The pallets destined for Ukraine had been ready for three weeks. With 80 m3 of medical and paramedical equipment, hygiene products, new and warm clothing, canned food, as well as a Nissan 4X4, stored in the vast hangar of the SLTI company, at Villeneuve-Braouic in Quimperlé. The Quimperlois company provides its warehouses as a logistics platform. The two Morbihan associations, Breizh Ukraine solidaire and Ukraine Bretagne sud, were just waiting to be able to negotiate shipping at the best price. And everything was unlocked on Wednesday. €3,000, for more than 3,000 kilometers of a 4-day trip, to Cherkassy in the center of the country. “ We were notified that a semi-trailer would be there this Friday. We immediately gathered our volunteers to do the loading,” underlines Denis Senpere, co-president of Breizh Ukraine solidaire. The two associations co-finance the transport. They send the product of a quarter of collections, carried out in conjunction with other Breton associations (Morbihan Ukraine culture & solidarity, Collective solidarity Belle Île Ukraine), to individuals, traders, businesses, communities, professionals of health, hospitals. “Together we are more effective. This allows more frequent shipments and also amortizes the price of this transport,” notes Tétiana Richter, president of Ukraine South Brittany. For the association, this is the 22nd humanitarian convoy since the start of the war.
Donations intended for hospitals and orphanages
Donations will be given on site to the Help and Hope charitable fund. To be distributed in particular to hospital structures, orphanages and displaced populations. As for the 4-wheel drive Nissan, acquired second-hand from the Côtes-d'Armor civil protection? It is intended to serve as an ambulance and “to evacuate the wounded from the first front line. »
What should Ukraine expect with the election of Donald Trump? “ This is not going to help us. We are losing ground and lives every day,” reacts Tétiana Richter. She also emphasizes the importance of collections and financial donations, giving entitlement to a tax reduction of 66% of the amount paid.
Contact Ukraine South Brittany. 06 52 02 00 98
