Disaster Response Ukraine Project #55781

Ukraine: Help Children's Hospitals to Save Lives

by Charitable Organization Bright Kids Charity

Project Report | Apr 30, 2026
Urgent NICU Support Needed for Newborns

By Natalie Blinder | Founder

Dear friends,

We are writing to share an important update from the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Kirovohrad, a hospital we have supported continuously since the beginning of the war.

Recently, with your support, we provided three electronic scales for newborns, with a total value of USD 651. These scales are basic yet essential for monitoring the health of premature and critically ill babies.

It is difficult to comprehend that such a vital hospital department—in the largest hospital in the region—would lack this kind of fundamental equipment for newborn care.

Yet this is the reality on the ground.

Amid ongoing strain, babies, their parents, and the medical professionals caring for them are often left to face immediate and life-threatening health challenges with very limited resources. With inadequate state funding, they are largely on their own and must rely on charitable support to provide the level of care every child deserves.

Without proper equipment, doctors and nurses are forced to work under conditions that compromise their ability to provide timely and accurate care.

As Bright Kids Charity, we remain committed to supporting this hospital and others like it—but we cannot do it without you.

We kindly ask you to support our initiative again so we can continue delivering essential equipment and help ensure that the most vulnerable patients receive the care they urgently need.

Your support is what makes it possible to bridge these gaps. Because of you, this NICU now has the tools to better care for its smallest patients—but the need remains urgent and ongoing.

Thank you for standing with these families and the dedicated medical teams who continue their work despite overwhelming challenges.

With gratitude,
Bright Kids Charity

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Jan 14, 2026
Surgical Lamp for Emergency Care in Ukraine

By Natalie Blinder | Founder

Dear Friends and Supporters,

We are grateful to share an important update on one of the projects you helped make possible.

Thanks to your generosity, Bright Kids Charity was able to purchase and deliver a shadowless surgical lamp with a built-in battery at USD 1978 for the surgical room at the Rzhyshchiv Medical Centre for Primary Care in Ukraine. This medical centre provides primary and urgent care for 21 villages, serving a community of approximately 2,000 children.

Why this support matters:

The surgeon’s office at the centre is used not only for planned procedures, but also for:

emergency medical examinations,
urgent surgical interventions,
and daily outpatient consultations for both children and adults.

In a region where power outages remain frequent, the battery-powered surgical lamp is critical. It allows doctors to continue performing examinations and surgeries safely and effectively, even when electricity is unstable or unavailable. The lamp they previously had used was in a dismal condition and could no longer work properly.

Medical impact at a glance:

In 2024 alone, the centre provided care to thousands of patients, including 1,506 surgical consultations and 3,430 emergency appeals, with hundreds of children among those treated. Over the past two years, doctors performed more than 650 surgical operations on children and adults, including urgent procedures for patients from surrounding villages — all relying on safe, well-lit surgical conditions.

Behind every one of these numbers is a real person — a child, a parent, a family — receiving timely medical help when they need it most.

Words of gratitude from the medical centre:

Rzhyshchiv Medical Centre for Primary Care has expressed its sincere thanks to Bright Kids Charity for the continuous support since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. They emphasised that this surgical lamp is not just equipment — it is reliability, safety, and hope for both patients and medical staff working under extremely challenging conditions.

“Your help is not just equipment, it is hope and confidence that together we can overcome any difficulties.”

Thank you for standing with us

None of this would be possible without you. Your support directly strengthens essential healthcare, protects children, and helps medical professionals continue their lifesaving work.

From all of us at Bright Kids Charity, and from the doctors and patients in Rzhyshchiv — thank you for standing with Ukraine and for being part of this impact.

With gratitude,
Bright Kids Charity

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Oct 2, 2025
Thank You for Helping Preterm Newborns in Ukraine!

By Natalie Blinder | Founder

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