A Los Angeles-based aid group says not all volunteers, even those with pertinent skills, would be a good fit for operations near a warzone. Still, one Angeleno has flown to Eastern Europe.
Two days after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, the World Health Organization issued a global request: The war-torn country needed doctors, nurses and EMTs with experience in complex emergencies.an international disaster-response nonprofit based near Los Angeles International Airport, flew to Krakow, Poland.
Ukrainian soldiers hitched and moved an artillery unit after Russian bombardment destroyed a building near their position, in the Moskovskyi district in Kharkiv, Ukraine. “Today was a huge success,” said McAchran, a coordination lead for Team Rubicon. “Our doctor Vitaliy [Belyshev] has been down in the clinic two days now … And we identified some issues that we could cross train them in, things that our medical staff are experts in, such as stop the bleed. They set up for that training.
Most of the patients she and her colleagues have assisted did not have the bullet and shrapnel wounds one might expect. The majority were women and children in need of medical attention for existing conditions such as asthma and diabetes after fleeing their homes elsewhere in the country. “When you have five air raids, you’re pretty limited on how much you can get done, but in the last 24 [hours] I think those guys saw 27 patients,”David Malet, a professor at American University who has published two books on foreign fighters and non-combatants who travel to war zones, agreed.
Along with his toothbrush and other standard travel items, the burly, 48-year-old packed a ballistic vest, camouflage clothing and Juno — his toy poodle, known in Whelan’s Hollywood Hills apartment complex for her poof of pink-dyed fur. Whelan has managed logistics and security in countries including Gabon and Cameroon. In 2016, he traveled to Greece to help with the arrival of Syrian war refugees. The colorful map over his desk is crisscrossed with lines connecting the dozens of countries he’s been to.
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