Transport of evacuation vehicles to Ukraine.
On the Donio platform, we organized a collection to provide supplies for the evacuation of the wounded from two units, the 71st Jäger Brigade and the 65th Jäger Brigade. Thanks to our donors, we managed to raise 64.100 CZK. In the course of the collection we purchased cars, we managed to raise an amount that could pay for one car.
We also used the time during the fundraiser to repair them. The first dark blue T4, repairs - engine oil + filter, gear oil, valve in the leaking wheel, pin on the ignition relay is bent, coolant level light is off (there are cut cables).
The repairs on the other car, a T4 Caravella, were more challenging, however in the end the car is better than the T4, repairs - new clutch, repaired handbrake, repaired axle (basic things that needed to be done), balanced wheels, repaired palm lighting. engine + gearbox oil change. Wiring was done according to previous owner and looked nice too.
At this point I must thank our colleagues from the RADAC car service. All repairs of cars of these and all previous ones for Ukraine, the cost of work, including materials pay for themselves. We appreciate this help immensely, for two reasons: firstly, it allows us to help more, more efficiently, and even if we do not have the funds, we can implement these and similar projects thanks to such people. The second equally important thing is that we work in a team of people who share common values, actively participate in its protection, the word help is not just a word but a deed, it is a very motivating element for us. Going into projects together with donors, volunteers, gathering energy for further work from positive actions and reactions we meet, nothing works without energy and we can't just give out energy either. Thanks again to everyone at RADAC who, in the specialty they have, work tirelessly to help change the world for the better, in this case to help an invaded country.
It's Wednesday afternoon, my brother Martin and I are driving from Prague to Vernýřov. We are taking 3D printers with filament to Transcarpathia for another volunteer group. In Vernyrovo we load the T4 onto the car transporter and replenish other materials for the cars, fire extinguishers, mud tires from the Donio collection. Thank you to all donors. We are also loading pallets for can donor Silgan Packing Metal, where we have arranged to donate cans for our production and where we will return the pallets.
We arrived in Sobranka at 05:30, handed over the 3D printers and filament and proceeded to hand over the cars and materials. The handover of the cars took a long time, we left around 9:30 in the direction of Nové Mesto nad Váhom, where we had arranged to receive about 10 thousand cans for the production of trench candles. We managed to arrive on time, then the road was less tense, we didn't have to rush so much. Often we go through Slovakia at night, this time we went during the day and we were lucky with the weather, we could see far, the passage through the Low Tatras was magical, feathers of clouds were hanging on the mountain tops, the sun was shining through the valley. Martin told of his adventures on the roads in this region and I alternately listened and fell asleep.
We returned to Vernýřov, where we unloaded the cans, changed cars and returned to Prague, Martin still continued home.
A little statistics: in 33 hours we drove 2.650 km in two cars on a route of 1.780 km with a driving time of 28 hours. It was challenging, the weather was sometimes not in our favour, but we made it and completed the task.
Thanks to all the donors and volunteers for helping and assisting us.
Now our friends in Ukraine can continue to prepare the materials for the journey east.
We will be grateful for your support on our projects, which you can find in the news on our website. Financial support, sharing, or involvement with the organization in these areas would be very helpful. In the end money is an essential part of the drive to help, we work on some projects without it, but then the help lacks weight and effectiveness.
Thank you for being active and helping to change the world for the better.
From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much to all of our volunteers and donors.
We endure because it is necessary, because we want a better world for our children.
GLORY TO UKRAЇNL! GLORY TO HEROES!
Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the heroes!
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