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We have been working in Ukraine and delivering aid there since 1991. Since the full scale invasion in February 2022, our teams on the ground have been working tirelessly to provide prac
From the start of the war we have also been funding vehicles, firstly vans and trailers for aid distribution and then as the need became clear, we began to source and to send ambulances and 4×4 pickups for emergency transport. Nearly one hundred vehicles have been provided so far, some bought in Ukraine and many sent from the UK. The photo below left shows vehicles at our Ukraine distribution centre, ready to make the journey to the frontline areas where they are needed.
Colonel Sergii Sudets (standing, right), says; “Thank you for donating such a powerful tool to save the lives of our refugees and soldiers. The quality of ambulances is the highest we have had, they have been professionally prepared for resuscitation. The ambulances are essential for after someone is injured in our current circumstances. We also need more 4×4 pickups that can drive fast on bad roads, to get the injured to the ambulances and then when stabilised, the ambulances can get them to the hospital.”
One 4×4 pickup alone rescued more than fifty people who were injured in it’s first day of service.
The photo above left shows Martin, Jenson and Mark, who drove the two pickups pictured from our warehouse at Tarleton to Krakow in Poland, handing them over to our Ukraine Director, Pastor Pasha. Bernard, our Founder and CEO is pictured right, with members of Preston South Rotary Club, with the ambulance that they funded, that was driven out by Rotarian Alan and his daughter Jane.
Thank you very much to everyone who has kindly donated or volunteered in any way to make the provision of these vehicles possible. Sadly your help is still greatly needed, vehicles being used to rescue and treat the injured on the front lines are often a target for missiles, some vehicles we have sent have been destroyed.
We thank God for his good provision of life-saving vehicles and for all the rescuers and chaplains who drive them. We pray for God’s protection for all drivers of emergency vehicles in Ukraine.
Could you help us to keep providing emergency vehicles to Ukraine?
Please donate and help us to fund emergency vehicles for Ukraine
£30 could pay for insurance for a vehicle to be driven to Ukraine, £90 could pay for diesel to drive a vehicle to the ferry crossing, £3,500 could pay for a 4×4 pickup, £2,500 could pay for a fully functioning ambulance.
Click here for a link to a printable leaflet about the Emergency Vehicle for Ukraine Appeal: link – Ukraine Emergency Vehicle flyer
And here is a video from one of the vehicle handover services at our base in Ukraine: . https://youtu.be/LeUmTYde5PI
