Luxembourg Associations Fund Ukraine Ambulances, Rescue Equipment, and Medicalized Train Evacuations

Since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, Luxembourg-based associations have been active in the country with financial support from Luxembourg residents, including Doctors Without Borders, which has transported and treated more than 3,700 patients aboard its medicalized trains.

“- Published People in Ukraine will be aided by essential medical supplies after £20,000 was raised to send an ambulance to the war-torn country”

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Virgule.lu reports that LUkraine raised €2.6 million in the first year of the war, largely spent on rescue equipment, emergency vehicles, and health care, and that at the end of October 2022 it launched the fundraising campaign titled 'Ukraine is Calling' to finance the deployment of 112 ambulances.

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MSF fundraising and communications director in Luxembourg Esther Leick said, "We shifted to a support activity for victims of the conflict," describing work that includes welcoming the injured and evacuating injured fighters from front-line areas to safer zones.

Leick also said that in two years, the NGO's doctors have evacuated 3,727 patients from war zones aboard medicalized trains, while the article adds that Ukrainian authorities provided freight trains that MSF converted to transport and treat fighters as they were moved.

In Ukraine-related fundraising, the Ukrainian army said that "Last month, two incredible women from the United Kingdom, Lindsey Carman and Louise Bryntesono" raised funds and personally delivered a vehicle to a unit in collaboration with Driving Ukraine.

Nice-Matin reports that the Ukrainian army described the pickup as a vehicle that "will help us carry out rescue missions in the combat zone," and it adds that the soldiers said the women raised funds within their communities and across their country for months.

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BBC described a separate effort in Wiltshire, where volunteers from the Malmesbury Stands with Ukraine group in Wiltshire raised £20,000 to send an ambulance to Ukraine and also bought a 4x4 medical support car.

BBC said the vehicles began their 1,800-mile (2,900km) journey from Malmesbury in to Cherkasy, in central Ukraine, and that the ambulance was full of 32 boxes of medical supplies and kits much needed in Cherkasy.

MyArtBroker says Banksy created an exclusive edition of 50 new prints to raise funds for the international charity organization, the Legacy of War Foundation, and it notes that the street artist announced the edition on December 9 on his Instagram page.

“War in Ukraine: Pop star Dua Lipa helped fund an ambulance for the Ukrainian army; soldiers thank her”

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The article quotes the charity's homepage stating, "So far, we have distributed more than £240,000 in grants and specialized aid," and it describes the foundation as working in close collaboration with local partners to provide targeted support to vulnerable communities.

Virgule.lu adds that MSF said it was no longer in the early hours of the conflict and is focusing on trauma care, rehabilitation, and mental health, while also noting that MSF could rely on Luxembourg residents to raise €2 million in 2022 but received only €62,000 in donations for Ukraine in 2023.

In the same piece, MSF fundraising director Esther Leick said, "these two components are very important because the populations are traumatized," as the article frames the shift toward trauma care and mental health alongside ongoing evacuations and medical support.