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.
We still occasionally receive donations in kind containing instruments from various surgical specialities. After checking and packing them properly, we send them to the Ukrainian centres where they are most urgently needed:
++++ Uninterruptible power supply in operation ++++ … After a long period of preparation, technicians at St Nicholas Children's Hospital were finally able to put the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) donated by us into operation.