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AMDA has been continuously providing assistance to those who have been forced to face the humanitarian crisis in Ukrainian war zones. As of now, AMDA is working with the following aid organizations based in Hungary and Ukraine.
 

1. “Varda Hagyomanyorzo, Kulturalis Egyesulet” (Hungary)

 “Varda Hagyomanyorzo, Kulturalis Egyesulet” (Varda) is a Hungarian aid organization active in the areas that are on the border with Ukraine. It has provided medical supplies,

Between 15 and 20 May 2023, two AMDA staff members visited Hungary to discuss further assistance for Ukrainian evacuees with its four local counterparts active in both Hungary and Ukraine. AMDA has extended a helping hand to those who sought refuge immediately after the outset of the crisis, sending 14 relief personnel in total for the relief work.

This time, the two met with the members of the aforementioned partner organizations in succession. The

Ever since the crisis struck Ukraine, AMDA has sent 14 aid workers to neighbouring Hungary from March to October 2022 to help Ukrainian evacuees that fled war zones. During that time, the staff members comprising five doctors, six nurses, and three coordinators engaged in aid work. It included medical relief activities, as well as the provision of food items, medical supplies, and other necessities.

In light of the protracted crisis, AMDA has been continuously working with Hungarian and

1) Shifting to local-driven relief efforts

AMDA has recently commissioned its Hungarian and Ukrainian local counterparts to primarily run the relief activities for Ukrainian evacuees, the project for which AMDA had mainly been responsible since the crisis began.

Beregsurany

Since September, AMDA’s Japanese nurse has been working at a help center for Ukrainian evacuees in Beregsurany, a Hungarian village on the border with Ukraine. Also serving as a coordinator, she was sent to Hungary as AMDA’s 10th batch of relief personnel.

The nurse has been mainly checking the health condition of the evacuees, while referring patients that need proper medical attention to local partner organizations. They include the Order of Malta that manages the entire center,

Beregsurany

On 8 September, a Japanese coordinator/nurse from AMDA Headquarters began her work at a help centre for Ukrainian evacuees in Beregsurany, a Hungarian village located on the border with Ukraine. It marked AMDA’s 10th dispatch of aid workers since this humanitarian relief started. The coordinator joined the preceding team, which had already been engaged in the work at the facility.

As of now, there seem to be quite a few cases of non-Ukrainian students (who were studying in Ukraine) crossing

Beregsurany

After arriving in Budapest, Hungary, on 18 August, an AMDA nurse headed to Beregsurany (a village on the border with Ukraine) on the 20th to take part in the ongoing aid work. This marked the 9th dispatch of relief personnel from Japan. 

The nurse joined the preceding team at a local help center for Ukrainian evacuees, and has been engaged in maintaining the health condition of those taking shelter there. Likewise, the team has been caring for the facility staff who have supported the evacuees around the clock.

Beregsurany

AMDA’s aid workers (one nurse and one coordinator) have been continuously working at a help center for Ukrainian evacuees in Hungary’s Beregsurany village, which is on the border with Ukraine. With the center’s staff, they have been engaged in maintaining the facility environment while handling other aid work. The AMDA nurse has also been checking the health condition of every evacuee at the center. 

On 11 August, an evacuee with epilepsy arrived without

Beregsurany

At a help center set up for Ukrainian evacuees in Hungary’s Beregsurany village, the number of those arriving from war zones has been gradually increasing since late July. The AMDA team (one nurse and one coordinator) has been preparing food and drinks while maintaining the facility environment with the center’s staff.

In addition to the above, an AMDA nurse has been checking the health condition of every evacuee at the shelter by utilizing a check sheet that she developed on her own.

New activity phase: AMDA to assist mobile clinic activities

As of 13 July, an AMDA coordinator has been working at the help center for Ukrainian evacuees in Beregsurany, a Hungarian village bordering with war-torn Ukraine. 

As months have passed since the crisis began, moving from the help center to the next destinations has become a lot easier and smoother for those who fled the war zones. Accordingly, the number of those who stay at the center has become less, although 11 people were still taking shelter there that day.

Responding to the extreme summer heat

As part of countermeasures to prevent heat stroke, AMDA’s relief team (one nurse and one coordinator) has been providing bottled water at the help center for Ukrainian evacuees in Beregsurany, Hungary. 

The region, which lies in the eastern part of the country, has been experiencing exceptionally hot summer this year with the highest temperature reaching 38 degrees Celsius. It is said the temperature usually stays around 27 even at the hottest time of the year.

Sending food items to Ukraine

On 18 June, two AMDA nurses purchased food items to be sent to Ukraine with local aid workers in Beregsurany, a Hungarian village at the border where evacuees had been arriving from the war zones. 

In a few days’ time, foodstuffs such as flour, cooking oil, pasta, cereals, sugar, tinned foods and meat products are expected to reach those who are facing food shortages on the other side of the border. 

Play activities with mums and kids in Beregsurany

On 13 June, compared to how it usually was, more mums and kids were seen

The sixth dispatch

On 2 June, a nurse from *AMDA-TICO arrived in Budapest, Hungary, from Japan for the ongoing aid work. This marks its sixth dispatch of relief personnel to support those who fled war-torn Ukraine.

After meeting with the students from local Semmelweis University who had supported this relief effort, the nurse headed to the border area to join her colleague, a Japanese male nurse who had been working at the site for some time.

Beregsurany:

As of 31 May, the number of Ukrainian evacuees arriving at a support center in Hungary’s Beregsurany village has been around 200 to 500 daily. Those who seek shelter at the facility for an extended period have been no more than 50 people in recent days. Likewise, the visitors to the center’s makeshift clinic has been declining.

Nevertheless, a nurse from AMDA-TICO continues to work hard with local medical workers to respond to various needs of the evacuees as there has been a constant flow of people

Beregsurany:

At a support center for Ukrainian evacuees in the Hungarian village of Beregsurany, the number of arriving evacuees has been tallying around 200 to 500 daily. At its temporary clinic at which a nurse from *AMDA-TICO has been working, local medical personnel and volunteers have been working hand in hand to provide medical services to those who fled the warzones. Less people are visiting the clinic compared to what it used to be. However, the medical team (including personnel from the Netherlands) is always on standby to render assistance.

Beregsurany:

As of 12 May, aid workers from *AMDA-TICO and its local counterpart Med Spot have been continuing to offer medical services to Ukrainian evacuees at a makeshift clinic in Beregsurany, a village at the Hungarian border.

Using a freight container as a consultation room, the clinic was run on the premises of the village’s support facility for the evacuees. Since the 9th, the clinic has moved into a new container as the old one needed to be replaced.
                   

Beregsurany:

As of 6 May, a nurse from AMDA-TICO has been continuing his work at a support center for Ukrainian evacuees in Beregsurany, a Hungarian village at the border with Ukraine. In recent days, the average number of arriving evacuees has been around 200 to 300 daily.

That day, the nurse looked after Ukrainian children waiting to board a bus bound for Budapest. Though seemingly anxious at first, the kids immediately put confidence in him that they started playing badminton together cheerfully. 

Beregsurany:

On 24 April, an *AMDA-TICO nurse was asked to be on the night duty at the support centre for Ukrainian evacuees in Beregsurany, a village at the Hungarian border with Ukraine. The request came from local counterpart Med Spot that ran the centre’s makeshift clinic.

Little dropped by that evening due to the night-time curfew that had been imposed around the border area. However, the following morning, the centre’s staff and volunteers dropped in to relieve their fatigue after working long hours. The nurse

In an effort to help the evacuees from Ukraine, a nurse from *AMDA-TICO’s joint relief team has been working in Beregsurany, a village at the Hungarian border as of 23 April. At its support centre for the evacuees, the nurse works around the clock to take care of those who fled the war zone while maintaining the shelter’s living environment.

Since 14 April, a nurse from *AMDA-TICO’s joint relief team has been working at the support center for the Ukrainian evacuees in Beregsurany, a Hungarian village at the border.

As of 19 April, the number of arriving evacuees has increased to around 300 from what used to be 200 the week before. Among those who fled the war zones was a family that had to ask someone else to take care of a family member who could not leave Kyiv. It was a tough decision to make, as one was not able to endure a long trip.

On the morning of 13 April, a doctor and a nurse from *AMDA-TICO arrived at the support center for the Ukrainian evacuees in Beregsurany, a Hungarian village at the border. It had been over a month since AMDA-TICO began supporting the facility.

The team started its day by doing the rounds at the shelter to see if anyone needed assistance. Those who asked for help included a woman who was concerned about her blood pressure, as well as the facility’s volunteers who complained

Beregsurany, Hungary:

The flow of evacuees from Ukraine has yet to cease in Beregsurany, a Hungarian village at the border where *AMDA-TICO has been providing medical assistance.

Still around 200 people arrive daily at the village’s support center for the evacuees. At a peak period, the number often soars to 500.

Beregsurany, Hungary:

On 6 April, an AMDA doctor from Japan began working at a medical outpost set within a support center for Ukrainian evacuees at the Hungarian border town of Beregsurany.

After discussing his roles with local doctors, it was decided that the doctor would take care of the rounds within the shelter and its vicinity. He also stayed at the facility through the night to respond to night-time patient needs.

The shelter has been operated around the clock, and has

Forging ties with Hungarian university students:

On the morning of 2 April, *AMDA-TICO held an online meeting with International Semmelweise Student Association (ISSA) to discuss further assistance towards the Ukrainian evacuees. ISSA is a student body of Hungary’s Semmelweise University whose students have been actively engaged in AMDA-TICO’s relief activities since the early phase of this mission. The meeting focused on how college students can voluntarily participate in the ongoing relief effort.

Medical assistance at the Hungarian border areas:

1) Beregsurany, Hungary

On 1 April, a nurse from *AMDA-TICO worked at the medical outpost set in Beregsurany, a village at the Hungarian border which had been extending support to the Ukrainian evacuees. From 10am to 4pm, the nurse was able to carry out his work smoothly thanks to a Ukrainian interpreter residing in Hungary. Having someone who could speak the Ukrainian language put the evacuees at ease and allowed better communication between them.

The medical outpost is part of an evacuee support center

Beregsurany, Hungary:

In Beregsurany, a village at the Hungarian border, *AMDA-TICO has been working around the clock to offer medical assistance to the Ukrainian evacuees.

At the village’s support center where a medical outpost has been set, the AMDA-TICO team not only takes care of the evacuees, but also looks after the health conditions of the volunteers working 24-hour shifts.

Meanwhile, as there was a number of patients with backache

Beregsurany, Hungary:

At the medical outpost set at the Hungarian border town of Beregsurany, *AMDA-TICO’s joint relief team has been seeing around 15 patients daily. The team is on 24-hour standby to cater to various medical needs of the Ukrainian evacuees. So far, ailments such as stress-related stomachache and digestive problems, as well as common cold are commonly seen among patients. The team is also cooperating with several aid organizations and partners in responding to emergency patients. The following cases are some of the patients the team has seen up to now:

Beregsurany, Hungary:
On the evening of 23 March, a Ukrainian man arrived at the Hungarian village of Beregsurany where *AMDA-TICO had been providing medical assistance at its suport center for the evacuees. It was learned that it took him about one month to flee to the other side of the border.
 
As the man seemed to have been troubled by hypertension-related symptoms, he was immediately seen by a Hungarian doctor at the center’s medical outpost. The diagnosis revealed that much of his condition was stemming from the war-induced stress. The doctor decided to prescribe him with medicine and see if his condition would improve in the days to come.
 
Although the man had tried to put himself to sleep at the makeshift

Beregsurany, Hungary:

Two Japanese doctors from *AMDA-TICO that arrived in Hungary on 20 March are now working 24-hour shifts at a medical outpost in Beregsurany, a village at the Hungarian border. The makeshift clinic is part of the support center for the evacuees set at the village.

The ground team worked hand in hand with local medical personnel to respond to a variety of medical needs. So far, the patients who dropped by include a woman who got shot in her leg near Kyiv by a Russian soldier three weeks ago;

Medical assistance at border areas:

On the morning of 20 March, two doctors arrived in Budapest from Japan to join the preceding *AMDA-TICO relief team for the aid work in helping Ukrainian evacuees. After arrival, one of them immediately headed to Beregsurany, a village at the border where the team had been working. The doctor took over the predecessor’s work who was on duty from the day before, and began working with a local rescue team to prepare for urgent medical response.

On the same day, the remaining members of the AMDA-TICO

Aid work in Hungary:
As of 18 March, AMDA-TICO joint relief team has been providing medical assistance at a medical outpost in Beregsurany’s support centre for Ukrainian evacuees. The team is on 24-7 standby with a Hungarian doctor to respond to various medical needs.
 
Beregsurany is a satellite village in which around 700 to 1,000 people fleeing Ukraine go through daily to get to Budapest, the capital. The team is providing medicine while taking care of patients with minor ailments such as allergies.

On 15 March, *AMDA-TICO joint relief team began its medical relief activities with its local counterpart in Beregsurany, a village at the Hungarian border, where evacuees from Ukraine have been taking refuge.
 
At a medical outpost set within a local support center for the evacuees, the team (comprising one doctor and one nurse from Japan) has been working around the clock to provide medical care with a Hungarian doctor. The support center is offering food, accommodation, and relevant information to

On 13 March, *AMDA’s joint relief team visited a facility in the outskirts of Kisvarda, a Hungarian border town, where Ukrainian evacuees tested positive for COVID-19 have been quarantined. This comes as a result of antigen tests which have been conducted by the Hungarian authorities at border checkpoints.

The facility also accommodates the family members of the infected individuals as well as those with asymptomatic cases. Although it was initially reported that it lacked manpower in

On 11 March, a joint relief team comprising six personnel from AMDA and TICO met with its local partners in Budapest, Hungary, to discuss further aid work in supporting Ukrainian evacuees.

The team made a visit to former Hungarian ambassador to Japan Mr. and Mrs. Szerdahelyi, the Embassy of Japan in Budapest, as well as rector of Semmelweis University to grasp what assistance had been delivered to those who fled Ukraine.

On the evening of 10 March (local time), AMDA’s second relief team from Japan arrived in Budapest, Hungary, to join the preceding team. The latter had already conducted an assessment regarding the situation surrounding Ukrainian evacuees at border towns, Lonya and Kisvarda, on 8 and 9 March respectively.
 
As of 11 March, they are scheduled to meet the officials from the Embassy of Japan in Hungary and Semmelweis University, as well as other local partners for gathering relevant

On 08 March (local time), AMDA’s first relief team headed to Lonya, a Hungarian border town which is located 300 kilometres from Budapest, to assess the situation surrounding Ukrainian evacuees.

Although the town was small with a population of around 700 residents, many people were arriving from the other side of the border to take refuge. It was confirmed that several aid organizations were already there to provide aid with sufficient relief supplies in place. The team will move onto the next town for further assessment.

On the afternoon of 7 March, AMDA’s Japanese doctor arrived in Budapest, Hungary, for aid work in response to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. After arrival, the doctor, who currently resides in Holland, was joined by a Japanese medical student now studying at Semmelweis University, a well-established college in the nation. The two immediately started gathering information with regards to the situations surrounding Ukrainian evacuees in major stations and other places in central Budapest.

Meanwhile, AMDA will be dispatching its second team of

In response to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, AMDA will be dispatching a Japanese medical doctor to Hungary to provide aid to Ukrainian refugees.
 
Considering what actions could be taken for those who flee to nearby countries, AMDA had been monitoring the situation since the outset of the military crisis in late February.