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Iʼve raised £2,127 to Print Explosive Hazard Awareness Playing Cards for Ukraine
- Funded on Thursday, 11th May 2023
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This is our new page for the second round of fundraising following the successful funding of the first 20,000 packs.
The war in Ukraine has left vast quantities of abandoned and unexploded ordnance (bombs, grenades, landmines, missiles, rockets, shells etc) scattered across the country. These munitions pose a major risk to everybody living and working there, including local people, aid workers and soldiers. Awareness cards can help save lives.
Five million refugees are expected to return to Ukraine when the war ends. These people will encounter ordnance in and around their homes and workplaces, including the fields essential to the agricultural industry. Clearance will take years, during which time people will be exposed to danger from a wide variety of ordnance on a daily basis.
Risk awareness is simply the most cost-effective solution to saving lives and limbs.
Fenix Insight is an explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) company that works all over the world and has close ties with the EOD community in Ukraine. Their extensive knowledge of the weapons used there has allowed them to assemble these cards, showing the primary threats from the many types of ordnance known to be present.
Fenix pioneered the use of playing cards for explosive hazard awareness and has proven them to be effective in many post-conflict situations, ranging from Afghanistan to Yemen. Playing cards are cheap, portable and always popular, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or background.
These cards have text in both Ukrainian and English, with each pack showing around 60 different items of ordnance. Additionally, each picture has a QR code in the corner, that will take you (via a smartphone) straight to the Fenix Online technical record, where you can learn more about each munition. Not only does this allow people to recognise threats, but it also means that they can report them accurately to the authorities that will clear them.
Fenix has self-funded the design and production of the first 10,000 packs, and raised enough money for another 20,000, but many more are needed. They want to provide at least a further 20,000.
The cards that have already been funded and printed have already made it to the frontlines of Ukraine, going on to help aid workers, civilians, de-mining teams and even children who have been using them as training aids in schools.
One pack of cards, costing less than £2, could potentially save the life of a child – or possibly an entire family. So any contribution you can make will be greatly appreciated.
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- 1 year ago
Colin King
1 year agoWe recently received this image of a group of Ukrainian women learning about hazard awareness through interactive play with our Explosive Hazard Awareness cards.
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- 1 year ago
Colin King
1 year agoOur team has been diligently working on distributing our Explosive Hazard Awareness cards to communities in need throughout Ukraine. Despite various challenges, we have made significant progress in educating individuals about the dangers of unexploded ordnance. We are pleased to share some photos of our cards being used effectively. We are deeply grateful for your continued support, which allows us to carry on this essential work.
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- 2 years ago
Colin King
2 years agoColin and Jip recently returned from work in Kharkiv and Izium, eastern Ukraine, where they also distributed cards to soldiers, Ministry of Emergency bomb disposal teams and mine clearance NGOs. Response to the project has been overwhelmingly positive. Civilians and soldiers are using the cards to identify and report unexploded ordnance to the correct authority, allowing a safer more effective response. There is little doubt that lives are being saved by this initiative.
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Graham
Apr 28, 2023
Good work!
£15.00
Victor MANJON ALONSO
Apr 28, 2023
Thanks for the idea, as humanitarian working in Ukraine I can only applaud this initiative. Mine awareness = Saving lifes today and for years to come.
£10.00
Tomi H
Apr 22, 2023
Wonderful idea!
£100.00
Alexander Harding
Mar 11, 2023
I have fundraised this money for your excellent cause. May it help keep the people of Ukraine safe.
£610.00
Anton G.
Mar 9, 2023
£20.00
Swedish chef
Mar 9, 2023
Slava Ukraini
£10.00
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Mar 9, 2023
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