Elizaveta Glinka is a Russian human rights activist and public figure. She is a resuscitator by education, she is also a philanthropist and founder of the Fair Help Foundation.
Biography
Lisa was born on 1962-20-02 in Moscow. Her father was a military man, and her mother was a TV presenter. In 1986 she graduated from the medical institute and received the specialty “resuscitator-anesthesiologist”. In 1990, she emigrated to the United States of America with her husband. She also received a second medical education there. While living in America, Lisa got acquainted with the work of hospices. Then in Kiev, she opened the first hospice, and also took part in the creation of a fund to help hospices in Russia.
Dr. Liza returned to Moscow in 2007 due to a serious illness of her mother. After the death of a loved one, Glinka created the Fair Aid Foundation. This organization provided medical care and financial support to dying cancer patients, homeless, low-income non-cancer patients.
In 2010, Liza carried out a collection of material aid for victims of forest fires, and two years later, a collection of things and food was organized in favor of victims of the floods in Krymsk.
With the outbreak of the armed conflict in Ukraine, Dr. Liza began to provide assistance to those living in the Donbass. She received the support of the Russian authorities for humanitarian actions. Glinka's personal project for the removal of wounded children and sick people from the war zone became state-owned.
Since 2015, Lisa has visited Syria several times with humanitarian missions. She was involved in organizing the provision of medical care to Syrian citizens, the delivery and distribution of medicines.
Under Liza, her charitable foundation received numerous monetary donations, including from major Russian officials.
Dr. Liza died on December 25, 2016 in a plane crash near Sochi. She accompanied a shipment of medicines to Syria. She was buried at the Novodevichy cemetery.
Personal life
Doctor Lisa's husband is Gleb Glinka, an American lawyer of Russian origin. The family has three sons: Konstantin and Alexei live in the United States, and Ilya, an adopted son, lives in Saratov.
Dr. Lisa had a particular passion for blogging and gardening. She actively maintained her page on social networks: she wrote about her foundation, shared photos and videos. She also loved stylish handbags and telling jokes. Moreover, she did not hide that she is a rather conflicted person. Liza could smash to pieces both an inactive official and an insolent ward.
In December 2016, Glinka received a state award of the Russian Federation for her contribution to human rights activities. Then, in her speech, she admitted that she was never sure that she would return home from another trip to the war zone.
