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Every day we all see the appalling conditions in Ukraine resulting from the unprovoked Russian invasion and the ongoing war. The country is desperate for resources – medical supplies, generators, vehicle spares – and of course for 4WD pick-ups to aid transportation and actively help on the front line with the extraction of wounded and resupply. Even if a ceasefire were to happen, Ukrainian charities will continue to need these vehicles and the supplies they can carry.

This is where, with your support, Pickups for Peace (P4P) can assist. The volunteers of this amazing charity raise funds to purchase second-hand 4WD pick-ups; the charity then facilitates the volunteers delivering them to Lviv in Western Ukraine. As of May 2025, P4P have delivered 640 vehicles fully loaded with urgently needed aid supplies.

Inspired by a talk I and 3 friends attended on P4P, which was given by someone who had himself participated twice in the programme, the four of us decided to volunteer to help the charity as we wanted to stop just feeling sorry for the people of Ukraine and do something positive to help them. Our original goal when we launched our JustGiving appeal was to raise enough money to buy two vehicles and the aid supplies to go in them. We more than succeeded in this and, as a result, successfully funded and delivered two vehicles to Lviv. As we were left with a small funding surplus we have decided to put this towards a second trip this autumn, however we need to find the balance of the funding required to purchase the second vehicle and so have now revised our funding target. With your generosity we hope to achieve our aim of this second trip.