Taras is a priest in Ukraine who in addition to having his own Church, is also a military chaplain too. Alongside this, he runs a charity that supports both military and civilian needs, including soldiers in a military hospital. We were able to visit the hospital on a recent run and could see first hand…
Damon Warren and Jake Clarke are legends of the aid for Ukraine world and have been transporting or sending aid out since the beginning. We had the pleasure of joining them on a recent run where they kindly introduced us to the various charities they support in Ukraine. For those wishing to purchase and donate…
Anton & the team at “Help from the Heart” support a number of initiatives including both vehicles & equipment for the front line and civilian aid needs such as a local orphanage. When Andy’s van broke down, it was fortuitous that it happened only 15 minutes drive away from Anton! (Andy is helping to fund…
Run 29 was planned to be a major step forwards for us in finding new people in Ukraine that need help! We are extremely grateful to Damon “Wozzer” Warren who suggested that we join his extended convoy and get to meet some of his key contacts – an epic trip was envisaged but it turned…
Huge thanks to all who donated aid for run 28 – we can’t do this without you! Here’s a few pictures of some of the donated aid from the Brighton area: Tracy Gray, Julie Harris & Veronica (dog food and blankets), Dee Johnson (lots of varied aid!), all at Brass Band Aid for Ukraine. Not…
Hot on the heels of Andy’s run, Run 27 was another run out to Zaporizhzhia! Accompanying Mike this time were Guy, one of our founders from Weeze and Anna Pukas James who is a key fundraiser for us in the North East! Once again, the Ladies of the Brigg Inner Wheel had been busy knitting…
A big couple of weeks for the team as we have 2 vans going out over May and June! Run 26 was a solo run by Andy to Zaporizhzhia – his usual co-driver, Tony, wasn’t able to join him but did an excellent job on the pre run service! Our huge thanks to all who…
My thanks to Rob Clarke for making this short video – please follow him on X: @LNwire and on LinkedIn: @Learning News
On Thursday 18th April, Andy was given an opportunity to talk about our work in Ukraine at the largest Leaning Technology Conference in Europe, held at the Excel in London. Because of the conference theme, Andy focussed on where our work has helped in the continuing education of children in Ukraine. This included: During the…
On the 10th April, we received an urgent special request. James Kaprini, our contact in Zaphorhizia, found himself in need of a 4×4 vehicle due to a catastrophic failure of the vehicle which, for the last 18months or so, has served him well delivering aid to frontline areas. The lack of a vehicle seriously impacted…
