doTERRA Healing Hands | 2023 Ukraine Aid Update

<<3>> My name is Matt Kriteman

<<4>> and I'm the Head of Humanitarian Response

<<7>> for Help Ukraine and Operation Palyanytsya.

<<10>> Initially, at the very beginning,

<<11>> a lot of this was a rescue and evacuation,

<<13>> getting people out of harm's way,

<<15>> and then immediately thereafter

<<17>> was a lot of resupply, specifically to hospitals

<<19>> who were completely out of all materials and supplies.

<<24>> And then after those first tumultuous months was relief,

<<29>> which we would call “technical assistance”,

<<30>> where we're helping IDPs or Internally Displaced Persons.

<<34>> The key projects that we're working on,

<<36>> we’re focusing specifically on

<<38>> mental health and wellbeings for children.

<<40>> We're working on microtraining, microfinance,

<<44>> micro SME, or small to medium enterprise training,

<<47>> specifically for women IDPs,

<<49>> which is the majority of displaced persons.

<<51>> And then we're also working specifically with infrastructure projects

<<54>> for people with special needs.

<<55>> We make these investments in these different people that we trust.

<<58>> It’s very much a free market approach.

<<60>> If you're good and you are upfront and honest

<<65>> and you work hard, then we reinvest in your project

<<68>> on behalf of Help Ukraine and all my colleagues

<<71>> on all of us that have put everything that we've had into this.

<<75>> I just want to say my enormous and sincere

<<78>> thanks to dōTERRA

<<80>> and to all the dōTERRA people.

<<83>> I never knew about you guys before, before Ukraine.

<<86>> And I can tell you, our projects are so grateful.

<<88>> They know exactly who you are and I can tell you as the

<<91>> Head of Humanitarian Response that your donation went immediately,

<<96>> appropriately and efficiently to help these people in need.

<<100>> And thank you.