SEATAC, Wash. — A coalition of groups came together Monday to load $3.5 million worth of emergency medical supplies onto a cargo plane that will travel from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to Ukraine.
Nova Ukraine and the Ukranian Student Association at Stanford University partnered with the Ukrainian Association of Washington State to coordinate the donation. “Typical container shipping to Ukraine by sea took two months before the war,” said Igor Markov, Ph.D. director of Nova Ukraine. “Currently, the urgent need for medical supplies requires the use of cargo planes. We are able to get supplies to hospitals in two weeks or less.”
UAWS then worked with the Ukrainian-American Cultural Association of Oregon to collect, sort and inventory donations from local hospitals including Evergreen Health Medical Center and Overlake Medical Center.