This week, the 32nd group of volunteers from Lenexa-based health nonprofit Global Care Force will depart for Ukraine.
“At this moment, all Ukrainians are tired of war. It’s exhausted our mental [and] physical health,” says Ukrainian physician Dr. Lev Prystupiuk. “Global Care Force not only treats patients, a volunteer from the United States coming to Ukraine gives hope, joy and love.”
Global Care Force initially began in response to COVID 19 and grew into a global organization responding to medical needs overseas. Since Russia invaded in 2022, Global Care Force has sent volunteers from the United States to Ukraine once a month, providing health care and distributing supplies…