For the last week, he and his volunteers have been on the frontlines at the small Romanian border town of Siret helping Ukrainian refugees.
SEATTLE — When Russia invaded Ukraine, Ben Sterciuc knew his next mission.
A geriatric nurse from Seattle, Sterciuc is the founder of the nonprofit Vital Solutions which works to bring health care to impoverished communities in Kenya. “I’m literally maybe 50 meters from the actual border, in a tent that we set up for refugees that are basically mothers and children. And as you can see, we have all sorts of items prepared for them,” Sterciuc explained.Refugees brave frigid temperatures to make it there. With their lives in backpacks and suitcases, they then load onto buses that will take them to more stable housing in neighboring towns that Sterciuc and others have secured for them.