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Free football training sessions for amputees and servicemen who lost limbs in war with the occupiers to begin in Kyiv on June 6. The Ukrainian Football Association for People with Disabilities organizes the training. The project’s primary goal is to help with the social adaptation and rehabilitation of veterans. The players who show the best results can represent Ukraine in international competitions.

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Soldier Pavlo survived his car hitting a mine while driving. Pavlo was driving while returning from a combat mission with his comrades. In a moment, his comrade sitting next to him was burned alive.

Pavlo was wearing glasses that saved his eyes from burns. He tried to get out of the car, but the wreckage pinned his right leg.

The man has already undergone 21 limb-saving surgeries. Currently, the national program #SaveLimb of the International Charitable Foundation “Health of the Ukrainian People” doctors are fighting for the soldier’s limb. Its mission is to stop the invalidism of Ukraine people due to war-related injuries to their arms and legs.

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On May 31, the European Union diplomats delegation will visit Kyiv City Clinical Hospital No. 8. The delegation includes: Heidi Alasepp, Vice Chancellor of the Health Department of the Ministry of Social Affairs of Estonia, and Lauri Luht, Head of the Eastern Partnership, representative of the Estonian Center for International Development.

During their visit, the honored guests will meet with Professor and Head of the Expert Council of the #SavetheLimb National Program Mykola Ankin and President of the Health of the Ukrainian People Foundation Serhiy Soshynskiy.

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At the beginning of 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) provided more than 100 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

Taiwanese assistance was provided to 85 local communities (which were under occupation or affected by shelling and which hosted IDPs) in 14 oblasts of Ukraine.

Among other things, dozens of Ukraine’s non-governmental organizations, local administrations, and individual volunteers were involved in the project being implemented. 

The purpose of the press conference, to take place on June 1, is to report on the results of the 100 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine project and other projects implemented by partners in Ukraine and to discuss future humanitarian needs and opportunities for cooperation in various spheres.

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• Lviv

Sergiy Ivanchuk, a well-known Ukrainian opera singer, an entrepreneur and a volunteer became the brand ambassador of the national program #SaveTheLimb of “Health of the Ukrainian People” foundation. The main goal is to reduce the number of Ukrainians, who become disabled due to injuries to the limbs, received as a result of the war.

Cooperation with the foundation became a personal matter for the man, since Sergiy was attacked by russian saboteurs. He received 5 bullet wounds, spent 16 days in intensive care and survived.

The singer has organized the first fundraising campaign on his Instagram page, where he is giving away 10 Forbes magazines with the autographs by blogger Lachen (Igor Lachenkov) and 30 prominent Ukrainian figures. To enter the giveaway one must make a donation to #SaveTheLimb program. The goal is to raise funds for high-quality surgeries and rehabilitation for 20 soldiers.

For reference: From the very beginning of the full-scale invasion, opera singer Sergiy Ivanchuk became a volunteer. During the first days of the war, he evacuated residents of Kharkiv and Sumy regions. He took out about a hundred people from the regions affected by the russian invasion.

During one of the trips, on March 10, 2022, a car with a volunteer and civilians came under saboteurs’ fire. Serhii was seriously injured. After 12 surgeries in Ukraine he continued his rehabilitation in Germany.

The man was included into Forbes’ “30 Under 30” list of young Ukrainians who will influence the future of their industries.

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Soldier Pavlo survived his car hitting a mine while driving. Pavlo was driving while returning from a combat mission with his comrades. In a moment, his comrade sitting next to him was burned alive.

Pavlo was wearing glasses that saved his eyes from burns. He tried to get out of the car, but the wreckage pinned his right leg.

The man has already undergone 21 limb-saving surgeries. Currently, the national program #SaveLimb of the International Charitable Foundation “Health of the Ukrainian People” doctors are fighting for the soldier’s limb. Its mission is to stop the invalidism of Ukraine people due to war-related injuries to their arms and legs.

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On May 19, “Samurai” NGO of Ukrainian sapper Vladyslav Yeshchenko, who completely lost his sight during demining, will sign a Memorandum with Ukraine and Spain. The document will discuss cooperation between countries to provide modern vision restoration technology for military personnel who have suffered eye injuries.

For reference: Sapper Vladyslav Yeshchenko lost his sight during mine clearance. 84 anti-personnel mines exploded near him.

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Gen.Ukrainian NGO deals with the treatment of children’s psychological trauma caused by the war. The organization is supported by the Olena Zelenska Foundation.

One of the project’s missions is to update international protocols for helping war-affected children around the world based on the real experience of the war in Ukraine.

Gen.Ukrainian organized a Gen.Camp, a health and educational camp for the psychological rehabilitation of children who have experienced traumatic events, lost their parents or witnessed war crimes.

Gen.Camp is a free camp that was based in Spain last year, and this year is located in the Carpathians. Ukrainian therapists work with young Ukrainians to stabilize their psycho-emotional state. (A new group of children will come to the camp on May 18).

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In the de-occupied village of Hrakove, Oleksandr, a farmer, kitted out his ordinary tractor to clear his fields of mines. The vehicle travels through the dangerous ground without a driver, as it operates by remote control.  Among other things, the sides of the tractor were reinforced with panels stripped from abandoned russian infantry fighting vehicles and wooden bars to protect it from shrapnel.

Important notice: photo and video recording can be dangerous. The tractor has already hit explosive devices twice.

For reference: Due to russia’s full-scale invasion, a third of Ukraine’s territory is heavily mine-contaminated. The explosive devices still remain in agricultural lands. Therefore, there are often reports of people being injured or killed while working in the fields.

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• Kharkiv

The national program “Save a limb” was launched last year at the initiative of the international charitable foundation “Health of the Ukrainian people.” Its goal is to provide high-quality and professional care, as well as treatment of limbs of military and civilians by performing 15,000 surgeries a year. The program is free. Thanks to it, about 100 people have already undergone surgery. So, for example, one of the first participants of the program was a resident of Kyiv region, who almost lost her leg. However, thanks to the work of orthopedists and traumatologists, the limb was saved.

Journalists are invited to learn more about what makes it possible to save limbs, how doctors work and, if possible, talk to people who have been operated on.

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