Organization:

Project Hope

Project HOPE is responding to needs of people affected by the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, including those internally displaced within the country and refugees who have fled to neighboring countries in the region. In Poland, Project HOPE has team members in Krakow and Rzezrow coordinating with United Nations and United States Government agencies and other responding organizations and partners. In Krakow, Project HOPE is supporting the needs of refugees, particularly through increasing access to health care for children from Ukraine through support to the University Children’s Hospital (UCH).

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Project Location:

Poland

Mikhaila and her daughter Tamara, 5, a pediatric oncology patient at the University Children's Hospital in Krakow. Mikhaila and Tamara fled the war in Ukraine and are seeking safety in Poland. Project HOPE has supported the University Children’s Hospital in Krakow for nearly 50 years, helping design and construct the hospital’s medical research facility, rehabilitation center, ambulatory care center, center for newborn care, and ICU for premature infants. In 2016, Dr. Kenyon noted that this was Project HOPE’s longest ongoing relationship with any hospital in the world.
Mikhaila and her daughter Tamara, 5, a pediatric oncology patient at the University Children's Hospital in Krakow. Mikhaila and Tamara fled the war in Ukraine and are seeking safety in Poland. Project HOPE has supported the University Children’s Hospital in Krakow for nearly 50 years, helping design and construct the hospital’s medical research facility, rehabilitation center, ambulatory care center, center for newborn care, and ICU for premature infants. In 2016, Dr. Kenyon noted that this was Project HOPE’s longest ongoing relationship with any hospital in the world.

ObjectiveS

Project HOPE’s Emergency Response Team in Poland has been collaborating with leadership at the University Children’s Hospital (UCH) and providing support through medical supplies as the hospital is beginning to receive an increasing number of Ukrainian children.

Due to the increasing number of children with both acute and chronic health needs coming to Poland from Ukraine, UCH is in the process of establishing an intensive care unit specifically for children from Ukraine so that the hospital can absorb the influx in patients and provide the critical levels of care for these children. Hospital leadership has shared an initial needs list of medical equipment and supplies for this unit with Project HOPE. Required medical equipment listed include items such as a cardio monitoring system, a defibrillator, patient warmers, vital signs monitors, infusion pumps, an ultrasound, EKG apparatus, pulse oximeters and high flow breathing therapy apparatus.

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Status:

Ongoing

Sector:

Children's Health

Grant:

More than $100,000

Reports:

  • 1st report: July 2022
  • 2nd report: December 2022

You can find all the reports here.

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