HOW DO WE HELP?
The Yorkshire Aid convoy supplies essential equipment and resources to many different organisations and communities in Romania and The Ukraine, including:
- Schools
- Hospitals
- Care Homes for the Elderly
- Disabled Centres
- Kindergartens
- Medical Centres
- Business Start Up Projects
- The Poor
- The Homeless
The type of goods that we collect, transport and distribute include:
- Clothing & Shoes
- Medical supplies and equipment
- Educational Resources
- Basic essentials eg soap powder, paint and building materials
- Sanitation and hygiene equipment eg washing machines
- Vehicles eg buses and minibuses. These vehicles would otherwise be ‘scrapped’ in the UK due to their age/mileage but still have plenty of life left in them
- Bicycles that have been seized by West Yorkshire Police as stolen goods and remain unclaimed – these bikes are then refurbished by inmates at Everthorpe Prison before being donated to The Yorkshire Aid Convoy
In addition to supplying essential consumables, the Charity also endeavours to empower people in Romania and The Ukraine to become self-sufficient. We have often paid for livestock, machinery and transport to enable people to set up and grow their own businesses including a bakery and a chicken farm. Even something as simple as getting people mobile by providing a bicycle can make a massive difference to their employment or education prospects.