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Another training for future volunteer medics will take place on July 16, Sunday in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The Hospitallers medical volunteer battalion organizes the courses regularly. In total, the training lasts for ten days, and future paramedics can attend classes both near Dnipro and in Kyiv.

Journalists can cover the training process.

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The Hospitals project aims to help animals and evacuate them from the war zone. It is a joint initiative of the Hospitallers Medical Battalion and the Khvostati (‘Tailed animals’) NGO, which is involved in animal care and rehoming.

The project team comprises experienced veterinarians and volunteers who rescue injured animals using mobile hospital units and an evacuation bus. Subsequently, the evacuated animals found new homes in safe areas.

Over the previous two trips, the project has rescued 80 animals from the affected Kherson region.

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Alona Danilova’s stepfather enlisted in the army in 2014, was held captive, and since the full-scale invasion outbreak, he mobilized again. Alona’s husband had military experience: In 2018, he received a gunshot wound and became disabled, but this did not stop him from defending Ukraine again. Alona’s brother is studying at a military academy, so after the Russian invasion began, he went straight to practical training.

At the end of March, Alona created a channel in the telegram, gathering proactive women she knew. It was the beginning of the Ukrainian Women’s Battalion. The girls quickly determined the basic needs of the military and started to provide them with helmets, body armor, ammunition, and first aid kits. Over a year, the military expressed gratitude to the Ukrainian Women’s Battalion team, and at the end of 2022, the President of Ukraine recognized their work. The team has also launched a number of other initiatives, including the Women’s Voice project uniting women in need of psychological support willing to share their stories. The Ukrainian Women’s Battalion tells stories on its social media platforms so the world knows what Ukrainian women have been through.

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On July 15, the “Brave to Rebuild” project volunteers will open a Social Bicycle Repair Workshop in Kyiv. The workshop could provide bicycle repair service on daily basis for vehicles handed in by benefactors from the Netherlands. Subsequently, this transport will be delivered to people in the de-occupied territories.

For reference: The Brave to Rebuild project aims to help residents of the de-occupied territories of Ukraine. Volunteers are restoring housing and social institutions damaged as a result of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine.  

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Before the full-scale invasion, Diana Ilnytska was conducting parenting courses and devoting herself to raising her two children. At the end of February 2022, the woman began to actively volunteer, sending clothes and shoes to Ukrainian defenders. Over time, Diana noticed that most of the military sleep in low-quality sleeping bags, freeze, and cannot rest properly. Diana and the team of the Riy Charitable Foundation managed to develop unique sleep systems that allow soldiers to sleep “just like in a bed”. According to Diana, their sleeping bags meet NATO standards but are several times cheaper than their foreign counterparts.
In addition, she organized the mobile bath unit production. One bath equipment made by Riy 150 soldiers can take a bath, wash, and dry their clothes daily. Six mobile units are already installed at the front, but the production facility in the Kyiv region is working on manufacturing new ones.

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“Kyiv450” workshop was founded by a volunteer and entrepreneur Andrii, who bought seven 3D printers together with like-minded people at the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion. These devices help Andrii and his team produce a large number of various parts for Ukrainian military personnel. Currently, components for dropping projectiles from UAVs are in high demand. The volunteer explains: the printers work at night, and in the morning the team collects the finished parts, like a harvest, and sends them to the front. Andrii says that the military appreciates the efficiency of the 3D-printed parts. His team has already managed to create thousands of components, and they continue to receive orders.

Important notice: to ensure the safety of the volunteers and their production, Andrii keeps the location of the workshop secret. Journalists are welcome to talk to Andrii and his team online or by phone, as well as receive all the necessary photos and video materials from them.

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FRIDA Ukraine, together with Polska Misja Medyczna, is launching a new project in the Kharkiv Oblast: mobile clinics will operate in the region. A team of doctors and healthcare workers will have patient appointments in different parts of the de-occupied Kharkiv region for 6 months.

The doctors have already undergone a series of training sessions to be qualified to examine local residents in any condition. In particular, a course was held by The HALO Trust, during which doctors were taught the rules of safe behavior in war conditions and told about the risks of handling explosive devices.

For reference: FRIDA Ukraine is a Ukrainian-Israeli mission of medical volunteers aimed at helping the civilian population.

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Stefan was born and raised in the USA, where his family emigrated at one time. Parents raised him to love Ukraine, Ukrainian customs and culture. Stefan arrived in Lviv in April 2023. He says that he had a rough idea of what was waiting for him, because his relatives stayed here and told him about the situation in the country. Stefan has already joined the work of several organizations that send humanitarian aid to the east of Ukraine, and in addition, the young man devotes his time to volunteering at the Lviv railway station.

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The first mobile bomb shelter, funded by a European donor, was installed in Kherson on the 30th of June. It was financed by German artist Dennis Josef Meseg, who also created the decorative appearance of the shelter.  It was the 11th protection facility installed by “Youth 2.0” NGO. It was mounted on the site where 5 people were killed by Russian artillery fire on February 11, 2023. 

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Chi came from Hong Kong to help Ukrainians affected by the full-scale war. A 53-year-old accountant joined the volunteers of the “Brave to Rebuild” project two weeks ago. Now he spends his weekends dismantling the rubble of destroyed buildings in the Kyiv region.

The foreign volunteer will be available for journalists to talk to after July 10.

For reference: Brave to Rebuild is a volunteer project aimed at helping residents of the de-occupied territories of Ukraine restore housing and social institutions damaged due to Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine.  

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