Our Partnership with Airbnb.org
We are working with Airbnb.org and found housing for over 1,000 Ukranian refugee families worldwide. We continue accepting new applications for Airbnb vouchers.
Our Impact to Date
Our focus remains on providing critical medical aid for people in Ukraine, with over 65% of our spending supporting medical expenses. We will also continue supporting the 10M+ refugees displaced in Ukraine. Our team monitors the situation closely and we are ready to shift focus in accordance to rapidly changing circumstances. We are also preparing to support projects focused on rebuilding a strong, independent, and thriving Ukrainian society.
Accepting Medical Donations
We have already shipped $5M+ worth of medical supplies to Ukraine, but we are ramping up our efforts in this space. We have recently initiated additional programs with our trusted partners to accept donations of medical supplies both large and small and ship them to Ukraine. We have partnered with ShortageUA, which offers an easy-to-use portal for individuals to order and ship critically needed medical items for delivery to Ukraine. Additional items are being sorted and collected by our partners at MedShare, who already have in place an effective pipeline of sending unused medical supplies from US hospitals for reuse.
Based on requests from hospitals and clinics on the ground, some of the most in demand items are:
- Individual First Aid (IFAK) kits
- Hemostatic dressings
- Stretchers / backboards
- Rigid cervical collars
- Rigid splits for fixation of the upper/lower limbs
- Suture materials: Prolene, Vicryl, of all sizes)
- IV Systems: Syringes/IV starter kit/IV tubing
- Chest seals: HALO seal, FOX seal, Hyfin
- PPE: Sterile gloves and gowns
See Our Medical Donations Page »
Partner Highlight in Ukraine
We have contributed $100,000 in aid to Patients of Ukraine, which will be used to purchase and distribute medicine to regions under siege: Kherson, Kharkiv, Sumy and Chernihiv. We’ve previously worked with Patients of Ukraine by providing PPE to healthcare workers during the COVID-19 response and will continue to support them with further medical needs.
We recently reported that one of our partners lost a van delivering food near Mariupol. The van was destroyed by shelling. Thankfully, the drivers sustained only minor injuries. Nova Ukraine rushed funding to replace the damaged van and get aid deliveries back on track.
