We are still exsperated by the reactions to our interview for the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk podcast "Was tun, Herr General?" (What now, General?)
The first sleepingbags are on their way to Ukraine.
Thank you, dear friends Tvory Dobro for loading, dispatch, and distribution!
The first batch of sleeping bags has been ordered: thanks to you, 480 people will soon be able to sleep, if not peacefully, then at least reasonably warm. <3
Thank you for your support!
While we continue to work on improving patient safety at our partner hospital through modern technology,
several of our medical colleagues are rotated to the front lines for several weeks.
In cooperation with our German partners, we have deivered improvements in OR patient safety.
New and old friends bring in vital support for our projects
Snapshots of our work with our partners from the Ukrainian NGO X-Traverse in the Kharkiv region. Despite the constant threat level, people walk several kilometres to see a doctor and receive basic medicines at least once in a while.
I had the opportunity yesterday to visit the medical school and the new emergency department at St. Panteleimon Hospital as part of a joint project between DAHW Deutsche Lepra- und Tuberkulosehilfe e.V. and the leading Ukrainian rehabilitation foundation Unbroken.
Our partners at Kinikum No. 25 in Kharkiv were visibly delighted with our latest delivery of newly purchased equipment. It included several emergency suction devices that run on batteries and therefore continue to function even during power outages.
Less than a week after launching our fundraising campaign ‘How can we help Ukraine - right now!’, we received our first donations. It's not enough by a far stretch, but it's an encouraging start. This week, we delivered the following to eastern Ukraine: