by Brenda Poor | Oct 6, 2025 | Global Care Force News, Media Stories, Ukraine
Global Care Force’s Healing Hands for Ukraine Tour took place in October, with Ukraine Medical Director Dr. Lev Prystupiuk visiting several U.S. cities. While in Kansas City, he spoke with Steve Kraske, host of KCUR’s Up to Date program, about how Global Care Force...
by Brenda Poor | Sep 18, 2025 | Faces of the Force, Global Care Force News, Ukraine
Tell us a little about yourself. What is your background and where you are from? As a partially retired family medicine physician from Portland, Oregon, I’m lucky to have the time to volunteer at my local county Free Clinic where most of our patients are...
by Brenda Poor | Sep 9, 2025 | Global Care Force News, Ukraine
Stories from the Field – Ukraine At 72, Oleksandr had a simple, steady life in the Vinnytsia region of Ukraine. He supported himself through small-scale farming and local trade, never expecting much to change. But his life was disrupted in March 2022, when Russian...
by Brenda Poor | Aug 13, 2025 | Global Care Force News, Media Stories, Ukraine
Did you hear the one about a doctor who told jokes on the side? It’s no joke! When Global Care Force volunteer Jeremy Jones, MD, isn’t caring for patients in his medical practice, you can find him at Black Rabbit Comedy, a nonprofit comedy club in Austin, Texas....
by Brenda Poor | Aug 1, 2025 | Global Care Force News, Ukraine
Stories from the Field – Ukraine, 2025 During traumatic periods in our lives, pets can often provide comfort and support. At a recent Mobile Medical Clinic in southeastern Ukraine, Global Care Force volunteer Dr. Gail Hacker met a woman who came to the clinic with a...
