Stronghold Newsletter - April to June 2022
WARNING: Viewer Discretion Is Advised
These newsletters may from time to time contain written descriptions or photos and videos of the violence, disease, and injuries our teams come across on a regular basis.
Please view at your own discretion.
Ukraine
Stronghold’s Work In Ukraine
In February 2022, the Russian Army invaded Ukraine unleashing an unprovoked wave of violence and terror upon the citizens of Ukraine in the form of indiscriminate bombings, mass executions, and rapes.
Stronghold responded to the war in Ukraine in the following ways:
Sent 3 relief teams who assisted in 6 different locations under attack.
Provided medical training for 539+ Ukrainian defense personnel.
Delivered 4 vehicles of supplies including baby formula, trauma medical equipment, and battlefield stretchers to Ukrainian forces.
Supplied 2 emergency medical vehicles for an American medical NGO at the outset of hostilities.
In the photo: Stronghold personnel off-load a vehicle filled with medical kits, medical bags, headlamps, and battlefield stretchers for distribution to several Ukrainian frontline units.
In the photo: Stronghold personnel run realistic, trauma-based medical scenarios for Ukrainian troops about to deploy to the front.
In the photo: Stronghold personnel run tourniquet drills with Ukrainian soldiers about to deploy to the front.
In the photo: Ukrainian soldiers present Stronghold personnel with a Ukrainian trident after 3 days of medical training conducted on the front line in the far east while under constant mortar and artillery fire from the Russians. This exact position was attacked and overrun by Russian forces less than 48 hours after the Stronghold team pulled back.
Burma
Stronghold’s Work in Burma
The Burma Army continues to target ethnic minorities for genocide and to attack pro-democracy groups throughout the country. On a daily basis, the Burma Army fires on civilian villages using rifles, mortars, artillery, and attack aircraft. These attacks often result in conflict-related injuries such as gunshot wounds, shrapnel, burns, de-limbing, etc.
Medical training
Stronghold provided medical training for 75+ people at several high-risk locations in Burma.
In the photo: A Stronghold team member conducts conflict-related medical training for ethnic minority volunteers in Burma.
HAITI
Stronghold’s Work in Haiti
Haiti continues to be plagued by gang violence, fuel shortages, and extreme poverty in various communities.
Stronghold began a pilot program where off-duty Haitian police officers deliver food packages and medicine to impoverished and remote villages who are most in need of assistance.
medicine to remote villages
Stronghold’s local relief team in Haiti, made up primarily of Haitian police officers, delivered 1,500+ packages of medicine to treat scabies and other illnesses in 6 villages throughout rural Haiti.
In the photo: Off-duty Haitian police officers deliver hundreds of doses of medicine to a rural village in Haiti.
In the photo: Members of Stronghold’s local relief team in Haiti.
Venezuela
Stronghold’s Work in Venezuela
Venezuela continues to face extreme poverty and oppression at the hands of the socialist Venezuelan government and narco-terrorist cartels.
Medical Relief
Stronghold treated a total of 2,178 patients and delivered 2,000+ doses of assorted medicines.
Our medical personnel often treat conditions such as intestinal parasites, severe fevers, respiratory infections, etc.
In the photo: A Stronghold medic provides medical care to a patient in a rural community in Venezuela.
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