During my current visit to Ukraine, I was able see the progress of a cooperation project with my own eyes:
While the military situation just a few kilometres from these colleagues' clinic is becoming increasingly dramatic, they are trying day after day to save as many lives and preserve as much health as they can.
We are receiving photo messages and greetings from people all over Ukraine on a daily basis now, to whom our local partners have been able to deliver winter sleeping bags current campaign stocks.
Urgently needed: surgical instruments for Ukraine!
If I'm posting relatively little at the moment, it's not because there's nothing going on, but because the winter relief campaign has gripped me entirely. Thank you for sticking with me!
After a long break, we are now back with news from our winter aid campaign for the frontline communities in Ukraine.
Winter program aid launched - Solar-powered emergency power stations and winter sleeping bags for Eastern Ukraine … According to current estimates, 50-60% of Ukraine's heating and energy infrastructure is currently out of action following targeted Russian attacks.
Impressions from our trip to Ukraine last week. We are committed to transparency and effectiveness in the use of donations made to us. This implies frequent direct coordination with our local partners: Is the aid getting through? Is the equipment working? How have needs changed?
Pulse oximeters are devices for measuring oxygen saturation in the blood and are an important safety factor in emergencies or during operations.
One of the particularly ugly aspects of the war in Ukraine is that rescue workers are systematically being targeted and killed on a daily basis.