The Pajero that Ron drove over was filled with supplies for the volunteers in Kharkiv. Some of them help with clearing up and first repairs after a strike. Helmets and practical protective gear from the ambulance stations and from a large maritime company let them work more safely. It also tells the volunteers that their often dangerous work is seen and supported.
Board member Ron Roozendaal drives back and forth regularly. There is a lot we can learn from Ukrainians: how people organise themselves and how they deal with the war. What can you still do yourself, what does a society depend on, and how does that actually work? He wrote a blog post about it on his own website.
Thanks to the mechanics, two vehicles are ready for the next run: a Land Rover Discovery 1 and a Mitsubishi Pajero. They carry a batch of personal protective equipment for the ambulance service in Kharkiv, a number of generators, and if we can manage it, more trauma care consumables such as tourniquets and haemostatic gauze.