Medical Equipment and School Furniture: Another Shipment of Humanitarian Aid Has Arrived in Vinnytsia from the Partner City of Münster

Münster continues to support Vinnytsia. On March 23, another consignment of humanitarian aid arrived in Vinnytsia from the German partner city. It contains modern rehabilitation equipment and school furniture. These will be distributed as needed among the community’s medical and educational institutions.

As Mayor Serhii Morhunov noted, through such practical actions, Münster continues to demonstrate its support for Ukraine and Vinnytsia during these difficult times.

'The shipment contained 60 sets of school furniture, including desks and chairs. For the community’s hospitals, it included hospital beds and rehabilitation equipment. The humanitarian aid was organised with the support of the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) as part of the Programme to Assist Ukrainian Municipalities. We thank our German partners for their constant support and solidarity. We value our friendship,' wrote the community leader on his Facebook page.

The shipment consisted mainly of rehabilitation equipment – new multifunctional beds, exercise machines for restoring function in the upper and lower limbs, therapy couches, and furniture for equipping hospital wards. Part of the aid was delivered to the Vinnytsia City Clinical Emergency Hospital, and the rest to City Clinical Hospital No. 1.

'In particular, today we received 20 modern beds from our German partners, complete with anti-bedsore anatomical mattresses,' said Valerii Mazur, Director of the Vinnytsia City Clinical Hospital of Emergency Medical Care. 'Such equipment is in high demand across various wards where we treat and rehabilitate both military personnel and civilians. With its help, we will be able to improve conditions for in-patient care, which will in turn help speed up their recovery and return to a full life. On behalf of the entire community, we would like to express our sincere gratitude to the municipality of Münster for the humanitarian support provided.'

On the same day, aid was also unloaded near Lyceum No. 35. School furniture for educational institutions was delivered here. In total, there were over 60 sets – comprising desks and chairs.

'Throughout the full-scale war, the community’s education sector has received substantial support from our twin towns and partners. In many cases, this has taken the form of school furniture, and sometimes teaching equipment for classrooms,' says Oksana Yatsenko, Director of the Education Department at Vinnytsia City Council. 'At present, we will use the aid from Münster primarily to upgrade educational facilities. For us, it is invaluable, as it allows us, within the constraints of a limited budget – where the lion’s share of resources is rightly allocated to supporting the security and defence forces – to modernise the material and technical infrastructure of schools and create a comfortable environment for the education and safety of our pupils.'

This latest humanitarian shipment from the municipality of Münster proves once again that friendly relations are not limited by distance or borders. Every parcel delivered is a testament to unity and a significant contribution to the resilience of our community and Ukraine as a whole.