UOCA NEws

2025

May 2025:

• Purchased and delivered 100 tourniquets for the 225 Brigade: $2,060.

January 2025:

• Purchased 50 tourniquets for the 24th Separate Assault Brigade "Aidar": $1,126.

• Purchased 30 rescue stretchers (specialized stretchers used for safe transportation of injured or incapacitated individuals) for the frontline medics and evacuation vehicles: $7,161.

• September 24, 2023 - A new load was sent to Ukraine: 10 SAM chest seal valved, 30 Chito SAM, 10 modular bandages, 5 BOA constricted bands, 5 rescue essentials.

• September 1, 2023 - An optical surgery device was purchased and delivered to Filatov Centre in Odesa.

• August 29, 2023 - UOCA supported repair of a medevac vehicle.

• August 21, 2023 - A significant load of tourniquets and chest sealing kits is purchased and packed to be delivered to Ukraine by people, who travel to Ukraine to save on delivery cost and time.

• August 4, 2023 - UOCA in collaboration with drivers-volunteers from Ratusha prepared a load of medications to be sent to hospitals at the front line. 

• July 18, 2023 - UOCA in collaboration with drivers-volunteers from Ratusha delivered a load of medical supplies to one of the hospitals in Khmelnitsky region to assist with treatment and recovery of wounded soldiers and civilians.

• June 27, 2023 - UOCA in collaboration with drivers-volunteers from Ratusha supplied necessities (electric instrument, shovels, etc.) to the Kherson region to help with recovering of the region. 

• June 18, 2023 - A $1500-worth load of medications sent to hospitals in the Eastern part of Ukraine.

• June 13, 2023 -  A load of medical supplies (tourniquets, bandages, hemostatic blood bands) for medic backpacks were received by Leleka Foundation to be used at the front line in Ukraine.

• April 21, 2023 - A ligature fixator (10 pieces) and 7 eye implants were delivered to the hospital for treatment and prosthetics of the wounded.

• April 19, 2023 - A $600-worth donation was sent to an orphanage in Mykolaiv. 

• April 13, 2023 - UOCA received a Letter of Gratitude from Vinnytsia Volunteer Center for ongoing support by delivering tourniquets, medications, and medical equipment. Thank you everyone for your support! 

• April 1, 2023 - A load of medications sent to hospitals in the Eastern part of Ukraine.

• March 27, 2023 - A load of 100 tourniquets, 60 Olaes Bandages, 35 ChitoSam, safety glasses, etc. to be sent to the East of Ukraine. Thank you to Boris Todev for donating warm underlayers.  

• March 24, 2023 - A $5000-worth load of medications sent to hospitals in the Eastern part of Ukraine.

• March 14, 2023 - A $1500-worth load of medications sent to hospitals at front line.

• February 19, 2023 - A new load of medications purchased by UOCA received by Leleka Foundation to become part of the load of medical backpacks. 

• February 13, 2023 - $1000 worth of medication purchased by UOCA were received in Lviv and sent to medical crews at the front line.

• February 10, 2023 - A load of medications purchased by UOCA were received in Lviv and distributed to hospitals.

• January 19, 2023 - A new load of medications was sent to the frontline; part of the load will be used for medical backpacks in collaboration with Leleka Foundation. 

• January 13, 2023 - Another $1000-value load of medications was to the frontline.

• December 16, 2022 - Exciting meeting with our wounded heroes in a hospital in Lviv to say thank-you and deliver some symbolic Christmas gifts.

• December 13, 2022 - A new delivery of medications arrived to two hospitals in Odesa - a civilian hospital and a military hospital.

• December 2, 2022 - Infusion blood heaters were delivered to a hospital in Kharkiv.

• November 19, 2022 - A new shipment of medical supplies and warm gloves for tactical medical backpacks from Canada.

• November 6, 2022 - A new delivery of medical supplies from Canada (a special thank-you to Valentina Maslieieva for assisting with the delivery). 

• November 1, 2022 - A new delivery from Canada - medical supplies and warm clothes (a special thank-you to Adam Cichorski and all Polish Community in Calgary). 

• October 26, 2022 - A new $8.500 CAD delivery from Canada - medical supplies and warm clothes (a special thank-you to Boris Todiev). Thank you to Josiah Napier for help delivering those items to Ukraine.

• October 16, 2022 - A $2,500 CAD-worth delivery of medical supplies (consumables for medical vacuum apparatus used for fast wound healing after amputations or surgeries) to the military hospital in Odesa.

• October 13, 2022 - A $4,000 CAD-worth delivery of medical instruments to a hospital in Kharkiv.

• October 11, 2022 - A $3,700 CAD-worth delivery of medications to a hospital in Odesa.

• September 30, 2022 - A load of medical supplies for medic backpacks were sent to Leleka Foundation to be used at the front line in Ukraine.

• September 27, 2022 - UOCA donated $1000 worth of medicine to Ukrainian troops in trenches to protect them from cold and flu.

• September 19, 2022 - A special lamp was bought for a surgical room in a hospital in Odesa.

• September 8, 2022 - A $1,500 value of medical supplies were donated to a hospital in Odesa. An Honor letter were presented to UOCA for the ongoing support by the hospital team (see Photogallery).

• September 6, 2022 - A load of junctional tourniquets and blood-clotting gauzes were sent to Leleka Foundation - they will be part of medical supplies in medic backpacks at the front line in Ukraine.

• August 26, 2022 - A defibrillator and CAT tourniquets were purchased by John Lowe and Tamara Moldon.

• August 7 - 14, 2022 - Over 30 bags of humanitarian aid were received by Roman Yosyfiv in Lviv. A big thank-you to @iness_kj and other people for their donations. Also a huge thank-you to Dave,  Ruslana, and Petro for their help delivering those bags to Lviv. 

• August 1, 2022 - Thank you to Julia and Roman Artemovych from London, Ontario, for donation of two boxes of medical supplies. 

• July 28, 2022 - 10 health control monitors, 2 defibrillators, and 1 respiratory control monitor will go to hospitals in Kharkiv, Vinnytsia, Odesa, and Mykolaiv. Thank-you to Tamara Moldon (Canada).  

  • • • August 11 (update) - delivery to Odesa and Kharkiv.

      • July 29 (update) - the hospital in Vinnytsya received the equipment.   

• July 25, 2022 - 4,000 CAD-worth medications were sent to military hospitals in Zaporizhzhia and Odesa from Lviv.
  As of July 27, the hospital in Odesa already received the shipment.

• July 23, 2022 - over 50 tourniquets, chest seal pads, first aid kits, and more were donated by a couple, who came from England and France to Lviv.

• July 22, 2022 - a generator for the front line was sponsored by Iness Allan-Kojlo (Canada).

• July 13, 2022 - a new shipment of medical equipment arrived to Lviv from Canada. It will be sent to hospitals that were destroyed.