In late November 2022, as Russian long-range missiles and drones targeted Ukraine’s civil power supplies, and winter temperatures dropped to freezing, portable power supplies were needed urgently to help back-up critical infrastructure. This appeal was launched by Sarah and Victoria Lain in the UK and Helen Ramscar in Switzerland. Surpassing all expectations, 34 generators and portable power supplies were bought to support medical facilities, schools and community focal points in need.
💫#1 – DONE! 💫
This Xtorm XP500 power pack was bought on 1st December 2022. 709CHF. It left Basel on 7th December. It arrived in Lviv on 9th and reached Berdychiv on 10th. It was hand-delivered to the Berdychiv veterans’ hospital on 12th December. THANK YOU to everyone on this amazing chain of goodness. Let’s do it again and again. What a privilege to be connected with incredible individuals. Each of you has my deepest respect.
4 generators bought in Basel on 5th December 2022
💫 #2 and #3💫
Two VINCO 2.8Kw generators bought on 5th December 2022. 459CHF each. Departed Basel on 8th. Crossed into Ukraine on 9th.
One generator was funded by a rapid donation from the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Paris. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this wonderful gift that was delivered to Berdychiv district hospital on 14th December.
The other generator, donated by Mike, Anne, Amy, Anahita, Ava, Ben and Lucy, reached Berdychiv district hospital on 15th December. The photograph shows this generator being received by the Director, Vitaly Dobrovolsky.
Deepest admiration to all involved in this long journey from Switzerland to Ukraine.
8 more generators bought on 8th & 9th December 2022
💫 #4 and #5 💫
Two VINCO 2.8Kw generators. Funds raised by evening of 9th December. Evening of 10th: first leg of their journey east. These generators got stuck at Polish Customs for weeks over the holiday period. Mid-January, crossed into Ukraine. 21st January, the photo report below from the medical stabilisation unit in Pokrovsk Donetsk region. Update to follow on the second generator.
💫 #6, #7, #8 💫
#7 and #8 arrived on 10th January 2023 after a particularly complicated journey from Switzerland. #6 travelled further towards Kyiv and its photographs were received on 19th January. Ukrainian volunteers transported this aid over 2000 kilometres.
💫 #6 💫
💫 #7 💫
💫 #8 💫
💫 #9 – 13 ready to go 💫
💫 #9 and #10 💫
13 January 2023, two generators reached medical facilities in the neighbouring villages of Peresadivka and Mikhail-Larine, near Mikolaiv. These generators will help provide some continuous power at both. The generators were carried over a bombed river to reach their destinations. The videos below speak for themselves. Very special thanks to Anna Kryzhanovska for transcribing them into English, here: Завдяки друзям у Швейцаріїпередали… – Anna Kryzhanovska | Facebook
💫 #11 💫
A small dispensary in the Dnipretrovsk region with our next generator. These photographs were received on 15th January 2023, shortly before the missile attack on the residential tower block in Dnipro❤️
💫 #12 💫
The generator donated by Tony is supporting a public health centre in the Dnipretrovsk region. The main task of the centre is ‘the formation of an information policy to preserve and strengthen the health of the population, disease prevention, social and hygienic monitoring of diseases and strategic management in the field of public health of the Dnipropetrovsk region.’ This generator will help the continuous operation of the server and several computers working on, for example, the collection of state and operational statistical reporting of the health care sector of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
💫 #13 💫
This generator kindly donated by Michael is now supporting the department of anaesthesiology and intensive care in a small hospital in east Ukraine.
💫 #14 & #15 ready to go 💫
💫 #14 💫
29th December 2022, Berdychiv “Territory 12” school – open for in-person learning and serving its locality as a “Point of Invincibility”. School principal Nataly Pudrii with Grade 2 teacher Alla Pudrovska. This Facebook message was posted the day the generator arrived; the original can be read here.
💫 #15 💫
1st January 2023, this generator reached journalist Сергей Горбатенко in east Ukraine. He has been reporting from the frontline of recently de-occupied areas. Сергей refuses to leave so he can record the truth of horror inflicted. He has needed a generator to have a chance of uninterrupted power to do this work – he must process material before sending it to editorial teams. This generator has been donated in support of the courageous pursuit of truth. You can see Сергей’s generator running here: Щиро вдячний за дружню міжнародну… – Сергей Горбатенко | Facebook
💫 #16, #17 and #18 💫
Three EcoFlows left Basel on 15th January. Two are now supporting ventilator rooms at a hospital in the east of Ukraine, and one is travelling constantly with a medical stabilisation unit in the east also. Pictures below posted here on 7th February.
💫#19, #20 and #21 💫
Three MF2400 generators bought on 18th January. The next day, added to an aid van being filled with cargo – these 3 MF generators plus 4 VINCO generators donated by friends of the ‘Welcome We Care’ humanitarian organisation in Stafa, near Zurich. One was donated to the Berdychiv city library to support the tireless community efforts there to support husbands, brothers and sons in the east. Two were donated to small medical facilities in the region of Dnipro. Thank you once again to incredible volunteers across Ukraine for safely delivering generators where they are so deserved.
💫 #22 💫
20th January 2023, bought and donated by Ayesha Sattar and Iqbal Mufti. By 3rd February, this generator had reached its destination – a small medical facility in the Dnipro region.
💫#23, #24, #25, #26💫
4 Warrior 5.5Kw diesel generators, bought on 13th February 2023 to be added to an Operation Safedrop vehicle leaving the UK a few days later. #23 and #24 left the UK on 18 February and are now inside Ukraine – one machine is being delivered within Chernihiv and the other within Kherson. #25 and #26 are travelling separately from the UK – more news soon. Full photographs of all 4 Warrior generators at their destinations to follow. Huge gratitude to friends at Operation Safedrop for transporting these generators across Europe and overseeing their distribution inside Ukraine. It is a privilege to collaborate.
💫#27 – #34💫
8 Greenfield 2.7Kw diesel generators bought on 12th April 2023 arrived the next day at the Biserica Crestina Baptista Betleem in Suceava, from where Pastor Catalin Croitor will drive them into Ukraine to be donated directly to places in need. They are due to depart end of May – more details asap …
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