The targeted procurement of materials for the care of seriously ill and injured patients in Ukraine is complex. It requires some expertise, language skills and, above all, persistence. The first step is to clarify what exactly is needed.
Following an extensive reloading and onward transport operation, all 50 emergency power generators have now been delivered to the 39 end users in Ukraine.
In spring of this year, there was a veritable run on mobile power generators following the Russian attacks on the Ukrainian power grid. Those available were generally cheaply produced, expensively sold and noisy.
We have had an intensive cooperation with the St. Nicholas Children's Hospital in Lviv since our first mission to Ukraine.
Today, the HMM NURI finally arrives in the port of Hamburg with our 20-ft container full of emergency generators! This is exciting!
Newspaper report in the "Voice of Ukraine" about the delivery of surgical instruments … The Rokytne Multidisciplinary Intensive Care Hospital in the village of Rokytne, (...) , Sarny district, has received aid from Germany.
A completely destroyed hospital ward in Oleksandriwka could be put back into operation on 26 September 2023 with the help of the Saving an Angel Foundation, among others.
A large part of the adult sleeping bags (see post of 12.10.23) have now arrived in Ukraine: Our local partners will continue to distribute them.
After a long voyage through the Pacific, the Red Sea and the Suez Canal, the HMM NURI has now reached the Mediterranean with our container on board! The ship is expected to arrive in Hamburg harbour on 28th of October. We are excited and hope to be able to present pictures of the arrival then.
It is often the uncomplicated cooperation for the common goal that makes humanitarian work in the Ukraine aid community so rewarding. When I met Dr Ole Hensel from the University of Halle and his association Leuchtturm Helfer e. V. 2022 online, I had no idea what this acquaintance would lead to.