Diabetes is a key global focus for Lions Clubs and volunteers in Australia are coming together to support people all over the world including Ukrainian refugees with Diabetes.
An initiative led by the Lions Australia Diabetes Foundation and Type 1 Diabetes Foundation is packaging up medical supplies to send to Ukrainian refugees with Diabetes.
Backpacks containing self-care supplies ready to send to Ukrainian refugees with Diabetes
Lions Australia’s National Diabetes Coordinator Pat Mills says the packs with vital supplies are being sent to refugees in Poland.
“At Lions, we are dedicated to doing what we can to help those in need both in our local communities and globally. Medical supplies are vital for Diabetics and we know there are many displaced Ukrainians that are in desperate need of supplies so our volunteers here in Australia are packaging up little medical kits to send to refugees. To date, we have sent over 200 packs to Poland.”
“Many of us have been watching the devastation in the Ukraine and want to do something to help. It’s a simple project for us but we are providing vital medical support,” says Pat.
Members of the Lions Club of Shepparton have been assisting on the project, collecting supplies and packing bags to ship to Poland.
Anyone wishing to help support the project can contact and donate to the Lions Australia Diabetes Foundation.
HELP FOR UKRAINE
Your Local-Lions Club is part of Lions International which has clubs with the same ethos as us already on the ground in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipro and more. They are able to distribute help directly where it is most needed.
What we would like you to do is help with this crisis by making a donation to the appeal. We would welcome your pledge whether you be an individual, company, community group or local council. I’m sure it makes more sense to maximise our efforts towards this crisis in this way, together we can achieve more. The need for cash donations is now essential to provide medical equipment and pharmaceuticals for the Ukrainian people.
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Why Donate via Lions?
The 47,000 Lions clubs worldwide contribute to ‘Lions Clubs International Foundation’ (LCIF) which in turn makes grants to Lions clubs around the world to help in a range of humanitarian causes.
Lions clubs in Poland and Romania have received emergency grants from LCIF but more is urgently needed to provide emergency kits to refugees through local Lion teams established to manage the projects. LCIF expects to continue responding to immediate relief needs as additional grant requests come through, including from other surrounding countries.
Please search for LCIF Refugees and Displaced Persons Fund and you will be able to donate on line.
