Thousands of wounded people, including children, are in hospitals across Ukrainian cities and urgently need qualified medical care. Severe wounds heal better and faster with vacuum therapy systems. Since the start of the war, this medical equipment has been the most frequently requested humanitarian aid by hospitals.
Vacuum aspirators are also critically important for operating rooms, allowing for the rapid removal of foreign objects and fluids in critically ill patients.
We continue our program of supporting Ukrainian hospitals and provide partner institutions with essential medical equipment based on their most urgent requests.
Due to the war, millions of Ukrainian families have left their homes or been left without shelter. Many, finding themselves in unfamiliar cities without means of subsistence or hiding in bomb shelters, suffer from food shortages.
To support such families, the Foundation, together with McDonald’s volunteers, packed essential food products. These were distributed to those affected through local volunteers. The packages included, for example, grains, flour, sugar, bread, vegetable oil, milk, pasta, canned pork, cookies, tea bags, and sweets. One package can sustain a family of 3-4 people for several days.
At the start of the war, we provided humanitarian aid to families in need: vital medicines, food packages, or clothing for those who no longer have a home; sleeping bags and first aid kits for people sheltering in bomb shelters. We also supported children’s hospitals where children who became hostages of war are receiving treatment: they received medications, medical equipment, surgical beds, food, or hygiene products.
We received humanitarian aid from various parts of the world—food, clothing, warm household items, hygiene products, and more. We are especially grateful to the Ronald McDonald House and McDonald’s divisions in other countries.
Nataliia's family was forced to flee from Sievierodonetsk. For several weeks, she hid with her children in a school basement in their hometown. It was cold and dark. To somehow feed the little ones, they cooked food outside during breaks between constant shelling. But when the back wall of the school collapsed from another shell strike, Nataliia realized they had to flee. They escaped under bullets whistling overhead. This family became the 100,000th to receive a food package from us.
A family with three children is hiding from enemy shells in the basement of a building. Previously, they lived a happy life in the town of Snihurivka in Mykolaiv Oblast, but with the war they found themselves under occupation and lived in constant fear for about a month. Thanks to volunteers, they were able to leave their hometown and settle in Kryvyi Rih. Here, caring people helped them get settled, and Ronald McDonald House provided food for the family.
A tearful mother leans over her son's bed. The woman looks at her boy and cries with happiness because her Artem survived. Hanna was terrified of losing her son, with whom she came under fire in Kharkiv. Artem had one of the most severe injuries—a mine-blast trauma. The boy is now on a vacuum therapy device. Thanks to this equipment, the boy's large complex wounds are healing much faster and better.
10-year-old Kyrylo is from Bakhmut. While sheltering from shelling in a basement, he and his brother accidentally knocked over a pot of boiling water. Burns covered their entire bodies, causing problems with walking. Kyrylo underwent plastic surgery during which surgeons restored mobility to his limbs, and the rehabilitation process is now underway. The vacuum therapy device helps such children's injuries heal faster.
