Ian & Anya's fundraiser for medical supplies for Ukraine

07/03/2022

As an example of a working contact we've already established in Ukraine, in the very first days of war we were introduced to Oksana who is currently volunteering in Chernivtsi. In her previous life (that is before 24/02/2022) Oksana was a practicing lawyer. We learned about her via Anya's former boss Valentina, with whom she worked before she moved to London. Anya's former boss is now working with her husband, helping collect medicines from the Romanian border and getting it to hospitals in Kharkiv and other cities in need. Valentina has put us in touch with Oksana who runs the operations.

The system is as follows: Volunteers purchasing the medicine and personal hygiene products (sanitary pads, bandages etc) in western Ukraine and they also purchase the more serious medicine (the medicines that are now impossible to find in Ukraine) just across the border in Romania. There is now a green corridor between Romania and Ukraine for humanitarian needs.

On day 1 as a test run we wired her £100 (which is just over 4000 UAH). She spent it on medicine and put it on the train to Kharkiv the same day.

On day 2, a few of our friends chipped in and we collected £350 (just over 13,000UAH). These were spent again the same day and we had a full stack of receipts showing exactly what was purchased.

For tomorrow Anya agreed with the UK charity she works for, that they will send her £1,000 that she will spend again on medicine for Kharkiv hospitals (prenatal centers, hospitals and maternity wards).

Looking beyond tomorrow - we need to source more financing for this pipeline of supplies. Hence we started this fundraiser.

06/03/2022

Hello everybody. My Kyiv-born wife and I have come up with a way for people outside Ukraine to make a direct impact on the lives of people in Ukraine. In the midst of this humanitarian crisis, we have found people on the ground who are supplying hospitals with critical medical supplies. These supplies range from prescription meds that the hospital wards are now desperate for, to trauma kits (bandages & things that can be used by civilians in the field to stop bleeding, e.g. hemostatic wound dressings/sponges, tourniquets). Your donations will fund vanloads of supplies to the Polish/Ukrainian border, and into Ukraine where it’s urgently needed.

Via our network of trusted volunteers inside Ukraine, we have the ability to supply hospitals & brave medical volunteers in places like Kharkiv, Kyiv and other population centers currently under direct bombardment. The big charities doing excellent humanitarian work are getting their operations stood up, but at the moment the need is so acute and urgent, we need your financial support getting supplies to people who need our help NOW.

We’ve set up a fundraising effort on Fundly, details for how to give are available via the link. https://fundly.com/medical-supplies-for-ukraine-1

Thanks,

Anya & Ian

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