One soldier who had lost a foot to a mortar attack asked for a new one from the Victoria Hand Project, which was bringing prosthetic arms and hands to the war-torn country
When an Ukrainian soldier who lost a foot to a mortar attack heard that a group visiting from Langford might be able to help fit amputees with prosthetics, he immediately asked for a foot — so that he could go back to fighting on the front lines.
The team did not reveal the name of the town for security reasons, but said it was in the western part of Ukraine. For Brendan Strain, who served as the group’s videographer, it was the second time he had visited the war-torn country, and this time, the mood was different, he said. Bob Beckett, the trip’s organizer, said community-based volunteer groups are the backbone of humanitarian responses.
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