Ukraine: connecting medical workers with volunteer drivers

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Computer scientist Andrew Pavlov. (photo by Sergey Korovayny)

Andrew Pavlov is an IT specialist from Kiev, Ukraine.

In March, he founded a online platform match medical workers with volunteer drivers to help them commute between home and work when public transport was restricted.

Andrew’s online platform connects volunteer drivers and medical workers. (photo by Sergey Korovayny)

The inspiration behind it was personal – Andrew drove his mother-in-law, who is a doctor, and other doctors to the hospital when they couldn’t make it to work. This inspired him to hire other pilots.

Currently, 100 drivers are registered on the platform.

The initiative assisted with medical transport during the lockdown and quarantine. (photo by Sergey Korovayny)

Andrew’s initiative responded to a real need for hundreds of medical workers in Kiev and its suburbs. Platforms like his have helped reduce problems associated with medical transportation during the strict Ukrainian lockdown and quarantine.

Sergey Korovayny is a visual storyteller and Fulbright scholar based in Kiev, Ukraine. He works with documentary and commercial photography, virtual reality and video. As a photojournalist, Sergey has worked with Ukrainian and international media institutions such as the Financial Times, Radio Free Europe and Astana Times. He has worked with the United Nations, the American Chamber of Commerce and the British Council. See his profile here.

‘The Other Hundred Healers’ is an initiative of the non-profit organization GIFT. 240-page, full-color, hardcover book can be purchased here at US $ 40 per copy for a minimum order of 20 copies.



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