By Sojin Kim | Coordinator
890 days since the war in Ukraine began,
For over two years, the war has devastated lives across Ukraine.
Continuous bombings and battles have left countless people without homes,
grieving the loss of loved ones, and struggling to meet even the most basic needs of daily life.
Help is urgently needed for the exhausted children and families.
On July 8, 2024,
Russia launched attacks on five Ukrainian cities,
including Kyiv, where the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital is located.
The attack claimed the lives of 20 people, including children, and left 50 others injured.
Peace Winds launched emergency relief efforts,
providing medical supplies and aid to children who miraculously escaped from the destroyed children's hospital,
despite the ongoing threat of additional bombings.
On July 8, Russian airstrikes caused significant damage to the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital
and an apartment complex in the Shevchenkivskyi district.
With the apartment building destroyed by the bombing, residents who lost their homes had no choice
but to seek shelter in a nearby elementary school or at the homes of friends.
The displaced residents requested warm meals, as it became difficult for them to sustain their livelihoods.
From July 12 to 16, following the launch of its emergency relief efforts,
Peace Winds provided warm meals to the displaced apartment residents,
as well as to the evacuated patients and their caregivers from the children's hospital.
The meals provided were nutritious and well-balanced, consisting of soup, salad, meat or fish, and bread.
Over the five days, a total of 110 meals were served,
offering a small comfort and warmth to the struggling residents and caregivers of the patients.
Patients from the Okhmatdyt Children's Hospital, which was damaged in the July 8 airstrikes,
have been transferred to various hospitals both within Ukraine and abroad to continue receiving treatment.
Among them, Kyiv City Children's Hospital No. 1 is now accommodating 35 patients.
The hospital staff reported difficulties in maintaining food hygiene due to a lack of refrigerators and boilers,
caused by the sudden increase in patients.
On July 18, Peace Winds provided and installed five refrigerators, five boilers, and one fan for the hospital.
Many hospitals in Ukraine are aging and in urgent need of rebuilding and restoration.
No child should ever be a victim of armed conflict.
Children’s lives and safety are under constant threat as the war rages on.
For the past 29 years, Peace Winds has been dedicated to protecting children in areas affected by airstrikes.
Our staff on the ground in Ukraine, drawing on their years of experience, are working tirelessly in relief efforts.
Missile strikes that come without warning,
Power, water, and gas lines that have been cut off,
And the waning attention of the international community...
Each and every one of your contributions can help save the lives of Ukrainian children.
Even at this very moment, children are living in the midst of war. Please help them now.
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