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\u201cBE POWERFUL at 300 W (omen)!\u201d charitable project<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n UKRAINIAN WOMEN for WARRIORS of UKRAINE:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201dWE DO NOT BUY WHEELCHAIRS, WE HELP THE WOUNDED TO RESTORE WALKING AND RETURN TO MILITARY SERVICE!”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Since the beginning of the war in eastern Ukraine in 2014 (ATO) and after 24 February 2022, when the Russian army openly invaded Ukraine, the number of military personnel wounded in the fighting has increased to almost 120,000, and civilians – to almost 18,000. The war continues: targeted rocket attacks, bombing, mining … \u2013 an incessant firewall on the part of the enemy against military facilities and civilian infrastructure throughout Ukraine. Unfortunately, there are wounded every day.<\/p>\n The warriors with central nervous system damage, who are in need of specialized neurorehabilitation, find themselves in a difficult situation.<\/p>\n Being aware of the necessity to help recover these brave men in Ukraine, on April 4, 2019 \u201cKRAN\u201d Charitable Fund launched a fundraising campaign to buy a\u00a0GE-O System Evolution\u00a0(Reha Technology, Switzerland) a robotic-assisted device to restore walking of severely wounded ATO veterans and servicemen, who undergo treatment & rehabilitation in the framework of the \u201cNodus\u201d charity project.<\/p>\n As long as 300 Ukrainian women were to be involved in this unusual charity initiative, the fundraising project is called \u201cBe Powerful at 300 W(omen)!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Our charity project is not just about buying a robotic device to restore natural walking, but about not being indifferent, about the value of those who returned from the hell of war.<\/p>\n The war is still going on, the number of wounded has been growing, wounds and injuries have become more dangerous and difficult to cure. But we do not give up and unite our efforts and guts to keep our frontline in the rear \u2013 in our hard fight for the health of brave Ukrainian defenders. <\/p>\n In this way, we would like to show the potential of women\u2019s solidarity with those mothers, wives, daughters, sisters, who support their gravely injured men, upon their return home from the battlefield. We are willing to help Ukrainian warriors rise from a wheelchair and get back to active social life.<\/p>\n Initially, there were 3 of us, now there are 147 people in Ukraine and abroad (Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Canada, Spain) and 18 companies that made their donations and turned the Dream of many severely injured defenders of Ukraine – to raise and get rid of a wheelchair and restore walking. In Ukraine, not abroad!<\/p>\n It is especially worth noting that the project “Be Powerful at 300(W)omen!” is supported by companies and people in faraway Japan. The Japanese playback theatre AZ from Yokohama has already held three performances \u201cDreaming of the Comfort of Home\u201d and transferred the money for the tickets as donation to the \u201cKRAN\u201d Foundation’s account to pay for this robotic device. The Party Band from Japan held a charity concert to support the wounded in Ukraine and donated money as well for this rehabilitation equipment. In addition, Japanese and Ukrainians living in Japan, gather for weekly demonstrations and raise funds, some of which were transferred to the Foundation as a contribution to pay for the G-EO System Evolution.<\/p>\n In view of the charitable purpose of the acquisition, the cost of\u00a0GE-O System Evolution<\/strong>\u00a0i 288\u00a0000 Eur. On September 10, 2020 \u201cKRAN\u201d Fund made an advance payment of 100\u00a0000 Eur to the equipment supplier. The first payment was made thanks to the women who supported our charity project with their donations.<\/p>\n On February 18, 2021, the G-EO System Evolution robotic device was launched at \u201cNodus\u201d!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Olexandr Olenchuk , a 26-year-old ATO veteran, who had been undergoing specialized rehabilitation for free in the framework Nodus Charitable Project since October 2016, became the first Soldier to get on this device from a wheelchair. An unforgettable moment! Get on your feet from the wheelchair and make a step and make another step forward\u2026 on his own feet again! Tears in his mother’s eyes. Tears of joy.<\/p>\n After the russian large-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 a lot of military and civilians, who received injuries and traumas, started addressing \u201cNodus\u201d for treatment and specialized rehabilitation.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the video, Mykola, a 31-year old paratrooper was wounded in March 2022 in the Kherson region. In a battle he received a severe gunshot wound to his left leg with broken bones and a gunshot wound to his left shoulder. Within the framework of the charity project, he restored walking \u201ctraining\u201d on the G-EO System Evolution gait restorative robotic device according to the tailored rehabilitation program at “Nodus”.<\/p>\n