Help for the wounded in Ukraine during the war

War does not choose its targets. It comes uninvited — in the middle of the night, at dawn, during a walk with a child or a quick trip to the store. It strikes civilians — those who never held a weapon. And all too often, they are its most defenseless victims.

Maria, a young mother from a frontline village in Donetsk region, was baking bread that day when it began — a rumble, an explosion, then another. She had only enough time to shield her daughter. Shards of glass pierced her back and leg. She was urgently evacuated, and at the field hospital, a medic wrote on her arm with a marker: “City Hospital #4, Kyiv.”

Just like wounded soldiers, civilians with serious injuries are marked for evacuation to the nearest capable hospital. The number on the arm isn’t just a destination — it’s a lifeline. Kyiv's City Hospital #4 is one of the key hubs receiving the severely injured from across the country.

That same day, two others arrived: Petro, a pensioner from Kharkiv region who suffered burns when his home was shelled, and 16-year-old Danylo, who lost his parents in an attack on an evacuation convoy.

The corridors of Hospital #4 are never silent. There is constant movement: stretchers, operating rooms, blood packs, the sleepless eyes of doctors. Here, they save not just bodies — they mend hearts. Sometimes with surgery, sometimes with the warmth of a hand.

Maria survived. Her daughter was unharmed. Petro is learning to walk again, and Danylo… Danylo smiles once more when a volunteer brings him a puppy. Each of them is a small miracle. And each miracle is the result of tireless work by doctors, nurses, volunteers, blood donors, and people who refused to look away.

The war continues. And today, more than ever, we must remember: help is needed not just by those on the battlefield, but by those who only wanted to live. Hospitals like Kyiv's City Hospital #4 receive civilians daily — for many, that number on the arm is their only hope.

And it is thanks to your donations that we are able to respond in these emergency situations. Every contribution — every dollar — becomes bandages, medicine, a life-saving surgery. Thank you for standing with us. Together, we are unbreakable.