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And so, all right, how can we stand back and watch these children murdered? how can we stand back and watch the suffering? and if we have an ability to help its our duty to help. so i just cant watch it any more. there is ten of us who couldnt watch it any more. and the ten us injury will make a huge difference. >> no doubt they will. if you want to help babss and dottys cause, log on to first ones in ukraine.com. and still to come on this saturday evening, a humanitarian crisis building beyon...

We know we will bring some hope and bring some healing to those in the ukraine. >> you absolutely will. let me tell you something, you are already making a difference by inspiring myself, all the viewers who are watching right now, listening to you tell your story of getting that phone call from the doctor in ukraine and putting this group together in two weeks and heading over to help those in need. babs and dotti, thank you, and best of luck to you. please keep us posted on how everything is g...

You put together a group to head to lviv pretty quickly, right? >> oh, it just happened within -- >> two weeks -- >> two weeks, yeah. >> wow. >> yeah. it just -- i just made phone calls and talked to friends and said do you know anybody that would send a team, and then a friend said, no, but you know, if you put a team together, i will -- i will go. and thats how the team kind of just came together. >> and its mostly women, right? intentional? >> no, it wasnt. >> its a further example that women...

That women can run a world. >> absolutely. absolutely. yeah. we have some guys on the team. and we love them. but i think 80% of us are women, um-hum. >> so youre going. i just want to be clear for viewers who are wondering right now. you are going as private citizens, not part of any group like team rubicon or doctors without borders. why is that, babs? im getting to you in a second, dotty. >> well there is a lot of red tape right now. any time you enter the ukraine and there is a symbol or any...

Did you have any hesitation about signing up to this plan? what was your reaction? >> when babs first approached me a couple weeks ago and asked me if i was interested -- and i was -- i had recently come back from honduras in january, so i was on a trip. and its something that i love to do. i love to help, you know, as nurses and doctors, you know, compassion for these people that are just hurting so bad. and i -- i do understand the risk involved, were taking steps, you know, for our protection...

Donating to relief efforts is the only thing most of us can do right now. but two brave women have decided to do more. two weeks ago medical professionals babs and dotty --s that their names -- received a call from a friend in ukraine asking for help with relief training on the front lines. earlier i spoke with them about the upcoming trip to lviv. for privacy reasons they asked us not to use their last names on air. >> you made some calls. you put together a group to head to lviv, quickly, righ...

Decision to go and to help. and were not going to sue anybody. thats another thing. if you have an organization and you lose one of your members, there could be of an issue. so we are all taking this risk. we know what were facing. and we just want to go and help. >> i mean, dotty, i want to bring you in, becauses in a huge risk. i mean, you could frankly -- youre putting your life at risk. when you got the call to join this team to go over to ukraine, did you have any hesitation about signing o...

>> i think it all is as nurses, as doctors, we have seen trauma. we have seen death. and it is life changing. i expect to come back a different person, more powerful than i was, im hoping. its just something, you know, in your heart im following my heart. and this is what its telling me to do. >> thats just a beautiful thing, though, that its youre following your heart and actually taking action, because you have experience. you have skills that could really help the people who are suffering in ...

And lower your a1c. now you know. try it for free at freestylelibre.us we are all feeling it -- at least those of us with a heart and a soul. just sitting on the sidelines, just that helplessness, that feeling of watching horror unfold in ukraine. donating to relief efforts in about the only thing most of us can do right now. my next guest decided they have to do more. so they are about to leave for ukraine to offer medical and disaster relief training. let me introduce you to babs and dotti. ...

Action because you have experience, you have skills that could really help these people who are suffering in ukraine. and babs, i understand your husband thinks youre nuts, right? i mean, hes like, what -- what are you doing? why are you doing this? >> my whole family thinks im nuts. i think my neighborhood thinks im nuts. but sometimes youve got to do something thats out of the norm. we wouldnt have airplanes if people were scared of flying. we wouldnt be going to the moon -- you dont reach a l...