Thanks for visiting my fundraising page.
Hopefully you have come to this page because you or someone you know is involved in taking four fully equipped fire engines and two fully equipped ambulances to Moldova. The Team includes : Gary Bennett, Ricky Newton, Dr Victor Jack, Ken Oakley, Paul Sefton, Rab Forsyth, Ian Mycko, Keith Longworth, Peter Stewart, Mike Sinclair
Why?
A great question…
Blythswood Care (www.blythswood.org), a charity that has been working in for almost 20 years, received a request for help in late 2006 for fully equipped fire engines and training. In May 2007 the team carried out an extremely successful mission to Bajina Basta. A return mission to Serbia was successfully completed in August 2008
As a result of the success of this trip Blythswood Care has received many requests for similar assistance in other parts ofand surrounding countries.
We can only meet these requests through your generous support of the team.
Serbia and Moldova have a particular problem with Road Traffic Collisions (RTC) with no means to respond. Currently they have 1950's Russian vehicles with only hand tools for extrication. These results in roadside amputations which, as you can imagine in those conditions are only marginally better than leaving the person trapped!
We aim to send them fully kitted fire engines so that they can extricate casualties and dramatically improve their chances of survival. We will provide trauma equipment in order to assist the casualties during the initial stage of their care and provide full trauma training and RTC training utilising qualified instructors for both.
Please take a moment to look at some of the training and support we were able to provide on our last mission.
http://www.dvd-bajnabasta.org/donation.html
Many lives have been saved as a direct result of the engines and training that has been provided and with your support this will continue.
A team has been put together under the umbrella of Blythswood Care. They will leave from Edinburgh in August 2009 and drive four fire engines and two ambulances to Moldova .
This site is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to help us as Blythswood will receive your money faster and, if you are a taxpayer, an extra 28% in tax will be added to your gift at no cost to you.
Thanks
The Team
