal is to explore if there's a mutual match between the roles at People for People and your skills, ambition & availability to join our foundation. You will get the chance to ask questions, and during one-on-one conversations, we would like to know more about your background and ambitions.

Apply and read more details here: https://lnkd.in/gmcN8uHH

After a successful first matchmaking event, we are organizing the next one on July 7th from 16:00 to 18:00 at the bunq office in Amsterdam. This is an ideal opportunity to meet people from bunq and explore if there's a mutual match between you, bunq as a company and current open positions. Here you can find all open positions: https://www.bunq.com/jobs.

Apply and read more details here: https://peopleforpeople.recruitee.com/o/thursday-july-7-matchmaking-event-with-bunq