Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: Peoples'Friendship University of Russia –
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"Let's help together!" This is probably how one can briefly describe the proposal of school student Evgeny Rusakov, with which he addressed the management of the RUDN Medical Institute. Evgeny and his brother Vladislav, a postgraduate student in the Department of Public Health, Healthcare and Hygiene, have recently become volunteers for the Moscow Red Cross Society. In a month and a half, they have managed to take part in several events to send Syrian refugees to temporary accommodation points across Russia.
And Evgeny came up with the idea of inviting the staff and students of the RUDN Medical Institute to join the humanitarian mission. Of course, the institute responded.
"I and all the students, as well as the staff of our university, regularly join charity and other socially significant events. Thus, in the summer I participated in conducting lectures on first aid at the Litvinovo children's camp, and at the educational and methodological center of military-patriotic education "Avangard" – on the rules for transporting victims. As for assistance to the Red Cross, each event to send refugees is a huge effort for everyone involved. And our university in early September provided great support to the humanitarian mission in purchasing and transporting things," – Vladislav Rusakov, postgraduate student of the Department of Public Health, Healthcare and Hygiene of the Medical Institute of RUDN.
Aid packages
Mikhail Chernyaev, a candidate of medical sciences and associate professor of the Department of Hospital Surgery with a course in pediatric surgery, was especially active in the work. He took part in purchasing and forming individual “aid packages” that allow refugees to hold out for the first time in a new country.
These sets included:
food for three days (canned first and second courses, snacks); personal hygiene items (toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, etc.); assistance for children (baby food, diapers, coloring books).
Approximately 1.5 tons of necessary items were purchased. The refugees were given clothes separately: they were given out on the spot during sorting and even right in the carriages to those who were leaving for other regions of the country.
"The refugees expressed great gratitude to the Red Cross, volunteers and our country. They were also very interested in where they could learn Russian better, get documents and find temporary work," Mikhail Chernyaev.
By personal example
An important result of the volunteer work was the decision to develop cooperation between RUDN and the Moscow Red Cross Society. Before collecting things, the organization had already held a lecture at our university on the fight against tuberculosis. And at the end of September, an excursion for students to the museum and training center of the society is planned.
"Since volunteering cannot be mandatory, it was decided to introduce students to the charitable activities of the society and, among other things, to show by our own example that good can be done with our own hands. For this, personal money is not always needed. It is enough to show attentiveness, care and make personal efforts, which can be decisive for a person in a difficult situation. We hope that some of the students will become full-time volunteers of the Red Cross," Mikhail Chernyaev.
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