In Ukraine, MSF Works in Partnership with Local Groups

Project Coordinator (PC) Barbara Hessel talks with the Ukrainian PC Assistant Mariia Kharytonova in the Kharkiv office.

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MSF working with local groups in Ukraine

CONSENT Mariia Kharytonova PC assistant

CONSENT Barbara Hessel - PC

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB127846

Date taken / Date Recorded 17/06/2022 12:00 AM

Expiration date 01/07/2027

Country Ukraine

Detailed location Kharkiv

Commissioning section MSF-NETHERLANDS

Photographer / videographer / producer Pavel Dorogoy

Copyright Pavel Dorogoy

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available yes

Project section OCA

Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Maximum Size 4840px × 3227px 6.38 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist MSF has been working in Kharkiv city and oblast in northeastern Ukraine since late March 2022. Initially teams were running mobile clinics in the metro stations where people were taking shelter from shelling and bombing. MSF was present in all 30 metro stations in Kharkiv with the exception of two that were militarized. Since the authorities announced that everyone had to leave the metro stations so trains could start running again in late May, MSF teams have been conducting medical and mental health mobile clinics in areas of Kharkiv city and oblast affected by the conflict and working with local volunteer groups and civil society organizations to distribute food boxes and hygiene kits to people throughout the area. The team also runs a medical and mental health hotline and works with volunteer driver networks to deliver medications to people’s homes. In late June, shelling inside the city and in areas north of the city intensified again. Despite the considerable challenges of trying to arrange and execute mobile clinics, the teams were able to continue providing services to many communities and to continue distributing aid through volunteer networks.