MAD-Aid, the Isle of Wight charity that sends medical aid into Moldova, has opened its Phoenix Complex in Northern Moldova to refugee mothers and children from Ukraine.
Founder Victoria Dunford said:
“For the first two days of the conflict in Ukraine, we concentrated on accommodating as many refugees as possible at our centre in Moldova. We have created accommodation at Phoenix and locally for 70 mothers and children.
"We have nurses and counsellors on site, trained at our centre by UK specialists, and their contribution will be vital now. As of Sunday afternoon, the official number of refugees entering the country was more 21,000, mostly mothers with children. Numbers are increasing daily, and queues at the borders are 2 - 3 km long."
Victoria added that the long term plan is:
- To set up a distribution hub at our Phoenix Complex (www.phoenimd.org), for all refugees entering the north of Moldova.
- To help educate their children and offer counselling and psychological intervention for their fear and trauma.
- To identify more accommodation and set up conditions for them to live in.
- To create a volunteer program so that the refugees can help others themselves.
People can help MAD-Aid’s Ukraine emergency response by
- Donating medical supplies that will transit from UK to Ukraine via the Moldova land border. These need to be 6 months in date.
- Donating funds via the Facebook fundraiser: https://www.facebook.com/donate/488118066241314/
MAD-Aid was founded in 2012 to collect unwanted medical equipment from St Mary’s Hospital, to transport it to poorly equipped hospitals in Moldova, where it has considerably improved the experience of in-patients. Re-using unwanted equipment from St Mary’s and other care facilities helps keep it out of landfill or expensive storage.
In its first ten years of operation, MAD-Aid has developed and supports a complex in Riscani, in Northern Moldova, comprising a day centre for disabled children, an early intervention centre for disabled children and their parents, a high-quality elder care home and most recently, a warm water hydrotherapy and swimming pool that provides a much-needed resource for the local community.
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