A cash grant of £7,500 at the end of 2024 by event industry
foundation Meeting Needs helped finance the delivery of ambulances, food and
medicine to Ukraine this month.
This follows announcements of other significant projects and
successes through Meeting Needs at the end of 2024, including:
- The
Tushinde School Outreach Programme, reducing child abuse in 12 schools
impacting over 10,000 children, along with teachers and parents, in Kenya.
- Mwangozomumu
Primary School completing a renovation of three classrooms to provide
a dry and warm environment for more than 100 pupils.
- The development of a primary
school in Oldendereti in Tanzania to teach basic agricultural skills
to 358 pupils while enabling them to cultivate their own food, improving
nutrition and educational outcomes.
Mighty Convoy
The latest activity by Meeting Needs, in partnership with
Mighty Convoy, provided the cash for the purchase of an ex-NHS ambulance to
carry food aid donated by Country Food Trust. It was the 10th time
Mighty Convoy had made the 1,200-mile, 23-hour journey to Lviv from Surrey with
medical aid donated by Ukrainian Medical Association of the United Kingdom
(UMAUK) and the International Christian Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA).
Mighty Convoy buys the ambulances when they reach the end of
their useful life, after about nine years in the UK, and Mighty Convoy’s team of
volunteers drives the ambulances and pick-up trucks filled with urgent medical
supplies to teams on the ground in Lviv, Ukraine, where they are left for local
use.
Mighty Convoy’s Simon Brake said: “The situation in Ukraine
continues to be extremely challenging and our help is desperately needed as the
Russian invasion continues. The Ukrainian Government is unable to provide
ambulances and vehicles able to deal with the harsh terrain so charitable
action is the only way for them to get these life-saving rescue vehicles and
humanitarian support.
“We arrived on Friday night to a very warm welcome from our
partners at the Christian Medical Association Ukraine. On Saturday morning we
officially handed over the vehicles to the association and had a chance to hear
first-hand from its President, Rudi Migovich, and his team about how these
vehicles and aid are making a vital difference and saving lives.
“I’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone whose support
made this possible. In particular, our heartfelt thanks to Meeting Needs, who
sponsored an ambulance, and to the Country Food Trust who generously provided
the food supplies we delivered. We can only do this vital work with your help.”
Meeting Needs is a foundation that awards life changing
grants to small charities with funds raised from within the Meetings
Industry. To find out how you can work with Meeting Needs, contact Karen
Small on [email protected]
