July 24, 2023
Week of Updates
Hey friends!
We have been keeping our private Facebook page up to date for the past few years.
Please ask to join: Mike and Annie in Ukraine
We also have a new website about our medical work in Ukraine:
https://centerofhopeukraine.org/
Fresh updates (also will share on our private FB page, BUT will not be sharing patient photos here)!
Monday, 24.07
This week we’ll be sharing about our medical work in Ukraine: occupational therapy, psychiatry and counseling. We’ll also be updating you on our building project and medical plans for the future.
In January 2012, we moved to Uzhhorod, Ukraine.
I began doing occupational therapy by myself through home care:
visiting patients in their homes to provide OT services to them.
My first patient was a man in his early 40s, a severe stroke with some of the main
symptoms being inability to move his right arm and expressive aphasia
(the ability to understand words, but difficulty in speaking).
Now, in July of 2023, we have a small out-patient clinic that provides
occupational therapy (specializing in neurological diagnoses) and psychiatry.
Our team has grown to include Dr Gabrial Anaman, a psychiatrist and
our medical student volunteers: Nikolas (6th year medical student from Kenya),
Moyin (6th year medical student from Nigeria) and Maya
(a recent medical school graduate from Nigeria).
We now serve 14 patients every week with a variety of diagnoses:
stroke, traumatic brain injury, aphasia, back pain and
soldiers with injuries and PTSD related to the war.
Most of you in this group have financially supported us and our medical work
in Ukraine from day 1, back in 2012.
THANK YOU! <3
Without you, we would not have been able to be here for 12 years!
In the pictures below, we’ll introduce you to some of our team,
show some equipment and share the story of Zoltan, one of our patients.
(check out our FB post for pics!)
Contact Information and how to Donate to our work:
Mike and Annie Hallenback
Mike:
WhatsApp & Viber: +380991841003
Annie:
WhatsApp & Viber: +380665534094
Web: www.centerofhopeukraine.org
And the resurrection of our blog: http://mikeandannieinukraine.blogspot.com
It lives.
Donate:
Paypal
Tax deduction:
Donations can also go through our home church in Poughkeepsie, NY for a tax-deduction.
Just be sure to add that it is for: Mike and Annie Hallenback/Ukraine.
River Community Church
260 Mill Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
“SecureGive” is also available through the church for online or text giving.
Simply text 518.255.8887 to set up a new account or to make a donation.
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