Long Term Medical Care for Matt Mateiescu

My son Matt Mateiescu is a 35 years old humanitarian and multimedia artist, who, for many years, has dedicated his God given skills, energy, and compassion to helping people in dire need. After suffering a severe traumatic brain injury in Ukraine in March 2023, it is now Matt who needs others’ empathy and help. Matt needs a long term, intense, and diversified therapy that will eventually enable him to return to his life saving work.

For the past 15 years, Matt has been rescuing people caught in catastrophic situations – floods, earthquakes, tsunami, tornadoes – in the Unites States and as far as Africa, as a member of the disaster relief organization Team Rubicon. He has also been an international disaster relief leader, logistics lead, and coordinator of joint UN and WHO efforts (like the 2021 Covid assistance operations in the jungle of Uganda).

Since March 2022, he has been in Ukraine as vice president of the nonprofit organization Medical Disaster Response, traveling continuously from his base in Kyiv to cities and villages on the front line – Bakhmut, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia - successfully delivering medical aid, setting up combat medical training sessions, evacuating people from hot areas, and maintaining a wide network of small volunteer organizations on the ground.

Matt’s severe traumatic brain injury left him with half of his body paralyzed. With prayer and great determination, he made a good physical recovery in the five months since his injury. Nevertheless, his condition is a very complex one and Matt still has a long journey to healing in front of him. Matt’s motivator throughout this ordeal has been his great love for people and desire to return to his humanitarian aid work. This will not be possible without your help. Please consider supporting Matt through prayer and/or a financial gift.