Medical and humanitarian aid arrives in Ukraine
Six vehicles – 2 ambulances, and four other vehicles – packed with 3,000 KG of much needed medical and humanitarian aid left from Fore Street on Thursday 6th of November bound for Poland. On Sunday 9th November our team of eight volunteer drivers handed over the vehicles and their contents for onward transport to various locations in Ukraine, update from jonathan Parr below:
We have handed over 6 vehicles packed with Medical Aid and Humanitarian Aid this afternoon, these 6 vehicles will now be in Lviv, one ambulance will be going to Sumy Hospital with around £10,000 plus worth of antibiotics and painkillers and a vehicle which is urgently needed, also the children’s hospital in Sumy will get some beautiful hade made teddies and bunnies. Another vehicle will be emptied and taken to the Dnipro front line area with lots of equipment and aid for the front line. The two Mitsubishi L200 4×4 vehicles will end up on the front line once emptied of wheelchairs, walkers, crutches and generators. The other vehicles full of medical supplies will go to hospitals which require the aid. We feel extremely proud to have contributed towards offering our support to Ukraine and for the contribution of the drivers in driving close to 1800 km over the last 3 days. We are now relaxing in Krakow and have just eaten a fantastic meal in a Ukrainian restaurant.
Thanks again all who have supported us in this trip, especially on Remembrance weekend.
The anticipated costs of the convoy rose to over £41,000, as we needed to purchase a 6th second-hand vehicle, thanks to the volume of much need supplies donated by from the generous people of Brixham and surrounding areas.
Major contributions have come from Brixham Future CIC & Brixham Lottery, several local churches, Rotary and Probus groups, Brixham Does Care, the Conservative Club, Cricket and Rugby Clubs, Middle St traders and Chamber of Commerce. Several local individuals have made small and substantial cash donations, for which we thank them all.
Our last range of events raised a total of £5,683, to which we can add both small and very large donations. Many people gave gifts in kind, which we have been able to auction or raffle etc to raise funds. It has been a tremendous Brixham effort, and we thank everyone who contributed..
We are particularly pleased that the convoy medical supplies includes over £10,000 of urgent items, for Sumy hospital, which was recently bombed. These supplies. including antibiotics and 10 First Responder Medical Trauma Bags, go straight to front-line areas with newly trained medics from the hospitals. They will save hundreds of lives.
Our local people, also rallied together to provide a range of much needed items, including generators to provide power and light (as Russians bomb the civilian electric stations) , warm clothing and blanket (as temperatures fall to minus 20 degrees in winter) and a range of other personal hygiene and mobility items.
We are also proud of the eight Volunteer drivers, who endured four arduous days, and no doubt sleepless nights, in shared minimal accommodation along the route – Jonathan Parr ( Team Leader), Richard Parr, Peter Plummer, Chris Kennedy, Roger Ames, Daniel Adamski, Rich Rubensaat and Sean Castle,
The vehicle procurement, collecting and sorting of tons of supplies plus acquisitions of specific medical supplies have all provided a substantial challenge but we delivered in less than 6 months.
Once again, our thanks to everyone who who helped make this convoy a great success.
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John Brennan
Brixham Future CIC
More information:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071882902660
https://www.torbayweekly.co.uk/news/home/1938103/brixham-unites-as-ukraine-aid-convoy-heads-off.html
