Members of the Ukrainian Canadian Association of Yukon returned home from their humanitarian trip to Ukraine in late November. Thanks to the generosity of donors from here at home and outside the territory over the last several months we took $40,000 worth of military first aid supplies, critical winter items, and over 300lbs of donated medicines through Health Partners International Canada. We also delivered an eye-tracker device for a child in Chortkiv who has cerebral palsy. The trip also included delivering two vehicles to our partners, the Charitable Foundation Pokrova Chortkiv. We transported 24 suitcases of these critical supplies on this trip in addition to procuring hospital equipment in Ukraine.
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Dyakuyu! Slava Ukraini!
Here is some media coverage of our trip!
Yukon group travelling to Ukraine to deliver medical supplies | CBC News
Yukon group plans 4th mission to deliver aid to Ukraine – Yukon News (yukon-news.com
Here are some photos of our journey to support Ukraine.
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Three of the four members of the UCAY team at the Whitehorse airport on November 7, 2024, starting the first leg of the 4th Yukon to Ukraine Humanitarian Aid Mission. (Grant Zazula, Lesia Hnatiw and Eileen Melnychuk; Anastasiya Matlasheska met the team in Krakow, Poland).
The UCAY team was greeted outside Chortkiv City Hall by Mayor Volodymyr Shmatko, Deputy Mayor Alesya Vasylchenko and City Council Secretary Yaroslav Dzyndra.
The UCAY team inside Chortkiv City Hall, (Anastasiya Matlashevska, Eileen Melnychuk, Lesia Hnatiw and Grant Zazula)
Outside Chortkiv City Hall there is a plaza that has become a memorial to the fallen heroes from the Chortkiv community.
The UCAY team meets with Father Andriy Levkovych, Director of The Pokrova Chortkiv Charitable Foundation and Lubomyr Makhomet, supplies manager of the foundation.
UCAY delivers 24 suitcases filled with medicines, antibiotics, hand and foot warmers, winter boots and jackets, warm base layers, combat first aid supplies and other humanitarian aid to The Pokrova Chortkiv Charitable Foundation. This foundation is run by an incredible dedicated group of volunteers.
Taking inventory of the UCAY donations.
With the support of Health Partners International Canada, UCAY was able to donate much needed medicines to the Chortkiv Central City Hospital.
The UCAY team and the Hospital Director Rostyslav Shulskyi, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. UCAY is committed to continuing its support of the hospital and to further help foster a lasting collaboration between our sister cities.
While in Chortkiv, UCAY was able to purchase and donate a vital surgical lamp for one of the hospital’s operating rooms.
The UCAY team was very moved to present an eye tracking device to a beautiful boy named Bohdan at the Chortkiv Daycare for Children with Developmental Disabilities. Bohdan is nonverbal and will now be able to communiacte via the use of this device. Thank you to Tobii Dynavox for your generous donation of the eye tracking device.
(Above three photos.) UCAY purchased and donated computers for School No.5, books for the library of the Chortkiv Youth Center, and kitchen equipment for the Chortkiv After School Program.
While in Ukraine, UCAY donated two evacuation vehicles to The Pokrova Chortkiv Charitable Foundation. – Father Levkovich blesses the vehicles before the team heads out on the over 3,000 km trip to the front to deliver supplies to soldiers on the front.
One of the UCAY team, Lesia Hnatiw, joined the volunteers of The Pokrova Chortkiv team on their monthly delivery of supplies to the soldiers fighting on the front. On that trip Lesia was able to personally help deliver the two evacuation vehicles and many of the other humanitarian aid that UCAY brought with them on this trip to Ukraine. -Delivering one of the two evacuation vehicles (donated by UCAY) to the heroes at the front.
Delivering the second evacuation vehicle (donated by UCAY) to the heroes on the front.
A young frontline medic thanks UCAY by signing a Ukrainian flag for them to take back to Canada.
Meeting more of the brave soldiers, defenders of freedom and democracy.
Lesia with the brave Pokrova Chortkiv team, Father Andriy, Petro, Oleh and Bohdan.
“ruZZian warship, go f**k yourself!”
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