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Our medical team member send us the letter from the shelter in Moldova. 

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I have been dispatched as a medical aid worker to the Ukrainian refugee shelter in Moldova since April 11.

Since early April, Peace Winds Korea has set up a small clinic in the shelter in Chisinau, Moldova, to continue its medical support activities.

The shelter is the only place where can get supplies for the refugees, so many refugees visit to receive food and supplies needed every day.

We set up a small clinic here to provide necessary medical treatment to the refugees.

Many refugees who visit the clinic said many symptoms like the below.
"My medicine for chronic disease is run out already."
"I can't sleep because of anxiety."
"I have a headache caused by high blood pressure."
"I catch a cold."
"I have a rash."
But most of the symptoms are caused by stress from the war.

Many of them lost their loved ones during the war and lost their homes in the bombing. Many of them fled to leave their families behind.
The shelter life gives them stress and sometimes causes many people to get sick.

If you're listening to a patient who's under a lot of mental stress,
I wonder how painful it must be, but I also feel limited in not being able to hear and understand all the tragic stories due to language barriers and limited medical time.

But I do my best to make eye contact and listen carefully.
We're communicating somehow with body language.

I also try to care for their mind. I try to communicate in the simple Ukrainian language and talk to people first. We buy some toys for children, decorate pretty flowers, and use aromas to give relaxation to patients.

Even though it is a minor thing, I try my best to make a good circumstance for the patients who have been through the difficulties to get a better day.

Even today, many people are losing their safety and health due to this war.

However, some people have a warm-hearted help each other.
Moldova is not a rich country, but the people of Moldova were willing to accept Ukrainian refugees.

They gave their house as a refuge shelter, shared the difficulty of living with them, provided the necessary supplies, do volunteer work for the refugees. Many support and sacrifice of the people sustain Ukrainian refugees.

Some Ukrainian refugees help other refugees. They participate in all volunteer work actively.

We don't know when the war will end. If the situation gets worse additional refugees might come to Moldova.

I sincerely hope that the day will come soon when everyone can live a peaceful life with their loved ones.
Until that day, Peace Winds Korea continues to stand with Ukrainian refugees.

Please support us. Thank you.

Following as the request of many refugees in refugee camp and the Deputy Minister of Health of the Moldova government, Peace Winds Korea immediately started supporting refugees needed medical assistance.

According to Moldova Health Secretary-General, Ion Prisacaru, when refugees reach the Palanca border, they work with the WHO Moldova office to check the health condition of refugees first. Only urgent patient will get medical care, and most of them just travel to Kishinau even they have a cancer or anyother diseases which may look not so serious at that period.

(Interview of Deputy Minister of Health of the Moldova government)
"Currently, about 4,000 refugees cross the border every day.
The medical field is not panicked yet, but everything is insufficient as the number of refugees who need support has increased. Moldova's modern medical system is not so structured, and still has Soviet-era customs. I think it would be very helpful for both, the Moldova government and the Ukrainian refugees, to cooperate with professional medical organizations such as Peace Winds Korea."

The medical team of Peace Winds Korea (1 Doctor and 1 nurse) were dispatched from headquarters to Moldova, and they set up a temporary clinic to start medical support. Even the weather is so cold outside, the refugees wrap blankets to wait for their turn in a long line.

Peace Winds Korea provides medical treatment not only to refugees but also to cooperative partners who conduct refugee relief activities. One of our partner, Pastor Vladmir, who support the supply of goods to Ukraine with Peace Winds Korea, is suffering from a kind of trauma because he witnesses the battlefield every time he travels to and from Ukraine. We invited Vladmir's family to take a medical check and give necessary treatment.

There are people with various diseases in here. Also, many people need trauma treatment caused by the war. Peace Winds Korea send medical supplies to refugee camps and Kisinausi Medical Center and hospitals outside Odessa-Micolaiu in Ukraine where medical supplies are scarce,

We will continue to support refugees by send medical supplies and operate temporary clinics. In the future, we are also considering to operate a 'mobile clinic' in cooperation with the local community.

Please keep standing for Ukrainian refugees. Thank you!