Round 1 (May 2022)
We have provided following donations to the refugees at the evacuation centres, voluntary units and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- baby food and canned meat, medications, personal care products to the evacuation and refugee centre in Bohuslav; the town of about 13000 persons hosted at the peak time 5000 refugees. Our friends alarmed us that local resources in Bohuslav were depleted and that the situation is on the verge of the humanitarian crisis;
- Dji Mavic 3 Fly More Combo drone for a unit in Donbas;
- two Go Pro Cameras for Karpatska Sich operating in Donbas oblast;
- gas mask filters and pneumothorax needles for the defense units in the south;
- 15 tactical first aid kits for the military medics of the 36 brigade 501 battalion of marine infantry and of the 4th squad 128 battalion 112 brigade of Ukrainian Army.
All products which we have delivered were carefully selected and indicated by the activists working with us as a first necessity. The total amount collected and spent on aid was about 6400 USD. Additional 2500 USD was donated via DSА-LA / Clаre Fester fundriser. The latter funds were spent on baby food and medications.
Round 2 (July 2022)
— Each tourniquet saves one life — said Alex when we handled him in Kyiv our latest delivery. We wished we could bring more, but Alex added smiling: — These are just wonderful.
53 tourniquets we bought with YOUR donations means 53 lives saved. 32 pairs of summer shoes means that 32 soldiers defending Bakhmut in Donbas… won’t have to use winter boots anymore. Consulting these with our Ukrainian partners we could bring best equipment available on the market.
We just came back from Kyiv. Please, check detailed photo and expense report from the 2nd round of our crowdfunding campaign. In short: we raised and spent about 5180 USD. Your donations went to SaveFOP (Alex) supplying Ukrainian army in Donbas, equipment for the aerial reconnaissance of the Special Forces (also in Donbas) and to cover minor operational costs. In addition we have delivered about 20 kg of nutritional supplements for infants who found a refuge in Bohuslav (ГО “Буслав Січ”).
The total amount collected and spent on aid was about 4800 USD.
Round 3 (October 2022)
During our 3rd round we have donated products worth of a record value of 50,000 PLN (approx 10,200 USD). After consulting our expenses with our Ukrainian partners we have bought equipment carefully selected to meet the current needs of soldiers. This time we provided mostly mostly winter clothes and first aid kits:
- 15 tactical medical first aid kits,
- 50 attested military tourniquets (CAT 7, SOFT),
- 10 winter fleece sweatshirts,
- 10 sets of thermal underwear (t-shirts and leggins),
- 20 pairs of winter military shoes,
- 2 GoPro Hero 9 cameras with SD memory cards and head bands,
- 14 winter sleeping bags,
- 4 waterproof sleeping bag covers,
- power generator.
In addition we have delivered 30 kg of specialized baby food donated by our befriended company.
All these goods could barely fit Kamil’s car, so Tomasz had to rely on bus for some part of the trip… but we somehow managed and arrived to Kyiv late in the evening on October 30th.
Next day in the morning we have placed most of our goods in Alex Khozhay’s (SaveFOP) storage, signed necessary protocols, grabbed a cup of coffee and departed for Lviv.
After returning to Lviv we met Yaroslav Yaroslavski, a representative of Legion V. We passed him remaining equipment. Yarik’s brigade was finishing its fight break and training in military complex around Lviv and is heading back to the front in the Bakhmut area.
The equipment you have donated serves now in Bakhmut and the area!
After returning to Poland we spent remaining donations (which were constantly flowing in during our trip) on power generator, which provides now light to a refugee center in Ukraine.
It was physically demanding but meaningful trip. Kyiv impressed us with a spirit of its people, frequenting the dark streets during the night blackout and in the morning, despite the heavy bombing that took place that day, waiting in 50-meter lines go get a sun and coffee, in one of these few places in the center that have own electric generators. Maybe the biggest bravery is manifested by Ukrainians in their attempt to strive for semblance of normality of their live in this not normal situation. We could see that most vividly when our Ukrainian friends, just after coming back from their 3 day trip at the front, were jumping right into their family life, putting their kids to sleep during air alarm sirens and taking them to the doctor next day.
As for Ukrainian soldiers, they will still need our help. As we have seen before, we have seen it also now – even if they don’t lack weapons, they still lack basic clothing, medical supplies and other stuff allowing them to survive the harsh winter conditions. All these soldiers are fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters, before the war they were ordinary civilians with more or less ordinary jobs. Now they dream of nothing more than returning to their normal life. Lets help them achieve exactly that.
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