About this episode
Will Rogers shares his experiences delivering humanitarian aid to Ukraine and discusses the Canadian Ukraine Economic Defence Fund.
My name is Will Rogers. I have been a paramedic in British Columbia since 1987. I am also a member of the Cloverdale Chamber. I have a story I think your listeners would find compelling. Four years ago, I started traveling to Ukraine to deliver humanitarian aid and medical supplies to frontline medics. I have been five times now." I have personally invested over $110,000 of my own money into supporting Ukraine, and I built something called the Canadian Ukraine Economic Defence Fund to make that support permanent." The last time I was overseas, one of my fellow volunteer medics had been killed the day before I arrived. She was the fourth medic to be killed with the organization I work for in Ukraine." "In another case, a medic's body blocked a blast from an anti-tank missile that hit the very vehicle I had been driving four months earlier, saving the lives of two others." Those moments are why I could not just keep sending one-time donations. I needed to build something that would last." "The Canadian Ukraine Economic Defence Fund is an investment fund. Contributions are invested, not spent. Only the returns are used to support Ukraine with Canadian products and services. The fund…
People in this episode
Host: Michael Clogs
Guest: Will Rogers
Topics covered
- humanitarian aid
- medical supplies
- Ukraine
- paramedics
- economic support
Keywords
- Will Rogers
- humanitarian aid
- Ukraine
- paramedic
- economic defence fund
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Cloverdale Chamber, Canadian Ukraine Economic Defence Fund
Places: Ukraine, British Columbia
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