UKRAINE AID News
FOOD AID ARRIVES AT ZAPORIZHZHIA LOGISTICS CENTRE IN SOUTH UKRAINE
A truckload of 20 tons of food aid arrived at the Zaporizhzhia city warehouse. GCMM’s Ukrainian emergency aid from Finland is supporting this initiative.
More than 300 tons of FOOD AID have been delivered to cities in the Donetsk region, including Slovyansk, Izyum, Lyman and villages in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.
HEAT IS NEEDED – CHRISTMAS AND WINTER WEATHER ARE ON THE WAY
Electricity and heating options are an issue, with large areas of Ukraine currently without power. Russia has bombed many of Ukraine’s power distribution centres. Ukraine needs our help more than ever. A simple stove as a source of heat and for cooking can be had for $100. Many are needed. Together we can make a difference, supporting Ukrainians in yet another way amid this devastating war.
AID TO UKRAINIAN CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS
On August 25th, GCMM together with our partners, delivered about 12 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, to the city hospital for children in Khmelnytskyi. The load included intensive care unit monitoring equipment and electrically operated hospital beds. We delivered aid to the hard-hit city hospitals in Kryvi Rih as well.
KHMELNYTSKYI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL COURTYARD
Unloading aid from the transport truck. Together with a hospital in Finland that partners with us, we delivered about 10 tons of humanitarian aid.
HUMANITARIAN AID TO THE KHMELNYTSKYI CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL
The aid included ICU monitoring equipment, electric hospital beds, hygiene supplies, drip stands for IVs etc.
SLOVYANSK FIELD HOSPITAL
A patient who was wounded from a Grad rocket attack came to the field hospital for treatment. He survived. Shrapnel was removed from his head. Hannu Haukka, GCMM President, was conversing with the patient.
KYIV TRAUMATOLOGICAL HOSPITAL
More than 70 seriously wounded soldiers from the frontlines were transported to the hospital from Bakhmut and Kharkiv. GCMM supplied the field hospital with metal detectors, suitable for surgical procedures.
SLOVYANSK FIELD HOSPITAL
A wounded patient was brought to the field hospital in the Slovyansk region for treatment. A Grad rocket had exploded a few metres away. The left side of the man’s body had been hit with dozens of shrapnel fragments, affecting his head as well.
HULIAIPOLE VILLAGE, ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION
This village belongs to the humanitarian aid distributing area, of the Zaporizhzhia logistics centre. Relief aid is delivered every other week.
ORIKHOV, ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION
The village belongs to the Zaporizhzhia region, which is part of the logistics centre area that receives assistance every other week.
NOVOSELOVKA, DONETSK REGION
The village belongs to the Donetsk region, receiving relief aid every other week from the logistics centre.
TERNOPIL LOGISTICS CENTRE
Humanitarian aid for this logistics centre in western Ukraine is delivered across the border from Poland.
A TRANSPORT TRUCK ARRIVES FROM FINLAND AT THE LOGISTICS CENTRE IN TERNOPIL
The same day, several Russian cruise missiles landed in the area.