We are a group of people in Cornwall and Devon that share a passion for helping the Ukrainian people in this time of utter hardship. We have all worked with other aid organisations with the common objective of getting aid to Ukraine.
There are many models of getting aid to where it is needed:
- Donate to international charities.
- Take aid to a neighbouring country (e.g.Poland) from where Ukrainian volunteers or charity workers onward transport the aid into Ukraine.
- Deliver aid into Ukraine to the people who need it.
We have tried all of these, but the model that we have found works best for us and the aid recipient organisations is to source vehicles that the recipients have requested, we pack them with aid, drive to the recipients in Ukraine and hand over the aid and vehicles. We then fly back.
We have developed networks for collecting humanitarian and medical aid, but the challenge always to generate enough money to purchase the vehicles and pay for ferries, fuel, insurance and all he other costs associated with transporting vehicles 2,200 miles.