Run 14 – March 2023
Run 14, or run 13 from the UK!, is now well underway and the team have safely arrived in Brovary after a non stop drive all the way from Weeze in Germany”! This run includes for the first time, aid collected in the Sussex area under the banner of “Brass Band Aid for Ukraine”, together…
Run 13 – February 2023
It’s all hands on deck today (30th Jan) as the team have to sort, package and weigh each box – we need to do this for the Ukranian customs forms when we get to the border later this week. The run is well underway now having started with a non-stop drive through snow in Germany…
Run 12 – December 2022 January 2023
Run no.11 started with the collection of aid from our friends at Help Ukraine BAMK UK in Milton Keynes and personal donations from other benefactors. What made this trip special was the kind donation of a van which was to be taken to Zaporizhzhia where it is now being used as an ambulance by the…
Run 11 – December 2022
Run 11 was an eventful one for our van – but more of that later! On this run, we were taking aid provided by our friends at BAMK, UK Aid for Ukraine and other private benefactors to Marina at “Future of Children of Ukraine”. This included out much needed aid, blankets food and more than…
Run 10 – 4th-20thNovember 2022
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…
Run 09 – 3-18 October 2022
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…
Run 08 – 25th August – 6th September 2022
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…
Run 07 – 28th July – 8th August 2022
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…