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 | Sep 2, 2025 | Global Care Force News, Ukraine, United States
Friends, When the bombs began to fall, Dr. Lev Prystupiuk, known fondly as “Dr. Lev,” could have done what millions of Ukrainians did: gather his family and flee. But that’s not who he is. Instead, he chose to stay and fight the only way he knew: by healing. As supply...
by Brenda Poor | Aug 28, 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? I am a Registered Nurse that is currently a school nurse at an elementary school in Connecticut. I have been a nurse for 50 years, 24 of those years in school nursing. I have also worked...
by Brenda Poor | Aug 20, 2025 | Global Care Force News, Media Stories, Ukraine
“It’s very unsettling how cruel the Russians have been to the Ukrainians. A lot of the towns we go to still have a lot of heavy damage. Some people are still living in their basements.” Physician Assistant James Marcum described his experiences volunteering in Ukraine...
