In order to fully clarify and publicise the position of the Order of Physiotherapists in the face of the escalating conflict in Ukraine, and in order to better provide the necessary help, the Board of Directors set up a working team, as part of the so-called Technical Evaluation Commission, to assess, on a case-by-case basis, requests from physiotherapists coming from Ukraine under the support that Portugal grants to refugees from that country. The Order also expressed its solidarity with the President of the Ukrainian Association of Physiotherapists, Stepan Kobelyev, who promptly thanked us.
For this reason, we will disseminate the necessary information to the Ukrainian community, identifying the contacts created specifically for this purpose, using the Ukrainian Embassy, associations and other humanitarian organisations, directly, via email, posts on social networks and aid aggregator sites, among others.
In this way, we ensure not only that the request for support is related to the Ukrainian issue, but also that there is a link with the registered physiotherapists and colleagues who receive the requests actually intended to support Ukrainian citizens and their families.
Finally, many thanks to all the translator physiotherapists who agreed to take part in this effort to support the Ukrainian community!
Physiotherapy will always be there when it comes to defending the rights of all citizens!