Sixty-two tons of humanitarian supplies from UNICEF reaches Ukraine

Satyen Mohapatra War ravaged Ukraine has left thousands of children helpless. Besides children having been killed and wounded an estimated half a million children have fled Ukraine to take shelter in neighbouring countries.
While the country is running low on critical medical supplies there are genuine fears of a wider public health crisis.
 The first batch of UNICEF humanitarian supplies has arrived on Sunday in Lviv, western Ukraine, from UNICEF’s Global Supply and Logistics Hub in Copenhagen. The six-truck convoy containing an estimated 62 tonnes of supplies reached UKRAINE on March 5.
The supplies include personal protective equipment to protect health workers from COVID-19, medical supplies, including medicine, first aid kits, midwifery kits, and surgical equipment, and early childhood and recreational kits.
Executive Director UNICEF Catherine M. Russel has said “UNICEF is deeply concerned that intensifying hostilities in Ukraine pose an immediate threat to the lives and wellbeing of the country’s 7.5 million children. Heavy weapons fire along the line of contact has already damaged critical water infrastructure and education facilities in recent days. Unless the fighting subsides, tens of thousands of families could be forcibly displaced, dramatically escalating humanitarian needs.” “UNICEF is working across eastern Ukraine to scale up life-saving programmes for children. This includes trucking safe water to conflict-affected areas; prepositioning health, hygiene, and emergency education supplies as close as possible to communities near the line of contact; and working with municipalities to ensure there is immediate help for children and families in need.