UKRAINE CONFILCT Our team is now in Mukachevo, western Ukraine. Our many bags of trauma supplies have been loaded into a van and are on the way to the front lines in Bekhmut where there are raging battles with many injuries of Ukrainians and Russians.We have delivered critical orthopedic equipment to a trauma surgeon here. He [...]
UKRAINE CONFILCT Today our Ukrainian driver picked us up in Budapest, Hungary and we drove to Mukachevo, Ukraine. Crossing the border took a while as we had 17 bags of medical supplies packed to the max.They were filled with trauma supplies including 100 tourniquets, medications and limb-saving orthopedic supplies. The Hungarian border control had us open [...]
These stories will introduce you to refugees we worked with in the Greek camps. We are following their journey and to let them know they have not been forgotten.SH - 36 year old, family of four from AfghanistanFrom Afghanistan they traveled by car to Iran, stayed only one week in Iran and slept in a park. [...]
These stories will introduce you to refugees we worked with in the Greek camps. We are following their journey and to let them know they have not been forgotten.NM - 32 year old, single man from AfghanistanHe has a two year certificate in Business Management and speaks seven languages: Pashtu, Persian, Urdu-Hindi, Turkish, German, English and [...]
These stories will introduce you to refugees we worked with in the Greek camps. We are following their journey and to let them know they have not been forgotten. AS - 22 year old, single man from Afghanistan Met AS in Lesvos, Greece where we worked together. He showed us the seven badges he had for [...]
These stories will introduce you to refugees we worked with in the Greek camps. We are following their journey and to let them know they have not been forgotten. SKT is a 44 year old with his wife and children from Afghanistan. In Lesvos, Greece he was a translator with a medical NGO in the camp. [...]
These stories will introduce you to refugees we worked with in the Greek camps. We are following their journey and to let them know they have not been forgotten. M.A. - 33 years old single man from Afghanistan Met M.A. in Greece where he was a volunteer worker at the NGO: Home for All. He left [...]
UKRAINE CONFILCTHands On Global team continues serving IDPs on the ground in Chernavitzi. Due to gas shortages the team has had to move from the Romanian border town of Siret into Chernavitzi city. This is a bit unsettling as there are daily air raids but there is no other option.The shelters are still housing many IDPs [...]
UKRAINE CONFILCT May 5, 2022 Thank you for your generous donation in support of the people of Ukraine. I have returned from a month working in Ukraine. Hands On Global Team 2 is continuing on the ground and Teams 3 and 4 are in preparation. We intend to remain in Ukraine until this terrible war ends [...]
By Lina Knutsdatter Thingstad ~ Hands On Global Team Leader Last week we were, as usual, at different shelters in Chernivtsi ~ all the way up to the Carphatian mountains, close to the Ivano-frankivsk region. We visited refugees in very remote areas, where health service is more than difficult to attend, and where internally displaced people [...]
