Firstly we delivered to our friends Steel Ray in Lviv with much needed medical and surgical equipment which then is distributed both to civilian and military medical facilities throughout Ukraine. We then reloaded both the van and trailer for onward travel to Kyiv area delivering to our contact Марина Вячеславівна where we then assisted her…
After an epic drive across Europe from Weeze to Uzhhrod we had may issues on our border crossing on the Slovak side which then resulted in problems entering Ukraine. We left Weeze just after 02:00 and arrived at the border approximately 21:00. We then spent nearly eight hours crossing the border arriving at our donated…
We crossed the border at Medyka early Sunday morning and spent seven hours doing so and then a quick stop in Lviv to see a friend we then set off on the 400 odd mile drive through to our delivery point just outside Irpin near Kyiv. I’m sure you’ll remember at the beginning of the…
Rather than write about what we took on this trip, here’s Mike to tell you what was in the van! Huge thanks to Anna Pukas James who last Saturday together with Kristina Pukas Cousins, hosted a Ukraine Fundraiser in Epworth. We laid on Ukrainian food, Richard Cousins barbecued his home-made sausages and the weather was…
Drop done – all safe and sound!
Meet your drivers for this run: Mike & Guy! After a delay at the border, they finally made it through to Ukraine! How better to describe run no.4 than to use the words of Anna Pukas James, a great supporter of ours, who accompanied Mike and Guy on this trip to Lviv: What a remarkable,…
This run took aid from Germany and following a hearty breakfast with our good friend Elmer, it was on to Frankfurt for the first collection. Apologies for this one being on its side – we assure you, the team were upright! On the way home!
Easter Monday and back in Weeze after delivering run #3 to the Ukrainian border at Budomeirz a very rural crossing north of Przemysl with a 3.5t limit to and on the border it seemed an effective way to get targeted aid across. I have to say the border seemed disconcertingly quiet but we arrived on…
Once again, we were taking aid on behalf of BAMK in Milton Keynes. A delayed start after the van needed some repairs, we collected further medical aid from Elmar Freikamp near Weeze: Our Germany team have been very active in securing donated aid for this trip so a big shout out to: Cyriakus Apotheke in…
And so it began! Run no. 1 and a first outing for “Renee” the van! First stop was to meet the folks at BAMK who were providing aid to go in the van. In the early days, we went via Dover – something that has changed since then. (We now mainly use Harwich to Hook…
