We have purchased and delivered to Ukraine 7,901 complete first-aid trauma IFAK kits and specialized products included in the kits, such as over 20,000 specialized Israeli bandages, over 12,000 tourniquets, 6,645 hemostatic dressings that stop severe bleeding, and 19,505 specialized vented chest dressings.
Tactical medical instructors of Ukraine received from us 177 specialized phantoms, dummies, and training simulators for first-aid training in armed conflicts, with a total value of 699,000 zlotys. So far, they have been used to train ca. 31,000 people, including rescue workers, the military, police officers, firefighters, and volunteers.
In the winter of 2022/2023, from December 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023, we sponsored, as part of the humanitarian aid for Kharkiv citizens - 15,000 hot meals and20,000 hot beverages delivered daily for four cold months to people in need, deprived of housing and funds because of the war. In total, we financed 15,000x120=1,8 million meals and 120x20,000=2,4 hot beverages!
After months of cooperation in the de-occupied territories, we have purchased and delivered to our partners two vehicles, including an armored Mercedes, to evacuate civilians from the war zone. The latter, called Poseidon by the rescuers, was used to evacuate people from the territories along the front line in the Kupyansk (Kharkiv Oblast) and Kherson regions.
We have purchased and delivered hygienic products to children, women, the sick, and the bedridden (Pampers diapers, absorbent underpads, and washcloths) worth over 1,6 million zlotys. In February 2024, with POLAND HELPS, we delivered to the villages along the front line medical mattresses for people requiring round-the-clock care who have remained in the death zone.
We delivered an advanced otolaryngology (ENT) surgical microscope and a neurosurgical microscope worth 2 million zlotys to the military hospitals in Kharkiv and Lviv that have already saved the lives of at least hundreds of war victims. The devices are used in the operating rooms every day.
We have purchased two new advanced and fully equipped Polish tactical trucks for the Kharkiv fire department. Both vehicles travel daily to the victims of the Russian air strikes on the heroic city that pays the highest price for its freedom.
We have purchased and delivered 1,050 modern power generators worth over 2,8 million zlotys to steadfast Kharkiv, besieged Bakhmut, liberated Khserson, and the villages along the Dnieper River flooded after blowing up the river dam.
Thanks to the Siepomaga donors, we have bought and delivered materials and tools needed to rebuild houses and restore the water supply for the de-occupied Mykolaiv and Kherson territories. We helped people who, despite the danger, have not left their homes.
We have bought and delivered to the Ukrainian war victims over 0,9 million canned meat and 215,000 baby formulas worth more than 3,6 million zlotys.
We have provided our Ukrainian partners with modern rehabilitation equipment worth over 124,000 zł.
We have delivered over 120 modern portable and mobile radio phones to the paramedics and doctors helping the war victims, allowing them to bring help to the most vulnerable areas.
We equipped the bomb squad of the Ukrainian fire department with over a dozen advanced metal detectors to clear the mines in the de-occupied Kharkiv territories. Each detected and removed landmine or unexploded bomb saves lives.
We delivered specialized climbing equipment and ropes to the rescuers working in bombed condominium areas in Kharkiv, useful while working in skyscraper debris.
Thanks to the Siepomaga donors, we can travel with our Ukrainian POLAND HELPS volunteers to the most dangerous territories and deliver supplies from our partners, like the ambulance and medical equipment for hospitals in Kherson.
Refugee camps in western and eastern Ukraine received hundreds of new pillows, duvets, and sleeping bags. Those who came here had had a few minutes to pack and flee their homes.
We sponsored a purchase of tens of tons of animal feed delivered by our partners and volunteers from POLAND HELPS for Ukrainian animal shelters that care for furry war victims - homeless and injured dogs and cats.
Currently, we manage humanitarian hubs in Kherson and Kharkiv, which let us and POLAND HELPS volunteers quickly address the humanitarian needs in the war-stricken territories.
We have sponsored a prosthetic fitting for 20 wounded Ukrainian war veterans who lost their limbs fighting for their country and freedom. You offered these young, brave people a chance for recovery.
We bought 300 cast iron stoves (wood-burning stoves), which we delivered in winter to people deprived of heating in eastern Ukraine.
We delivered advanced defibrillators, hospital beds, ultrasound devices, infusion pumps, NPWT devices, and surgical kits worth hundreds of thousands of zlotys to Ukrainian hospitals and doctors.
In the summer of 2023, we sponsored and partially organized in Krasnograd (Kharkiv region) summer camps and workshops for children evacuated from the war-stricken territories. This way, we put smiles on their faces!
We have supplied the defenders of Lviv with an advanced airborne searchlight that each night protects the residents of the historic city against barbarian air raids and drone attacks.
With POLAND HELPS, we purchased and delivered operating room equipment for the children’s hospital in Kramatorsk in the Donbas region that helps young patients despite constant air raids and launched missile attacks.