I run "Miles of Grace", Olga Rudneva

I am Olga Rudnieva, Director of Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation. On April 17th I will run my first charitable half marathon together with fantastic team of devoted folks. Same time it would take me to overcome the distance, it would take any mobile hospital to get to its destination in the middle of nowhere in Ukraine. A lot of HIV-positive kids live in remote areas and timely medical aid is crucial for them. For many, mobile hospitals are the only chance to save their lives.

I believe that my friends and my broad network will support my first ever marathon to help HIV-positive kids to get medical aid no matter where they were born and live today.

Mobile clinics have been working in Ukraine for more than 7 years. Due to their work HIV-positive children from small towns have access to qualified health care. Team of doctors and social workers on regular basis deliver mediсines and supplies to the most outlying and affected by HIV/AIDS regions of Ukraine. This project provides the access to high-level medical assistance to low-income families, keeps the communication between central and local hospitals and specialists, significantly increases the coverage of the patients’ diagnostics and monitoring, and consulting their families. Mobile clinics give the opportunity to educate medical staff, raise their level of professional knowledge. Due to the scale of the project it becomes possible to create the database of the patients.

All raised funds will be directed to medical supplies purchase, to expand the work of mobile clinics and to increase medical staff involvement.