Foreign Fleet - Humanitarian Aid.

Hello everyone,

 

Thanks for taking the time to check out our campaign! We are a team of two 27-year old best friends from Great Britain. Peter is a wedding videographer, and Robert is a miller.

 

On the 26th of February, just two days after the Ukraine war began, we decided to buy a minibus spontaneously. To be exact, a 2002 Citroen Relay minibus from Birmingham. The grand plan was to drive across Europe and, assuming the bus didn’t break down along the way, end up in Ukraine. We'd never driven outside the UK and had certainly never been close to a country at war. 

 

Fast forward to March 2023, evacuated over 170 Ukrainians, and delivered more than 300 tonnes of supplies; food, clothing, medicines, power generators and kids' toys. We pay regular visits to orphanages, ensuring they have all the materials required to stay in operation. Similarly, we frequently drop off pet supplies at a dog shelter in Khmelnytskyi. This dog shelter looks after more than 300 furry friends. Here, we get more than our daily dose of doggies, as you can imagine!

In our first month, we spent most days evacuating Ukrainians from the western regions of Ukraine. These were typically Eastern Ukrainians who journeyed courageously through danger towards safety, where we would pick them up a take them across the border. Thankfully, we are no longer required to evacuate Ukrainians as large coach companies are now running shuttle evacuations throughout the country. This has allowed us to focus our time on shuttling supplies and caring for animals. 

Most recently, we have been working with a small group of Ukrainians, shuttling supplies at least six days a week from a warehouse in Eastern Poland to a warehouse in Central Ukraine. This remote warehouse has quickly become a landmark location for humanitarians from every corner of Ukraine to collect goods and shuttle them back to their respective regions.

 

Throughout all of this, we have taken extra caution to stay safe; we have no plans of getting ourselves hurt. We primarily operate outside the large cities, away from any red zones or areas we think could be targeted. We have built relationships with other humanitarian workers and are always keeping each other updated with current developments. If anything feels unsafe, we call it off.

 

We’ve been entirely self-funded until now; we’ve had to tell our family about what we’re doing because we desperately needed cash for fuel. They were a bit horrified at first, understandably. But more than anything, they were proud... And then horrified again when they remembered we called for money!

 

Every bit of money donated will go a very long way, I plan to post updates to this page, showing everyone where the donations are going.

 

Just a little disclaimer, everyone pictured in the video has permitted to have their faces in the film. Those who we didn’t get the chance to ask, their faces have been blurred.

 

Peace.