Our Projects
At Rotary Club Lviv International, we are dedicated to creating real, lasting change in our community and across Ukraine. That’s why we’re actively leading and supporting a range of impactful projects – which you can explore on this page.
Our flagship projects include the Mobile Medical Clinics, which are in operation throughout all frontline regions, as well as the construction of underground school shelters, the procurement of emergency vehicles, assistance to hospitals around Ukraine, and vital support for children affected by the war.
When there’s a chance to make a positive difference, we take it – whether it’s healthcare, support for veterans, aid to those on the frontlines or those living nearby, or helping vulnerable groups such as children (including orphans) and the elderly.
Our warm and welcoming club is guided by the Rotary motto: Service Above Self. If you’d like to stand with us and support our mission, please get in touch, or you can make a donation here: ➡️ Link to Waysforpay.com
You can also follow us on Facebook
Our Projects
At Rotary Club Lviv International, we are dedicated to creating real, lasting change in our community and across Ukraine. That’s why we’re actively leading and supporting a range of impactful projects – which you can explore on this page.
Our flagship projects include the Mobile Medical Clinics, which are in operation throughout all frontline regions, as well as the construction of underground school shelters, the procurement of emergency vehicles, assistance to hospitals around Ukraine, and vital support for children affected by the war.
When there’s a chance to make a positive difference, we take it – whether it’s healthcare, support for veterans, aid to those on the frontlines or those living nearby, or helping vulnerable groups such as children (including orphans) and the elderly.
Our warm and welcoming club is guided by the Rotary motto: Service Above Self. If you’d like to stand with us and support our mission, please get in touch, or you can make a donation here: ➡️ Link to Waysforpay.com
You can also follow us on Facebook
Now, let’s explore some of our Ongoing and Completed projects
Mobile Clinics Save Lives
Status: Ongoing
This fully-equipped medical facility on wheels provides life-saving care even in hard-to-reach locations during challenging situations, such as war.
Men, women and children in all frontline regions Kharkiv, Sumy, Kherson, Poltava, Dnipro, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Mykolai
Target Beneficiary
Rehabilitation Patients
Fundraising Goal
$5,000,000
Partner Clubs
Rotary clubs from all over the world – USA, Europe and even Japan. As well as other donors
Funds collected to date
$3,000,000
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This ongoing flagship project is focused on delivering vital healthcare support to everyone in frontline areas and smaller communities across Ukraine, where medical services are severely limited due to the war. With a fundraising goal of $5 million, $3 million has already been secured thanks to the generosity of Rotary Clubs worldwide and other donors. Over 70 units have been built and are in use, helping Ukrainians everyday!
The primary aim is to save lives by deploying mobile clinics to areas where no healthcare infrastructure remains, or where access has become extremely difficult. These clinics are built in Ukraine and supported by the Ukrainian Ministry of Health and hospitals nationwide, ensuring they reach those most in need. Each mobile clinic is built in direct response to a request from the Ministry of Health for a particular need and assigned to a particular hospital or clinic. Their use is continually monitored to ensure transparency, to facilitate redeployment if necessary, and feedback from those working with the clinics is greatly appreciated and is used to improve future models and designs.
A basic clinic costs around $42,250, with a fully equipped one costing only $51,500. Over 70 units have been built and are operating throughout central, southern and eastern Ukraine, in Kharkiv oblast, Sumy, Kherson, Kyiv, Poltava, Dnipro, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Mykolaiv. The newly developed, self-sustainable 2025 version of the mobile clinic – equipped with solar panels and battery systems – allows for full independence, enabling them to function as stand-alone emergency units. This new generation has a price tag of $55,000.
The clinics themselves are built in the form of a trailer, meaning they are easily maneuverable, relocatable and rapidly deployable to hard-to-reach areas. They are versatile, easy to maintain and can be tailor-made to the requirements of particular hospitals, for instance as check-up clinics, or dental units. The clinics are staffed by professional and tireless Ukrainian healthcare workers, who highly praise the clinics, as have patients, medical operators and government ministers alike.
The project started very shortly after the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and will continue delivering mobile clinics to support Ukraine’s healthcare system for as long as needed, until it is rebuilt.
To learn more about this project, please visit https://mobile-clinic.com.ua/ or contact the project coordinators via im@mobile-clinic.com.ua or lars@vestbjerg.com
Urgently Needed Medical Equipment for Kharkiv Emergency Hospital
Status: Ongoing
Kharkiv Emergency Hospital provides a wide range of surgical services – urgent and planned operations, and also fights for the lives of soldiers and the wounded after shelling every day.Time is crucial in such situations. All the items detailed here are urgently needed and will help speed up the assistance patients require.
Target Beneficiary
Patients of Kharkiv Emergency Hospital suffering from major injuries
Fundraising Goal
$36,000
Partner Clubs
–
Funds collected to date
–
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Valleylab FT10
- The Valleylab FT10 device will allow surgeons to provide fast and high-quality care to urgent patients.
- It will reduce the time for emergency care by 50%.
- Reliability and speed of operation
- In conditions of limited time and resources, the device allows you to reduce the duration of the operation and increase its effectiveness.
- Fast and effective stopping of bleeding
- In conditions of combat wounds, massive bleeding often occurs. Valleylab FT10 allows you to quickly coagulate vessels and minimize blood loss.
- Working with different types of tissues
- In war, a surgeon encounters many types of wounds – from gunshot wounds to shrapnel. This device allows for more precise and global surgical manipulations in severe chest and abdominal wounds. As well as less complex surgeries.
- Versatility
- The device combines the functions of cutting and coagulation of tissues, which simplifies the surgeon’s work when performing emergency operations.
- Approximate price: 33,000 USD
- Essential for performing the FAST protocol during mass admissions of combat-injured patients in the emergency department
- Convenient to use
- Wide range of applications
- Approximate price: 3,000 USD.
Continuous Cooperation with Freunde Helfen! Konvoi
Status: Ongoing
Freunde Helfen! Konvoi is a German volunteer organization that has delivered to Ukraine over 500 aid convoys and 4,700 tons of supplies, including ambulances and firetrucks, since the start of the full-scale invasion. Rotary Club Lviv international is proud to have been able to collaborate with them many times! Target Beneficiary
Too many to list!
Fundraising Goal
N/A
Partner Clubs
Freunde Helfen!
Konvoi and Narodna Samooborona Lvivshchyny
Funds collected to date
N/A
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Rotary Club Lviv International is proud to support the German volunteering organization Freunde Helfen! Konvoi (https://freundehelfenkonvoi.de/) [ PLEASE MAKE THE NAMES OF THESE ORGANISATIONS HYPERLINKS TO THEIR WEBSITES] in their amazing ongoing efforts to support Ukraine!
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Freunde Helfen! Konvoi has delivered 4,700 tons of humanitarian cargo. This includes medical equipment (ventilators, incubators, operating tables, and hospital beds), transformers, generators, construction materials, and food and hygiene kits. The organization has also donated 16 ambulances, 23 fire engines, and 21 minibuses. All this was achieved with a total budget of just €4.7 million, thanks to the commitment of volunteers and the absence of administrative costs.
Cooperation with Ukrainian Partners
Freunde Helfen! Konvoi actively collaborates with Narodna Samooborona Lvivshchyny (https://nsl.org.ua/) and Rotary Club Lviv International. Thanks to this partnership, more than 500 humanitarian aid shipments have been delivered to Ukraine and distributed throughout the country. The aid includes medical equipment, medicines, hospital supplies, and support for schools, communities, and emergency services.
“We are sincerely grateful to our German partners for this cooperation. The support from German volunteers continues even at a time when global attention to Ukraine is no longer at its peak,” said Valeriy Veremchuk from Narodna Samooborona and Dmytro Symovonyk from Rotary Club Lviv International.
Freunde Helfen! Konvoi recently completed its 500th humanitarian trip to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale war. On January 30, 2025, a fire truck and an ambulance departed Kiel to deliver humanitarian aid. The mission was sent off by the Minister-President of Schleswig-Holstein, Daniel Günther. Here you can watch an interview about this trip with Christopher Joren of Freunde Helfen! Konvoi, a great friend of Ukraine and our Club, and Dmytro Symovonyk, a member of RC Lviv International – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALWhlxVTZVQ
We are always happy to welcome our friends back to Ukraine on each of their vital and hugely important mission, and thank them for their continued support!
Construction of Bomb Shelters in two Schools in Lviv (Lyceum #2 and School #95)
Status: Completed
In collaboration with the Rotary Club of Ithaca, NY and Cornell University, bomb shelters in two schools in Lviv have been upgraded to provide safe, functional spaces for students during air raid alarms. The projects included ventilation, toilets, furniture, and classrooms that can also be used long-term, even after the end of the war. Target Beneficiary
School children in Lviv
Fundraising Goal
65,000 USD
Partner Clubs
Rotary Club of Ithaca, NY and Cornell University
Funds collected to date
65,000 USD
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Rotary Club Lviv International partnered with the Rotary Club of Ithaca, NY, and Cornell University, to complete a vital humanitarian project in Lviv, Ukraine: the refurbishment and equipping of bomb shelters at two schools – Lyceum #2 and School #95. In response to the ongoing war and the threat of missile attacks, the project focused on transforming underused or deteriorating basement areas into safe, functional shelters for students and staff during air raids.
At Lyceum #2, over 800 square meters of space were renovated, including the school’s basement and underground sports gym. The work included structural repairs, the installation of air recuperation systems for proper ventilation, the construction of new toilet and shower facilities, waterproofing to prevent flooding, and the addition of essential amenities such as heaters, a generator, lighting, benches, desks, and chairs. A medical room was also constructed, and outdated windows in the canteen were replaced to improve safety and insulation. These upgrades not only provide immediate shelter during air raid alarms, but also create usable educational space that can be used by students during and after the war.
At School #95, similar efforts were undertaken. The basement, which serves as the shelter, was improved with a drainage systems, new restrooms, and educational furniture. This work ensures the students can continue their studies safely and sustainably in difficult times.
The total cost of the project, covering both schools, was $65,000. The initiative is a testament to the power of international collaboration, with Rotary and Cornell backing efforts that directly support the safety and education of Ukrainian children – thank you for your generosity and help!
Strengthening Medical Services for Special Needs Population in Lviv
Status: Completed
This project provided essential or missing equipment for the clinical treatment and rehabilitation for those with physical disabilities due to the war. Some 1,000 civilians and veterans will benefit each year from this project. Target Beneficiary
Rehabilitation Patients
Fundraising Goal
$25,000
Partner Clubs
Rotary Club District 5930, Texas, USA
Funds collected to date
$25,000
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The goal of this project was to provide essential or missing equipment for the clinical treatment and rehabilitation of individuals with physical disabilities due to the war. This project was aligned with Rotary’s Area of Focus for Disease Prevention and Treatment.
The equipment included a treadmill, bars for the rehabilitation of walking and balance, as well as an electrotherapy machine. All these items help restore lost bodily functions for men, women, and children, stabilize their physical condition, and support their reintegration into civil society. Both military veterans and civilians directly benefit from this, as well as the hospital staff and patients’ families. More than 950 patients were treated in the first year thanks to this new equipment, with similar numbers anticipated annually due to the hospital’s increased capacity.
The equipment was delivered in October 2023, and the work has continued since then, strengthened by the hospital’s enhanced capabilities. Hospital officials presented the request at a regular club meeting, which was followed by a site visit by members of the Lviv International Rotary Club. At the hospital, we met people in need of rehabilitation, including locals, internally displaced persons (IDPs), veterans and civilians injured during war.
