Success Stories » Europe
IRD Delivers Medical Supplies to Crimea
CRIMEA, Ukraine – IRD delivered medical commodities worth more than $190,000 to six health facilities in Crimea. Andrei Dranenko, Crimea's deputy minister of health, attended the official handover ceremony for the donated medical commodities, which were distributed to the orthopedics and trauma wards of Simferopol Republican Emergency Hospital #6. Oksana Mikite... more
Filed Under: Emergency Response, Europe, Ukraine
IRD Distributes Clothing to Ukrainian Children’s Rehabilitation Center
The All-Ukrainian Children Rehabilitation Sanatorium “Chayka” (Seagull) is located in the Black Sea resort area of Yevpatoriya. Chaika opened in 1913 as a “private payment-free recreation facility for low-income families.” With a century of experience, the now state-run rehabilitation center has developed efficient and progressive methods for the treatment and re... more
Filed Under: Emergency Response, Relief to Development, Youth, Europe, Ukraine
Supplies for Armenian Kindergarteners
IRD Armenia Country Director Ruzanna Stepanyan was invited to attend the opening ceremony of a reconstruction project implemented in a village kindergarten by another US Department of State-funded organization. The village of Sis, in Ararat marz, hosts refugees from Azerbaijan. It is a poor village, suffering from lack of roads and infrastructure, including housi... more
Filed Under: Emergency Response, Youth, Europe, Armenia
IRD Hosts National Conference to Protect Ukrainians from Avian Influenza
IRD’s Rapid Response to Avian Influenza in Ukraine program sponsored the Second National Conference on Avian Influenza in Yalta, Crimea on October 21–23, 2009. One hundred key decision-makers, leading veterinary medicine specialists, public health officials, first responders, NGO representatives, and other experts from across Ukraine gathered to discuss pandemic preventi... more
Filed Under: Health & Hygiene, Education, Europe, Ukraine
Integrating the Disabled into Ukrainian Society
People with disabilities in Ukraine continue to face lack of access to public spaces due to physical barriers, but also a stigma that marginalizes them in society. They remain confined to their small apartments and, in many cases, need a wheelchair and caretaker to help them move around. They remain invisible to a society that doesn’t provide proper care or attention to... more
Filed Under: Health & Hygiene, Youth, Europe, Ukraine