For people living close to the front line in Ukraine, any day may bring a need to flee their home and evacuate before occupation. Despite it being a war crime to target evacuation vehicles, the trucks and cars used to evacuate civilians under threat are often targets for drone attacks, and as such there is a constant demand for replacement vehicles.

In March, my partner Sam and I drove a Nissan Navara we have purchased in the UK to Ukraine in a convoy of 10 other trucks as part of the charity Convoy4Ukraine, working with the Sunflower Network. It was an incredible, intense and inspiring journey, which ended with an extremely raw and brutal account from our Ukrainian partners of how truly important these trucks are, and how they and the aid they bring are genuinely saving lives.

We are asking for donations, first towards the purchase of trucks and related equipment and maintenance, but also to purchase crucial humanitarian aid such as generators, medical equipment and electronics to take with us directly to Ukraine.

Additionally, if you can spare any of the aid listed on the Convoy4Ukraine website, or have or know of a source of trucks available for cheap purchase, please get in touch.

To read more about what these trucks are used for, please read this account of a day evacuating people from a village under threat in Ukraine's eastern front: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj48zw22n8vo

We can only hope that this horrific war will end soon, but until then we must do what we can to help those going through unimaginable struggle, and this is a genuine way to save lives.

Thank you for taking the time to read this page.

With love & kindness,

Alex & Sam