Welfare and support for refugees and civilians displaced and in need as a result of the war in the Ukraine
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The wish lists are currently closed as we are awaiting confirmation of specific items for the next aid run
Thank you for your generous contributions
*Please just use donate button for now*
The wish lists are currently closed as we are awaiting confirmation of specific items for the next aid run
Thank you for your generous contributions
Direct Community Aid
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Update on our next trip to Ukraine: After much soul searching and listening to our friends in Ukraine we have decided to alter our focus -
Many of the team are veterans of similar humanitarian crises have experience of the effect displacement has on the most vulnerable people. Disabled children and young people have been subject to the most horrendous abuse and neglect you can imagine, many have been abandoned in communities and hospitals with no support package or contact with their families, care staff, etc. We have made contact with some of these hospitals and plan to deliver requested items that they need in the same way as with previous aid runs - directly from our hand to theirs. |
The conflict is now focussed on the East of Ukraine, with about 1/5 of the country currently occupied or involved in active fighting. Much of the Central and Western regions are returning to some kind of normality, with refugees returning and some public services re-starting. A large number of vulnerable children have been dumped in these regions, moved out of the conflict zone into relative safety. There are not the facilities to care for these high dependency children's needs or manage their trauma.
So, what are we going to do: We need to raise funds, collect items and offer support. A list is being drawn up by the hospitals and will be published shortly - we can donate items or purchase items from a wish list. Our donations PayPal button is still live on the website or you can contact us directly for bank details. Simply Training (a behaviour management and coaching provider) will be offering ongoing support to the staff of these hospitals - Chris will be spending an extended period of time there before the end of the year. |
Contacts in UkraineYou may have heard that many of the large aid shipments are held up, turned away or contain goods that are surplus to requirement - our loads contain specifically requested items by local people in Ukraine who are in direct contact with us.
Through longstanding business and personal contact, we have established a route of small-scale aid runs to Lviv, a city in western Ukraine, around 70 kilometres from the border with Poland. We are a small group of private individuals, giving our time freely, with a skillset suitable for planning these trips and successfully negotiating the multiple border crossings and necessary customs interactions. |
In addition to the silent auction there are other fab fundraising activities, thank you Glyins for organising a classic car run later this month.
Classic Countryside Car Run - Sturminster Newton to Dorchester - Sunday 19th June. Route : #SturminsterNewton > #KingsStag > #Pulham > #BucklandNewton > #PiddleValley > #Dorschester > #Poundbury. Meet 9am in Market Car Park Sturminster Newton, leave 10am, free parking in Great Field at Poundbury at the end of the run, where there is also a Cafe. Suggested donation £5 per vehicle Contact Glynis Coffin to book-in Road Run to raise funds for the next aid run by local volunteer team Community Aid Ukraine (*like the facebook.com/CommunityAidUkraine page to hear about the amazing auction prizes being announced soon!) |
Along The Journey
Requested aid items delivered from UK directly to local people waiting in Lviv, Ukraine
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Many thanks to the Rotary Club of Sherborne Castles for their generous contributions of medical supplies, practical equipment and donation towards fuel expenses “
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Now Preparing for Aid Run #3
Run by volunteers - All donated funds are spent on fuel and aid items
*Please just use donate button for now*
The wish lists are currently closed as we are awaiting confirmation of specific items for the next aid run
Thank you for your generous contributions
*Please just use donate button for now*
The wish lists are currently closed as we are awaiting confirmation of specific items for the next aid run
Thank you for your generous contributions