March 21: Nightly air raids
Crossing the border from Romania to Ukraine today we met a woman going back into Ukraine, She was crying. She had just brought her daughter to Romania and was leaving to return to Kyiv because she had an invalid mother there. She had to return to care for her because there was nobody else. Her journey was going to be [...]
March 18: Liviv was bombed last night
This morning, arriving at another refugee shelter in the university dorm, people were really stressed and exhausted. Liviv was bombed last night and the air raid sirens went off starting at 3 am until 5 am. They go off whenever a missile is detected. The people have to leave their beds and go into a make shift air raid shelter. [...]
March 17: Saying goodbye to one’s husband …
This morning, crossing the border, we saw 2 youngish-looking women saying goodbye to their husbands. Long hugs, many tears. I couldn’t take their photo and intrude on what could be a final moment between them. I barely held back my tears thinking, could I say goodbye to my husband or son knowing he was an unprepared, untrained soldier against a [...]
March 15: Ready to begin tomorrow
Today we got organized. We went through all our medicines and medical supplies, went to a pharmacy in Silet. Tomorrow we start 15 days of refugees centers in Chernivtsi, Ukraine as long as there is no military action. The Ukraine Ministry of Health has approved all our documents and credentials. We have secured a car and driver that will [...]
March 13: On the ground
HANDS ON GLOBAL ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE HOG has been operating in the Ukraine since March 9, 2022. Each evening since then, the Ukrainian Health Ministry has contacted the HOG team lead and provides their next day’s schedule. The HOG Mobile Clinic is usually assigned to a strategic location to set-up its operation. This happens 6 days a [...]
March 7: HOG is flying to Romania
NEWS UPDATE UKRAINE CRISIS Members of the Hands On Global Medical Team are flying to Romania March 9,2022. They will be joining Refuge4Refugees and setting up a medical clinic in Siret where people are fleeing the war in Ukraine. We will blog from the ground. Donations are needed to assist with medical support and other items that are needed. Please [...]