Ukraine – An Interview with an Orthopedic Surgeon
"When the war started, we didn’t have anything. We received a lot of good equipment from many international companies.Now I only get equipment/supplies from Sign Fracture Care delivered by Hands On Global. With war, everything is in shortage now.""Some foreign doctors come from other countries through the Ministery of Health. Most of the medical care is by Ukraine doctors. We [...]
Ukraine – Arrived!
Greetings from Merita, Sid and Cathy, the 2026 team from Hands On Global (HOG). We arrived in Ukraine on June 2nd and will fly back to the USA on June 30th. Our driver, and friend, Sasha picked us up, and all 12 bags with medical equipment, and stuffed us in a van. First stop was Lviv. An annual tradition [...]
Ukraine – Leaving Ukraine
Crossing the border into Poland, I turned off my air raid app. A small gesture, yet it brought relief after weeks in Ukraine, where tension lives in the air. I am glad to not hear air raids or warning pings on my phone. This trip, I found myself saying mantras, in cars, beside memorials to fallen defenders. Their photos, their [...]
Ukraine – Protez Foundation Kyiv
Catching up again.Another glaring impact of war is the number of amputees. You see people with artificial limbs everywhere.We had an amazing visit with the PROTEZ FOUNDATION in Kyiv, This organization provides prosthetics for lost limbs. We visited the first clinic in Mukachavo two years ago. It is run by two brothers, one in Ukraine and the other, Yakov, in [...]
Ukraine – Meeting friends in Kyiv
Last evening we had dinner with a young couple, maybe in their thirties, dear friends of Anastasia, our Ukrainian friend from Helena. They are both artists, graphic designers, creative souls. Their normal is quite different. They live in a Kyiv neighborhood that is hit frequently. From their apartment on the 13th floor of a 25-story building, they showed us videos [...]
Ukraine – Peace Proposal Kyiv
Thinking about the peace plan proposals, how will this end? How can it end? I went down to the square this morning and walked among the memorial flags and photos of these defenders. It is gut wrenching seeing their photos, their once smiling faces, their ages. How does one surrender in any way with so much spilled blood??? But how [...]