The ceremonial handover of two ambulances to a army hospital in Dnipro passed off on Thursday, July 7, 2022.
For the reason that first days of the battle, the Kyiv-based My Hometown Charity Basis has, along with Caritas Ukraine, the worldwide charity basis of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, been concerned in offering humanitarian help, medicines and gear for the battle zone.
The My Hometown Basis was based by Ihor Lysov in 2001 with the purpose of elevating the extent of civic consciousness of Kyiv residents. At the moment, the vice chairman of the inspiration is Kyiv Metropolis Council member Vadym Ivanchenko. From the very first days of Russia’s battle, the inspiration modified the vector of its actions so as to assist army items and occupied cities. Volunteers present help on their very own, in addition to by means of cooperation with overseas organizations.
The inspiration has been working for a number of years and has a status as a dependable group, and lots of overseas associations have contacted the founders. Employees of the My Hometown Charity Basis have supplied vans and warehouses for firms which have turned to it. Amongst them is Caritas, which received in contact with the inspiration by means of Uzhgorod. The coordinator of Caritas from Slovakia is Antonio Fritsch.
Priest Oleksandr of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine sanctifies the 2 ambulances donated to the Ukraine Army on July 7. (Patricia Cordell, Huntress Media NYC)
It was his initiative to ship two ambulances to the Dnipro army hospital, as he was in private contact with the chief physician. Vadym Ivanchenko’s staff acquired the automobiles in Kyiv and repaired them after which collected the mandatory medicines and meals gadgets for the army. Subsequently, a ceremonial handover of three ambulances passed off, one in all which was transferred to the jap entrance again in 2017. Now, after the repairs, along with the opposite two ambulances, after the consecration by the priest of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Oleksandr, it was handed over to volunteers who will take them to Dnipro.
My Hometown Charity Basis had beforehand supplied two automobiles to army items. The inspiration’s staff was one of many first to go to Bucha and Hostomel in Kyiv Area after occupation, and used boats to ferry help to the flooded city of Demydiv, and in addition took help to Kharkiv. The charity receives help from Montenegro and Slovakia in the primary, and in addition orders the mandatory gadgets at its personal expense.
“We purchased the primary ambulances at our personal expense, and vans with humanitarian help have been bought in the identical manner. We attempt to do all the things on our personal, with out state assist. We perceive that everybody ought to now do the utmost that will depend on him. By the way in which, roughly 18 members of our group have joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” Vadym Ivanchenko, Vice President of the My Hometown Basis, instructed Kyiv Publish.
The switch of humanitarian help is clearly recorded at each stage. Volunteers who assist ship the mandatory help to totally different components of Ukraine flip to the inspiration, after which Vadym personally contacts the army and heads of the administration of these cities that have been beforehand underneath occupation. When the help is shipped, the parcels are photographed, and after arriving at their vacation spot, volunteers additionally ship a photograph report. Subsequently, the commanders of army items ship a doc with a stamp confirming receipt. On this manner, the group avoids the theft of humanitarian help. The precise deal with of army items is, for safety causes, not indicated on parcels.
