Mike Kobarenko
Mike is part of the project we set up to provide a second van to the volunteers working with front line units in Ukraine. He joined Andy for his first ever visit to the land of his father in March 2026.
December 2025 – Kropyvnytskyi, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Odesa
Andy was very pleased to be joined by Tony again – these runs can be very brutal with just one driver! Prior to any run, there’s a lot of work to do to locate and load up the donated aid! Delighted to meet Norman Hunter Rose of The Order of St. Lazarus of Jerusalem who…
Run 41 – Brass Band Aid – October 2025
Prior to any run, there is a lot of work to do! First up for this run, we had to get the van through an MOT, which included resolving the dpf issue that started on the last run!Huge thanks to Tony and his son Chris for all the work done on the van in preparation…
Preparation for Run 40 – Ukraine Fundraiser 2022
Plans are already well underway for the next run and I can now announce that we have been donated a VW T4 which will be going to Ukraine as soon as it has been prepared. Many thanks go to Guy Ticehurst for his work in securing this valuable donation and also a massive thank you…
Run 37 – Mike & Karl, May 2025
Before any run can take place, there is a lot of activity to both collect aid and raise funding for the run!A massive thank you goes to Winterton and district Lions along with the people who attended the coffee morning at Winterton Rangers yesterday. Your support is greatly appreciated. I now have the peace of…
Tony Line
Tony is a fellow band musician whom Andy has known for many years! Tony is no stranger to Ukraine having visited Odesa on a regular basis since around 2014! This made him an ideal candidate for co-driving duties and his first run with Andy was in October 2023. He is now both the regular co-driver…
Я Допоможу (I Will Help), Odesa
The Odesa based charity “I Will Help” carry our a lot of work with around 6,000 displaced refugees, civilian and military hospitals and for front line soldiers and medics. They do such great work there, it is now one of the fixed locations when we are planning a run! They have built their own HQ…
Medi Tech Trust
Founded in 2002, Medi Tech Trust is a UK registered charity. It is dedicated to donating equipment and supplies to medical institutions; arranging training courses for surgeons in low income countries; and advancing health care education in the community. Medical equipment and surgical consumables worth £ millions have already been donated to hospitals in the…
Run 39 – Brass Band Aid – August 2025
Before heading out on our latest run, there was the small matter of raising funds for the fuel and ferry etc! Dee Johnson, one of our big supporters, ran a coffee morning for us at the Belmont Centre in Uckfield – an amazing sum of over £800 was raised which, together with our own sale…
Run 38 – Brass Band Aid – June 2025
Once again, as Tony wasn’t available, this was another solo run by Andy. Huge thanks as always to Medi Tech Trust in Hailsham for their generous contribution of aid – 2 very large pallets of incontinence aids that will help both the Orphanage and the “I Will Help” team in Odessa. Together with aid from…