Support for Ukraine

LAST WEDNESDAY 
Support for Ukraine
 
Oksana Tjupa, Charter President RC of Kyiv International
 
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, marking a steep escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which had begun in Feb/ Mar 2014 (when Russia had invaded and subsequently Annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine). The invasion has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II, with more than 6.4 million Ukrainians fleeing the country and a third of the population displaced. (Wikipedia)
 
Heavy daily/ nightly bombings destroying critical infrastructure prompted many to flee the cities under threat.
 
The work carried out by RC Kyiv in cooperation with the Government and other volunteer organisations has been nothing short of amazing!
The Rotary Foundation has been generous with financial support, as have Rotary clubs from all over the world.
 
Oksana thanked all Australians for the support we have provided and asked us all to continue financial support so that humanitarian aid can continue to flow through to those in need.
 
Some of their work and achievements include:
  • Renting buses to provide evacuation
  • Transportation of the old, disabled and infirm
  • Hiring drivers for distribution of humanitarian aid
  • Supplying food, drinking water, clothing, hygiene products and support.
  • Setting up of up refugee centres for IDP’s (in schools/ colleges/universities) and equipping them with beds, mattresses, blankets pillows, linen, food, etc.
  • Provision of
    • fuel for ambulances
    • Hospital beds, water filters and adult diapers
    • Medicine and haemostatic tourniquets