10 years of We Care!: how Credit Agricole supports Ukraine

MMR, 25.03.2026

This spring, Credit Agricole celebrates 10 years of We Care!, a corporate social responsibility program. It started off as a volunteering initiative with an annual budget of UAH 200 thousand and grew into a large-scale support program that consists of four main areas: charity, volunteering, caring for employees, and ecological initiatives. From the beginning of full-scale invasion, the bank has allocated UAH 190 million to charity projects. With these numbers, Credit Agricole was able to support hundreds of good initiatives and thousands of people.

From medicine and humanitarian aid to generators and medical equipment amounting to millions of hryvnia

At the start of the full-scale invasion, the international Credit Agricole Group created its own emergency solidarity fund amounting to EUR 10 million and has continued supporting the team and customers and implementing charitable initiatives. It was important to act quickly and decisively. During the first few weeks, Credit Agricole allocated UAH 5 million to the Ukrainian Red Cross and UAH 500 thousand to support injured soldiers and civilians through Your Support Charity Fund, as well as launched a feature to donate to charities in the CA+ mobile app. Since then, the users donated over UAH 67,4 million to charity funds and to support the army.

The bank also realized a range of crucial initiatives, such as supporting orphanages, purchasing expensive equipment and medicine for the regional hospitals, allocating UAH 1 million for purchase of a minivan to transport humanitarian aid, and organizing two charitable waves for the Institute of Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and Gynecology. At the end of the first year of full-scale invasion, in response to blackouts, the bank together with Credit Agricole Brie Picardie and Crédit Agricole Nord Midi-Pyrénées teams donated 40 diesel generators amounting to nearly UAH 14.5 million to orphanages and boarding schools.

Year by year, the bank’s support continues to grow and come to life in the crucial initiatives: two reanimation ambulance cars worth over UAH 15 million, two family-type homes for large families, and medical equipment for hospitals in the Khmelnytskyi, Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, and Vinnytsia regions worth over UAH 21 million. Support for the Kyiv Regional Perinatal Center holds a special place in our hearts: the bank and the Group have allocated UAH 50 million to create a modern intensive care unit for newborns and purchase medical equipment.

Visit of Credit Agricole Top Management to the Kyiv Perinatal Center

This is just a small part of the initiatives that were realized during the war as part of the We Care! program. They are implemented in various parts of Ukraine to address different needs, but they are united by a single goal: to help those in need, as Credit Agricole strives to be a driving force behind Ukraine’s recovery.

Key projects of 2025 and systemic support from the Group

In implementing its charitable projects, Credit Agricole relies on the support of the international Group and its regional institutions. Approximately 10 banks serve as donors to Ukrainian initiatives, and the Ukrainian team coordinates their implementation with the support of charitable foundations. The bank has built a broad network of partnerships with charitable and nonprofit organizations, based on trust and shared values.

Credit Agricole promotes society’s recovery, and one of the main areas of focus is taking care of children. In cooperation with Children of Heroes fund, four camp sessions in the Carpathians were organized for more than 200 children of the deceased soldiers. Overall, the bank has allocated over UAH 5 million for the emotional recovery and support of the fund’s beneficiaries and their families.

Children supported by the Children of Heroes Charity Foundation

Another major challenge today is the rising number of preterm births. In response, Credit Agricole is providing a systematic support to the Kyiv Regional Perinatal Center. This charitable project began in 2023 with a major renovation of the department amounting to UAH 2.3 million. In the summer of 2024, the perinatal center received equipment worth UAH 42.5 million to save children’s lives, and in the fall of 2025, the Crédit Agricole Nord de France team purchased a modern medical ultrasound machine. Every year, the center helps more than 600 children, including infants with critically low weight at birth. One of the most touching stories of rescuing a newborn in the new intensive care unit was the birth of a baby girl weighing 490 grams. Thanks to modern equipment and the dedicated work of the doctors, she was saved and is now with her family.

Another important area is supporting children who are in need of palliative care. Credit Agricole Group helped the “House of Butterflies” palliative ward of the “City of Goodness” rehabilitation center by allocating UAH 8.2 for purchase of vital medical equipment, such as a flexible video endoscope, a device to help with limbs rehabilitation, and an anesthesia machine. They provide high-quality diagnostics, treatment of critical conditions, and rehabilitation of children.

Volunteering within the Credit Agricole team

The bank actively promotes volunteering culture. For example, the blood donation initiative launched in 2017 in partnership with the Center for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery has transformed into a regular program, in which hundreds of employees across Ukraine take part every year. In 2025, the Credit Agricole team donated over 120 liters of blood: 280 people from Kyiv, Poltava, Lviv, and Ivano-Frankivsk joined the initiative.

Donor Day at Credit Agricole’s Head Office

The team also participates in charity runs and environmental initiatives. Last year, bank employees planted over 300 plants in Kyiv and Lviv. Last year, two Credit Agricole employees received awards from Association of Ukrainian Banks for being the most active volunteers in the financial and banking sector.

Kyiv Half Marathon

Liudmyla Kysleiko, manager of Credit Agricole outlet in Vinnytsia, together with her husband, has been volunteering for over three years: providing drinking water to the military units, hospitals, oncology centers, and the Regional Children Rehabilitation Center. Mariia Hut, senior economist for banking operations accounting, participates in preparing lunches for the defenders and the most vulnerable groups of population, specifically displaced persons and elderly.

Liudmyla Kysleiko and Mariia Hut

“Thanks to the bank’s Management Board, I have the opportunity to take an additional time off for my volunteering. This work is not always an easy one – both mentally and physically – yet it brings strength, inspires with so many sincere people around, and reminds that even the smallest help is very important,” shares Mariia.

The key value of the We Care! program lies in the tangible benefits it brings to the specific people and communities.