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🇺🇦 “I just couldn’t leave.”

From volunteering to repairing war damage, Ukraine’s elderly carry history while shaping the present.
👉 These are their voices: www.moas.eu/i-just-could...

Stories provided by: foreignukraines.com

#Ukraine #ElderlyVoices #MOAS

Valentina is 93 and survived the Holocaust. An 84-year-old was injured by a drone while repairing war damage.
This is what growing old looks like in war torn Ukraine.

Read their stories here 👉 www.moas.eu/i-just-could...

#Ukraine #ElderlyVoices #Resilience #HumanStories #MOAS

💙 Humanitarian workers face crises daily, yet their own wellbeing often goes unseen.

➡️ Learn what needs to change for better mental health in aid work: www.moas.eu/turning-sile...

#MOAS #HumanitarianWork #MentalHealthMatters

🌍👵👴 On #InternationalDayOfElderlyPersons, we remember the unique challenges older people face in war & crisis.

❤️ Let's work to reach everyone, ensuring no one is left behind.

#Humanity #Ukraine #HumanitarianAid

⏳ 20 hours fighting to survive.

A defender struck by an FPV drone endured chest wounds, a traumatic amputation & constant fire before medics could reach him. After surgery, our #MOAS team evacuated him safely to advanced treatment. 💙💛

#SavingLives #MOASMissionUkraine

From incredible life-saving interventions in Ukraine to transforming the future of migrants in Malta, MOAS keeps turning hope into action.
➡️ We're proud to share the results we've achieved this month.

🚑 #MOAS surgeon Oleh Voloshyn has been awarded the prestigious Shalimov Medal for his tireless work saving lives on the frontline. A true example of courage & professionalism. 💙💛
#MOASMissionUkraine

Turning Silence into Support: Mental Wellbeing in Humanitarian Work - MOAS The humanitarian sector in 2025 recognises a vital yet often unseen challenge: the mental health and wellbeing of humanitarian workers. Across conflict zones and refugee ... Read more

🚨 Half of humanitarian workers report psychological distress. How can we help the helpers?

Explore what must change to protect the mental health of those on the frontlines.
👉 www.moas.eu/turning-sile...

#MentalHealthMatters #HumanitarianAid #MOAS

💛💙 #FacesOfMOAS: Meet Serhii Shtepa

25+ years as a defensive driving instructor. He trains drivers by day, drives ambulances on the Ukrainian frontline by night, saving lives & sharing knowledge.

💬 “To teach and to save lives. That became my personal code of action.”

#MOAS #MOASMissionUkraine

🐾 Little Husky Luna spent a few days with our MOAS Ukraine team, lifting spirits and bringing comfort to our frontline doctors. Hard to say goodbye, but her joy stayed with us. ❤️

#MOAS #MOASMissionUkraine #Ukraine #HuskyLove

🚨 Night call: a patient in clinical death needed urgent evacuation. #StoriesFromTheFrontline

MOAS medics resuscitated him, stabilised his condition, and continued intensive care en route to a military hospital.
Another life saved. ❤️‍🩹

#MOAS #MOASMissionUkraine #MedicalEvacuation #SavingLives

From Compassion to Competition: Funding Humanitarian Aid in 2025 - MOAS The humanitarian aid landscape in 2025 faces unprecedented challenges due to increasing global needs and limited funding. More than 300 million people are expected to ... Read more

🚨 How do we respond when funding diminishes but needs keep growing?
Compassion fatigue is rising and donor fatigue with it.

Read our blog to learn what we can do to counter this phenomenon: www.moas.eu/from-compass...

#MOAS #SocialImpact #Philanthropy

🔴 Two defenders, two severe injuries, one chain of care. #StoriesFromTheFrontline

Frontline medics stabilized them, one with abdominal bleeding, the other with an open arm fracture.

🚑 Our #MOAS team evacuated both safely to advanced care. 💙💛

#MOASMissionUkraine #SavingLives

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www.moas.eu/it/newslette...

#MOAS #Newsletter #HumanitarianAid #StayConnected #MigrationMatters

What does it mean to be a humanitarian in 2025? 💭

Our team shares their thoughts.
Follow MOAS to see how we put humanity into action every day.

#TogetherForHumanity #GlobalSolidarity #HumanitarianAid #MOAS

Myths & Misconceptions About Humanitarian Work Debunked - MOAS Humanitarian work is often romanticised. The image of aid workers as tireless heroes, rushing into conflict zones to save lives, shapes media narratives and public ... Read more

What if the things you believe about humanitarian work… are wrong?

We’re breaking down the myths that often get in the way of understanding what this work really means.
👉 Read more: www.moas.eu/myths-miscon...

#MOAS #HumanitarianWork #MythBusting #NGO

💙💛 #FacesOfMOAS: Meet Anesthesiologist Mykola Antoniuk.
From ICU during COVID to the medical frontline in Ukraine, Mykola brings calm decisiveness & skill to every evacuation.
💬 “At MOAS we work at our limits, knowing the price of that effort is saved lives.”
#MOASMissionUkraine #SavingLives

🚑 Two-stage evacuation:
In Sumy, #Ukraine, a defender with a major gunshot wound was stabilized, then evacuated by #MOAS in two stages. First to a local hospital, then 4.5 hrs to Kyiv under continuous monitoring.

Timely care saves lives. 💙💛

#MOASMissionUkraine #SavingLives

Why Aid Fails In War Zones and What To Do About It - MOAS A convoy of food is attacked on a road that was supposed to be safe. A child waits at a distribution point for food that ... Read more

🚧 Roads blocked. 🏥 Clinics under fire. 🚑 Aid stuck while millions wait.

Discover the challenges of delivering help in war zones—and how MOAS and local partners keep saving lives against all odds. 💙

👉 www.moas.eu/why-aid-fail...

#HumanitarianAid #MOAS #HumanityFirst

🚑 Tortured. Gravely injured. Yet he survived.

After 3 days under drone strikes, a Ukrainian defender was rescued with devastating wounds. MOAS medics took over the longest leg of his evacuation, delivering him safely for surgery. Today, he’s recovering. 💙💛

#MOAS #SavingLives #Ukraine

Charity is not pity. It’s solidarity. 🌍

On #InternationalDayOfCharity, discover how MOAS is redefining charity in 2025 & how you can support our life-saving missions.

👉 [https://www.moas.eu/what-charity-means-to-moas-in-2025]

🚑 Anniversary Poem 3:
Since Feb 2022, #MOAS has been in #Ukraine with a fleet of ambulances & a team of medics, evacuating the wounded & delivering critical care from frontline to hospital.

#MOASMissionUkraine #SavingLives #HumanitarianAid #MedicalEvacuation #11YearsOfMOAS

🌏 Anniversary Poem 2:
In 2017, MOAS launched ops in #Bangladesh, delivering 40t of aid & treating 90,000+ patients. Since 2019, thousands of volunteers trained in water safety & fire response. 💙

#MOAS #HumanitarianAid #DRR #RefugeeSupport #SavingLives

🌊 Anniversary Poem 1
25 Aug 2014: MOAS launched first private #SAR mission in the Mediterranean. Our crews rescued 40.000 people between 2014–2017. Every hand we reached for was a reminder: no one should be left to die at sea. 💙

#MOAS #SavingLivesAtSea #Migration #11yearsOfMOAS

11 Years of Saving Lives, Building Hope - MOAS This August, MOAS turns eleven. Eleven years of believing that every life is equally valuable. Eleven years of weathering storms, both literal and metaphorical, to ... Read more

🌍 11 years of MOAS!
From evacuations in Ukraine to shipping therapeutic food & medicine worldwide, we’ve always gone where needed most.
But today our biggest mission is at risk. Without support, we may not be able to keep going.
👉 moas.eu/11-years-of-...

#MOAS #11YearsOfMOAS

💙💛 #FacesOfMOAS: Paramedic Oleksii Borshchov.
He joined #MOAS in 2023 to save lives on the frontline. He’ll never forget evacuating a defender whose heart had stopped and seeing a tattoo over the incision: his child’s footprint with the word “CONNECTED.”

#MOASMissionUkraine

🌍 They are the Backpack Humanitarians: mobile, connected, and ready to make change happen.

Get to know who they are in our blog: www.moas.eu/the-backpack...

#WorldHumanitarianDay #BackpackHumanitarians #YouthLeadership #GlobalSolidarity

The Backpack Humanitarians: Mobile, Multilingual, and Mission-Ready - MOAS On World Humanitarian Day, we honour those who dedicate their lives to alleviating suffering and providing aid during crises. However, the face of the humanitarian ... Read more

Mobile. Multilingual. Mission-ready.
They’re hacking old systems, amplifying voices, and turning aid into action fast.

🌍 Meet the #BackpackHumanitarians in our blog: www.moas.eu/the-backpack...

#WorldHumanitarianDay #HumanitarianAid #YouthLeadership #GlobalSolidarity

🚨We got an urgent call: A defender critically injured in an artillery strike. #StoriesFromTheFrontline

After life-saving surgery & amputation by frontline medics, #MOAS team evacuated him under intensive care, delivering him safely to a specialist hospital.
#Ukraine #MOASMissionUkraine #Ukraine1408

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