Following a direct missile hit on a residential building during Russian air assaults across the nation, Israel’s top humanitarian relief organization, IsraAID, is assisting first responders and families in Dnipro, Ukraine, a press release states.
At least 40 people died and 75 people were injured during the strike on Saturday, including 14 children. At least 30 persons were remained missing as of January 16. First responders and strike victims are receiving free psychological treatment from psychologists trained by IsraAID. Partners in the city are receiving critical humanitarian supplies from the organization in the interim.
At four hospitals located throughout the city—Dnipropetrovsk Oblast City Hospital for War Veterans, Dnipro Clinical Emergency Hospital, Dnipro Clinical Psychiatric Aid Hospital, and the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Specialized Rehabilitation Center—twenty psychologists are offering free psychological support to affected families and first responders. IsraAID provided the psychologists with psychological first aid training in collaboration with the Ukrainian Ministry of Health and the neighborhood NGO Barrier Free. The program, which debuted in September, is a component of an effort to prioritize Ukrainians’ mental health in the midst of the war, led by the Office of the First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska. At total, 60 psychologists have received training and are working in hospitals in Vinnytsia, Vinnipro, and Kyiv.
Additionally, IsraAID will offer assistance to the city and the families whose homes were destroyed in the attack. Through IsraAID’s two Humanitarian Logistics Hubs in Odesa and Tulcea, Romania, food is delivered. The first delivery of food will come on Wednesday, and the group will offer the families winterization supplies like blankets upon request through our partners.
Two days after the full-scale Russian invasion, on February 26, 2022, IsraAID began responding to the Ukraine crisis. One of the first international teams to arrive at the border crossing at Palanca, in southern Moldova, around 50 kilometers from Odesa, was the IsraAID team.
Currently, the group has offices in Chisinau, Moldova; Tulcea, Romania; and Kyiv and Odesa, Ukraine. IsraAID’s reaction consists of providing aid, counseling, WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene), as well as medical, educational, and other support.
