Albuquerque man helps raise humanitarian funds in Ukraine
Updated: 6:51 PM MDT Aug 16, 2022
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PERPETRATORS. SIX MONTHS AGO, THE WAR STARTED IN UKRAINE. SINCE THEN, PEOPLE HAVE COME TOGETHER TO TRY AND HELP AN ALBUQUERQUE MAN. REPORTER STEPHANIE MUNIZ TELLS US HOW HE IS DOING. THAT’S MAK REITMAN GREW UP IN ALBUQUERQUE, EVENTUALLY GOING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO. I STUDIED RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND ALSO INTERNATIONAL. HE HAS BEEN WORKING IN EUROPE FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. THE HE WORKS FOR HELP UKRAINE TWO HAS HELPED DURING THE UKRAINIAN WAR. AS OF THIS WEEK WE’VE EXCEEDED OVER 115 PROJECTS, INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS IN NON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES FOR NON-LETHAL HUMANITARIAN FOR OVER $1,000,000. KRITEMAN SAYS ALL THE WORK HE’S DOING IS BECAUSE OF WHAT HE DID AT UNAM. THE BIGGEST KIND OF TURNING POINT FOR ME AS A STUDENT WAS THE SEMINAR CALLED STRATEGY AND POLICY. THAT WAS TAUGHT BY A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FORMER AMERICAN DIPLOMAT WITH THE ONGOING WAR IN UKRAINE. HE SAYS THE NEEDS ARE CHANGING. THE FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS MENTAL HEALTH FOR YOUTH AND HELPING GET PEOPLE BACK ON THEIR FEET. WE’VE ALSO BEEN PRIORITIZING. I’M A VERY SMALL MICRO BUSINESS CREATION. I’M SPECIFICALLY FOR WOMEN. REPORTING IN ALBUQUERQUE, STEPHANIE MUNOZ, KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS PRAVIN SAYS HE IS WORKING ON HAVING MORE FUNDRAISING
Albuquerque man helps raise humanitarian funds in Ukraine
Updated: 6:51 PM MDT Aug 16, 2022
As the war in Ukraine reaches the six-month mark, an Albuquerque man has helped lead a non-profit effort to support those affected by the war. Matt Kriteman is working with the non-profit Help Ukraine 22 to assist with humanitarian efforts. The organization’s effort has helped hundreds of projects.”As of this week, we’ve exceeded over 150 individual projects in non-occupied territories for non-lethal humanitarian aid for over a million dollars,” Kriteman said. Growing up in Albuquerque, Kriteman went to the University of New Mexico and studied Russian language and international relations.
ALBUQUERQUE, NM —
As the war in Ukraine reaches the six-month mark, an Albuquerque man has helped lead a non-profit effort to support those affected by the war.
Matt Kriteman is working with the non-profit Help Ukraine 22 to assist with humanitarian efforts. The organization’s effort has helped hundreds of projects.
“As of this week, we’ve exceeded over 150 individual projects in non-occupied territories for non-lethal humanitarian aid for over a million dollars,” Kriteman said.
Growing up in Albuquerque, Kriteman went to the University of New Mexico and studied Russian language and international relations.
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