In May 2025 we are joining a MedivactruckstoUkraine humanitarian aid convoy driving from the UK to Lviv in western Ukraine. The Ukrainians more than ever need our help and we need yours.

My father and I are hoping to raise £5,000 to fill a vehicle we have already donated with high quality medical items and humanitarian aid which has been specifically requested by MedivactruckstoUkraine’s contacts in Ukraine. If, as we hope, we raise more than our target, the team will buy additional trucks and deliver more aid.

The trip in May will be their ninth mission, with the team having previously raised over £875k and delivered 54 pickups an ATV and an ambulance. Aid priorities change from month to month but as well as the vehicles and donated NHS kit, they invariably include the following items: SAM junctional tourniquets; CAT Tourniquets; Israeli Bandages; Vented chest seals; Abdominal emergency Bandages; Celox gauze; Soft Stretchers, Generators; Ecoflow Power banks; Food pouches; Cookers; Medic Rucksacks; Sleeping bags and Generators. Full details of aid supplied can be found on the website.

In January 2024 two hospitals treating both military and civilian patients were added to those we are helping by supplying ultrasound, ventilators and defibrillators and in February we supplied an ultrasound scanner to the ophthalmological surgeons at Lviv Hospital.

We have absolutely no administration or overhead costs and all our travel and accommodation costs and cost of diesel will be funded personally by us.

If, like us, you've been wondering how you could provide some practical support to all the Ukrainians who continue to care for the injured and those in peril from Russian attack, then please donate to our page.

We are in constant need of pickups such as Mitsubishi L200, Toyota Hilux, Ford Ranger, LR Discovery and LR Freelander. If you have such a vehicle past its prime but roadworthy that you would like to donate, please e-mail Anthony White: leckhampstead@gmail.com

To learn more about MedivactruckstoUkraine and this initiative have a look at the website: medivactruckstoukraine.com

Thank you.

Ed de Lisle and Bertie de Lisle