Arlene Campbell Humanitarian Foundation:
Carrying Medical Supplies & Hope To Ukraine
Information courtesy of | Arlene Campbell Humanitarian Foundation
The Arlene Campbell Humanitarian Foundation has facilitated 3.5 million dollars’ worth of medical supplies and equipment into Ukraine since 2022. These supplies weighed 64 tons. We have assisted 23 health facilities and reached 1.5 million beneficiaries.
For the second year in a row, the Arlene Campbell Humanitarian Foundation will be providing children at 2 hospitals in Kyiv with Christmas gifts. Last year we reached 140 children with gifts at the Children’s Center for Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery in Kyiv and the Heart Institute. Each gift costs between $10-$15 USD. Last year we received enough extra funds from generous donors in the Brazos Valley that we provided toys to the indoor playrooms at each facility.
This year ACHF’s President, Lena Denman, will travel to Ukraine to work with our Ukrainian assistant in the purchase and delivery of the gifts to hospitalized children in a warzone. When we purchase items in Ukraine we give twice. First, our purchase helps the Ukrainian economy and allows families to put food on their tables at a time when unemployment is just below 20%. In contrast, during the Great Depression, the US unemployment rate was just below 25%. Secondly, children receiving gifts in hospitals are getting a gift their parents may not be able to provide due to economic hardship caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Any left-over funds from this year’s toy drive will go to supporting ACHF’s mission of “providing help with the physical, mental and spiritual health of the Ukrainian people in times of crises.” Please consider a monthly donation that helps hospitals in Ukraine care for infants and children in need of heart surgeries.
In addition to the toy drive, Lena will be visiting hospitals in Chernihiv and Zhytomyr where ACHF delivered aid since May 2023, which was our most recent monitoring and evaluation trip. Also, Lena will be going with ACHF’s Ukrainian Assistant Mariia Ivanova to Rehabilitation Facilities in Rivne and Ternopil, to evaluate the need for medical equipment and food to health facilities that care for wounded soldiers and civilians