УКР Leleka Foundation, in partnership with U.S. activist and journalist Alison Rochford, who is learning and promoting the Ukrainian language, is raising $10,000 to provide 400 tourniquets—enough to stock 40 tactical medical backpacks for Ukrainian medics on the front lines.
Each of these backpacks, assembled and delivered by Leleka, contains 10 tourniquets—a critical tool medics describe as absolutely essential. As one frontline medic told us: “These are the first things we pack, and often the first things we hand to soldiers heading to the line of fire.”
Why Tourniquets Matter
Tourniquets save lives. Their purpose is simple yet vital: to stop massive bleeding from limbs and prevent death from blood loss. In combat or disaster zones, bleeding out can happen in just 2–3 minutes. In fact:
- 80% of preventable deaths on the battlefield are caused by severe blood loss.
- Two-thirds of those deaths could be avoided with properly applied tourniquets.
Quick, decisive action—grab, unwrap, apply, tighten—can make all the difference. On the battlefield, every second counts.
Tourniquets have become synonymous with survival. They’ve saved the lives of countless Ukrainian defenders—and even civilians, including a 9-year-old boy in Chernihiv who was wounded by shrapnel in a Russian missile strike. A tourniquet applied at the right time saved him.
This Is Why We Act
Tourniquets are consumables. Medics need a constant supply. Without them, they can’t stop the bleeding. They can’t save lives.
That’s why Leleka Foundation and Alison Rochford are launching this urgent campaign: $10,000 = 400 tourniquets = 400 lives saved.
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