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Inspiring meeting with H.E. Amb. Dicken of #SouthSudan, Marian Wentworth, and Deborah Hutchison for a preliminary discussion on potential collaboration to strengthen South Sudan’s #healthcare system. We explored how Management Sciences for Health's expertise in health systems development and Project C.U.R.E.’s ability to provide essential medical equipment and supplies could be combined to help the People of South Sudan. In times like these, it is crucial for organizations to join hands/leverage resources to address #GlobalHealth challenges.

🇺🇦 Why should we still care about supporting Ukraine? A week ago, my Aid Pioneers colleague Christoph Erichsen and I returned from our most recent trip to Ukraine. There, we visited our Ukrainian partners and hospitals in Kyiv and Odesa and prepared the arrival of our 34th container of medical supplies. ➡️ Why should we as Germans – or as Europeans - still care about this war? For us, it can at times feel far away, even unreal — until you take the train east from Berlin and find yourself in a war zone. During our trip, we speak to hospitals that have half their beds occupied by patients recovering from war-related injuries and to Ukrainians who spent their night listening to Shahed drones above their homes. Yet, even in Kyiv, war feels far away when you sit in a Berlin-style Asian restaurant – until night falls, and you’re spending it in a bomb shelter, sheltering from Russian drone attacks. During these moments, a quote from Leon Trotsky was constantly on our mind: "You may not be interested in the war, but the war is interested in you" And that's why, even in its fourth year, this war should concern us all. Because Russia is attacking the very freedoms that we as Europeans are fortunate to be enjoying every day. And the less we care about it, the easier we make it for Russia to win – and for the whole of Europe to lose. 💪🏽 That’s why we at Aid Pioneers are grateful that together with our brave Ukrainian and many international partners, we have now supplied 394 health care facilities all across Ukraine with medical supplies worth more than $13mn USD. ‼️ Moreover, until summer 2026, we will send at least another $4mn worth of medical supplies in 10 containers to Ukraine. And this help is still urgently needed. International funding cuts don’t only mean that less military aid is reaching Ukraine, but also that less medical aid arrives. Still, we had the impression that Ukraine is a lot more resilient than how it is often portrayed, and that Ukrainians are still very willing to fight in order to remain a free society. At Aid Pioneers, we are proud of being able to support them in this fight. ❤️ Thank you to all those fantastic partners in Ukraine, Europe and the US together with whom we've made a small difference in Ukraine this year: Project C.U.R.E., Flexport, Else Kröner-Fresenius-Stiftung, NAK-karitativ e.V., #WeAreAllUkrainians gGmbH, Porticus, Harald Christ Stiftung, United Help Ukraine, Christian Medical Association of Ukraine, FRIDA UKRAINE, Razom and many more!