SUPPORTING UKRAINE
Humanitarian aid trips for duo
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duo have just embarked on their third humanitarian aid trip to help those affected by war-torn Ukraine. Nathan Rimmer and Becky Freeman, who have been collecting donations for their cause in Uttoxeter, have been taking out much-needed supplies to people left in Ukraine including to children in an orphanage. Nathan, who lives in Slindon, said: I just wanted to say thank you to each person that has donated to our humanitarian aid trips to Poland/Ukraine. We couldn t do this without your amazing donations. Nathan said of their third trip, which they completed last week: We arrived in Poland on the Monday after a long drive across Europe and met up with our Ukrainian friend called Vasyl. Most of our aid was loaded into his van so we could attempt to
cross the border the next day. After an early start, we managed to skip the three to five day queue at the border, complete the lengthy process of customs and paperwork checks and get through into Ukraine. Vasyl took us south of Lviv where we delivered some of our aid to a couple of orphanages. We then took the remaining aid further south to a previously derelict rural school that is now being used as an orphanage for many children, including some from Mariupol. Meeting some of the children was such an emotional experience. Some look okay, some don t speak and others have pain and suffering written all over their faces. We didn t stay in Ukraine over night so instead met up with Danny (Midlands Humanitarian Aid for
Ukraine) on Wednesday who was on his way to Kyiv as a volunteer paramedic. We gave him all our medical aid and remaining generator so they can be put to good use in Ukraine. Nathan added: We will be doing another humanitarian aid run next month. This time we will focus on getting food into Ukraine so it can be distributed to eastern regions that are in desperate need. Please help by sending us a donation to fund our next trip to Ukraine. Anyone interested in helping the duo in their aid work, can contact Nathan through Facebook at www.facebook.com/r1mmer. Anyone wishing to make a financial donation to the cause can do so by going online to: www.justgiving.com/crowdfu nding/medical-aid-toukraine.
