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Ukraine Train and Equip
Why Ukraine?
Trauma: Approximately 140,000 Ukrainians have died since the Russian invasion on 24 February 2022. Uncontrolled bleeding is the leading cause of death from potentially survivable injuries, accounting for over 60% of fatalities. A further 79,000 Ukrainians have survived injuries where catastrophic haemorrhage was a serious risk to life. Timely haemorrhage control and medical intervention significantly reduces mortality rates. Further reductions in preventable deaths require expanded pre-hospital training and improved trauma care supplies.
Primary Care: An estimated 7~10% of Ukrainians (approximately 3,100,000) are now facing substantial barriers to accessing basic primary care because of displacement, frontline insecurity, health-system disruption, loss of services, or other war-related barriers.
TRAIN AND EQUIP
About Train & Equip
The UKR Train & Equip Project is preparing for it's seventh mission to Ukraine, combining life-saving medical support with compassionate humanitarian outreach.
The Project is a humanitarian aid initiative conducted by members of the Order of St. George to provide pre-hospital trauma care (PHTC) training, related medical equipment and other humanitarian aid to civilians and frontline personnel in some of the most affected areas of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The Project aims to enhance Ukraine’s capability to conduct immediate lifesaving activity, casualty stabilisation and packaging, medical evacuation and ultimately, the setting of conditions for long-term recovery of personnel seriously injured by conflict. This activity is not limited to the provision of PHTC training and equipment to soldiers; all first responders fall within the Project’s scope of aid provision.
The aid delivered to Ukraine included medical and non-medical components
Ours is a Humanitarian Mission
Ukraine Train and Equip is a humanitarian initiative focused on preserving life and relieving suffering among people affected by war in Ukraine.
Ukraine Train and Equip is a humanitarian initiative committed to preserving life and relieving suffering. We operate in accordance with the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and independence.
We provide medical training, equipment, and healthcare support based solely on need, without political, religious, or ideological alignment.
Our work centres on medical training, essential equipment, and healthcare support for First Responders and vulnerable civilian communities, including displaced families.
We operate independently and without political or military alignment, delivering assistance based solely on humanitarian need.
While we function within the context of armed conflict, our intent and execution reflect our humanitarian principles - especially the preservation of life, impartiality in aid delivery, and the avoidance of offensive support.
Initiative 1: PHTC Training
At this stage of the conflict, most Ukrainian soldiers and first responder organisations receive a recognised standard of medical training that is aligned with TCCC guidelines. The level of in-role competence and operational experience found in top-tier military and urban search and rescue organisations is exceptionally high.
However, the scale and duration of the conflict have resulted in vast numbers of first responders and volunteer community support organisations that are poorly trained and equipped. It is at this level that the Train and Equip Project has the most significant effect.
The Project’s training objective is to complement, reinforce and enhance our recipients’ current training standards (rather than to attempt to impose new PHTC protocols). Specifically, the Project aims to introduce the training recipients to the donated PHTC equipment and to ensure that the recipients understand when and how to incorporate this equipment into their own PHTC protocols.
The training sessions are an opportunity to refresh learning, enhance first responder confidence and to introduce developing PHTC best practice with the full engagement and consent of their own medical chains of command.
The team delivers hands-on training, ensuring that local responders receive equipment and understood how to use it effectively under pressure.
All training is aligned to international clinical guidelines.
Initiative 2: Primary Care Hubs
Supporting Vulnerable Communities
Alongside our trauma care work, we are developing a new humanitarian initiative: Primary Care Hubs (PCHs).
Primary Care Hubs are designed to support vulnerable civilian communities whose access to healthcare has been severely disrupted by war — including people living in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) shelters and other fragile or temporary living environments.
Primary Care Hubs will:
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Support displaced families, children, and vulnerable adults
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Be delivered through trained local Community First Responders
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Provide access to basic primary healthcare and early medical advice
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Use telemedicine to connect local responders with international clinicians
This initiative complements our trauma care work by strengthening community health and building long-term resilience.
Who are the recipients?
First Responders
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Civilian emergency responders
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Community-based First Responders
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Emergency volunteers working in high-risk or resource-limited environments
Healthcare Facilities
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Hospitals and clinics serving war-impacted regions
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Healthcare providers supporting displaced populations
Vulnerable Civilian Communities
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Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)
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Families and children (including war orphans) living in shelters or temporary accommodation
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Communities with limited or disrupted access to primary healthcare
Project Team and Partners
Order of St. George
“This mission reflects the heart of our Order’s calling,” said Stuart Notholt, Grand Prior of the UK Grand Priory. “It’s about standing with those in need—not only with supplies and training but with humanity and hope.”
As the Order approaches its 700th anniversary in 2026, the UKR Train & Equip Project stands as a living expression of the Order’s founding values: honour in service, compassion in action, and unwavering commitment to those most vulnerable.
The Teddy Trust
The Teddy Trust is a small Herefordshire-based charity run entirely by volunteers that helps children in over 15 countries on 3 continents, including South Africa, Syria, Turkey, the Greek Islands, Iraq and Ukraine who have experienced the horrors of war, are living in extreme poverty or have suffered horrendous abuse.
Teddy bears have been distributed to children in refugee camps, schools, orphanages, projects for homeless children, attending feeding schemes, in refuges for women and children who are victims of domestic abuse, in hospitals and clinics and in centres treating children who have been subjected to sexual violence.
Traumamed Solutions
Traumamed Solutions has assembled an expert team that has the knowledge, skill and credibility within civilian emergency medicine and military environments, enabling them to offer the correct solution to the customer.
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Donation notes: The best way to donate is via direct bank transfer (no fees) or via a Charities Aid Foundation donation (allows for Gift Aid if you’re a UK taxpayer). Next best is our GoFundMe campaign (incurs a small processing fee).
The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) enables individuals and businesses to donate to charities in a tax-efficient manner, manage their giving through donor-advised funds, and support specific charitable causes. Additionally, CAF claims Gift Aid (25% top-up for UK taxpayers) on eligible donations automatically.
Direct bank transfers incur no fees, so the full donation amount of your donation will go towards the charitable purpose (unless your bank applies a transfer fee, which is rare domestically).
The OStG Charity Bank Account Details are as follows:
OStG charity bank account name:
The United Kingdom Grand Priory Of The International Knightly Order Valiant.
Payment Reference:
UKR Train and Equip
Sort Code:20-24-61
Account Number:
33264742
SWIFT/BIC:
BUKBGB22
IBAN:
GB91 BUKB 2024 6133 2647 42Our GoFundMe Campaign can be found here:
https://gofund.me/8024073a
Our Receiving Charity: The Order of St. George (OStG) has kindly agreed to act as our receiving charity, thereby providing the Ukraine: Train and Equip Project with external financial governance and auditable oversight.
Please note: Some automated bank anti-fraud checks may tell you that the OStG bank account name does not match the charity’s account details. Please ignore this warning; if you have used the correct Sort Code & Account Number, we will receive payment.Please make your cheque payable to ‘UK Grand Priory of St. George’
Please ensure that you write “UKR Train and Equip” on the reverse.
Send your cheque to:Chevalier Steven Turner GCStG, Grand Treasurer
BM Box ‘Order of St. George’
London, WC1N 3XX
United Kingdom
FAQ
The Order of St. George is a humanitarian charity registered with the United Kingdom Charity Commission (No. 137397). It is also a United Nations recognised Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) with Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic & Social Council since 2015. Their mission is to promote human rights and provide aid.
The "UKR Train & Equip Project" is a specific humanitarian aid initiative delegated and authorised by the Order of St. George to provide pre-hospital trauma care (PHTC) training and related medical equipment in support of Ukraine. This is evidenced by the schedule and budget documents referencing a trip to Ukraine for training and equipment handover.
The core members of the team are the founders (Rupert Granville and Tim Simpson), and the fundraising lead was Richard Yates. The operational deployment team for Trip 6 were Rupert Granville, Adam Chapman, Jake Wood, Dane Halling and Myles Lant.
The team stopped in Rivne, Brody, Kyiv, Uman, Ternopil, and Lviv. The handover of teddy bears to children in the towns of Brody and Uman.
The procurement list indicates a focus on medical and non-medical equipment. The medical equipment includes items typically found in combat-oriented individual first aid kits (IFAKs) as set out in NATO AMedP-8.7 (STANAG 2126) and aligned to guidance set out by the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care (CoTCCC). Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) is a set of evidence-based guidelines and training protocols for trauma life support specifically designed for use in prehospital combat environments.
Items delivered by the Train and Equip Project address the two major causes of potentially survivable combat-related death on the battlefield, which are catastrophic bleeding (80-90% of potentially survivable deaths) and compromised airways and breathing (8% of potentially survivable deaths). These items include tourniquets (Tourni-Keys), compression bandages and haemostatic gauze (Celox Rapid Z-Fold), NPAs (Nasopharyngeal Airways), and chest seals. Additional tools, such as trauma shears, allow for rapid primary survey to assist in the identification of wound sites. The procurement documents also mention the cost per IFAK.
Non-medical procurement includes tools used for casualty recovery and evacuation (Stihl MS 212 Chainsaws and assorted tools). Although not procured by the Train and Equip Project, they are involved in the personal distribution of donated teddy bears to children in conflict-related distress, displaced children and war orphans on behalf of the Teddy Trust. The teddy bears are donated by British children specifically for this purpose.
The Train and Equip Project is a humanitarian aid initiative. The Project aims to support immediate lifesaving, casualty stabilisation and packaging, medical evacuation and ultimately, the setting of conditions for long-term recovery of personnel seriously injured by conflict. This activity is not limited to the provision of PHTC training and equipment to soldiers; all first responders fall within the Project’s scope of aid provision.
At this stage of the conflict, Ukrainian soldiers and most first responder organisations receive a recognised standard of medical training that is aligned with TCCC guidelines. The level of in-role competence and operational experience found in top-tier military and urban search and rescue organisations is exceptionally high. However, the scale and duration of the conflict have resulted in vast numbers of conscripted soldiers and volunteer community support organisations that are poorly trained and equipped. It is at this level that the Train and Equip Project can have the most significant effect.
The Project’s training objective is to complement, reinforce and enhance our recipients’ current training standards (rather than to attempt to impose new PHTC protocols). Specifically, the Project aims to introduce the training recipients to the donated PHTC equipment and to ensure that the recipients understand when and how to incorporate this equipment into their own PHTC protocols. The training sessions are an opportunity to refresh learning, enhance first responder confidence and to introduce developing PHTC best practice with the full engagement and consent of their own medical chains of command.
The Order of St. George’s commitment to ethical behaviour is set out in a Code of Conduct explicitly written for all personnel involved in humanitarian aid on behalf of the Order.
The Order’s Code of Conduct sets out clear, non-negotiable standards of behaviour that all staff and volunteers must follow. Key elements include:
Respect for universal human rights, ensuring all individuals are treated with dignity, courtesy, and without discrimination based on race, colour, national origin, religion, age, sex, sexual preference, marital status, pregnancy, or physical disability.
Strict prohibition of exploitation, corruption, trafficking, and abuse, with violations resulting in immediate termination and referral to authorities. Adherence to both local and international laws, reinforcing legal accountability and awareness of the consequences of misconduct.
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