With the devastating events unfolding in Ukraine, we at Ortus want to go from being Helpless to Helpful by raising much-needed funds for UNICEF and the children affected by war.

We will have static bikes in our Ortus HQ in Abbeyleix, Co. Laois, and over the course of the next few days, we'll be taking turns to virtually cycle from our office to Kyiv – a distance of 3117km.

UNICEF is working across Eastern Ukraine to scale up life-saving programmes for children. This includes transporting safe water to conflict-affected areas, prepositioning health, hygiene and emergency education supplies as close as possible to communities near the line of contact.

We would be immensely grateful if you can give all you can for this worthy cause.