Before the full-scale invasion, Ihor worked at a woodworking company. In 2024, he joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine, serving as a senior machine gunner in an armored vehicle. He was wounded near Pokrovsk in December 2025. While returning from a mission, his vehicle was hit by a Molniya-2, unmanned aerial vehicle. Among his other injuries, Ihor sustained a serious eye injury: blunt trauma to the right eye, retinal detachment, a fractured cheekbone, and a fragment lodged benea

This time, we tested a new outreach format - two days of eye examinations instead of four. After finishing the workday at the medical center, the driver and I picked up the doctors and set off for our destination. We finished setting up the equipment at midnight and began seeing our first patients at 8 a.m. the following morning. Key mission results: 2 days of work 158 patients examined 133 pairs of glasses distributed 213 bottles of eye drops distributed We had initially pla

We have recently returned from another trip to frontline areas. Key mission results: 4 days of work 152 patients examined 70 pairs of glasses distributed 152 bottles of eye drops provided As non-medical members of the team, we often notice one thing: sometimes, the ophthalmologist begins asking a patient numerous questions the moment they step into the examination room. This happens even before the optometrist begins the examination, measures intraocular pressure, or checks r

At the beginning of full-scale invasion, Alex, a volunteer, was wounded and gradually lost his sight. For two years, he couldn’t see anything until he came to the Novyi Zir Medical Center. There, doctors performed surgery to replace and reposition his intraocular lens, remove previously injected silicone oil, and remove the sutures from his cornea. Since then, his vision has gradually improved, and he can now see at 50% of normal vision. Find out how his life has changed six

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast is just a few dozen kilometers from the line of contact, but over the past month this particular village has been under constant shelling. Beyond the settlement we are heading to, there are more villages, but according to local residents, they are already “dead zones” — there are no people left. A net stretched above the road is another sign that we are getting close. Google Maps doesn’t work here. We count road turnoffs and the kilometers we have covere

Before the war, Oleksandr worked in business and as a coach. He joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2022, serving as a senior sergeant in an anti-aircraft missile regiment and later in an engineering unit. He often worked at night and in low-light conditions, which gradually took a toll on his eyesight. Oleksandr had no previous combat experience, but the skills he had developed in civilian life became invaluable during his military service. His background in orienteering an

We carried out a mission in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The nearest safe location for examining patients is 20 km from the red zone. With the continuous thuds of explosions outside and the occasional “this is a painless procedure, please don’t move your head,” we worked from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Our schedule in the Google Sheet looked “respectable”: carefully planned in advance, with everyone in a single queue and a lunch break built in. In reality, we had three simultaneous queues for

Yevhen joined the military in early 2025, and in April, he sustained multiple injuries. He had to wait five days to be evacuated. Unfortunately, due to the severity of his injury, his eye could not be saved. Yevhen spent two months undergoing rehabilitation after his injury. Finally, he sought specialized ophthalmological care. At Novyi Zir, Yevhen underwent an enucleation — the surgical removal of the eye. He was then referred to an ocular prosthetics laboratory, where a cus

Our Christmas mission to southern Ukraine was about vision and self-care — about the opportunity to see the people you love. Key results of the mission: 4 days of work; 145 patients seen; 79 pairs of glasses provided; 108 bottles of eye drops distributed. The most common complaints included age-related vision changes, eye strain and fatigue caused by prolonged use of digital devices, dry eyes, and elevated intraocular pressure — a risk factor for glaucoma. Patients aged 60+ r

Volodymyr Kalyniuk has been on a long journey in his fight to regain his sight: his left eye is a prosthesis, while his right eye had been blind for two years. Eventually, partial vision in his right eye was restored after he underwent an implant transplant abroad. As the patient recalls: “Everything was like looking through fog, and I couldn’t even see my own face.” After coming for a consultation at Novyi Zir Eye Clinic in Kyiv, Volodymyr reluctantly agreed to undergo sever

In October, another mission of mobile ophthalmic care #MOС took place in frontline areas. This time, we travelled to Odesa region. Key results of the mission: 4.5 days of work; 300 patients examined; 161 pairs of glasses provided; 169 bottles of eye drops provided. We had a clear appointment schedule, but many patients came to us twice: first for their own examination, and then again to bring their family members and children. Of the 300 people we examined, only 10% had no vi

European Private Hospital Awards (EPHA) is an annual award recognizing the best private healthcare institutions in Europe for their innovation, quality of medical services, and social contribution to healthcare. This year, there were 8 categories and 94 applications. At the EPHA 2025 awards ceremony, we won first place in the category “Healthcare Resilience and Crisis Management” for our project #MOС — Mobile Ophtalmic Care, operating in frontline areas. We received this awar

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Volodymyr was wounded near Bakhmut, literally a month after completing basic military training. For a whole month, his parents didn't know where he was or what had happened to him. All this time he was in a hospital in Kyiv, unconscious. Doctors applied eye drops daily, hoping to save his eyes. Now he has a prosthetic in one eye. The other eye had been without vision for two years. But throughout this time, doctors from various centers supported him, fighting for every chance

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From the first days of the full-scale invasion, Yevhenii voluntarily joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He was an infantryman and later...