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Help wounded Ukrainians to live their lives

  • The 12th container is being prepared… but not where you might expect.

      18 June 2026
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    Auckland? Feilding? Christchurch? Not this time.

    When we say this is a New Zealand–wide effort, we truly mean it and super proud of it. Kiwis from every corner of the country are stepping up to support Ukrainians affected by the ongoing war.

    This time, it’s the incredible community of Invercargill. Medical beds generously donated by a local hospital will soon be on their way to Ukraine.

    A huge thank you to the firefighters from three Invercargill brigades who volunteered their time, strength, and energy to move the beds into storage. Their teamwork and willingness to help made a massive difference, bringing these much-needed beds one step closer to the people who need them.

    We are also deeply grateful to iHire for providing warehouse space, transport, and hands-on support. Their ongoing behind-the-scenes contribution has been invaluable in making projects like this possible.

    It’s always inspiring to see individuals and businesses step up without hesitation.

    Now it’s time for all of us to play our part and get these beds to Ukraine.

    Every dollar counts, only TOGETHER we can make it happen.

    Stand with firefighters. Stand with Ukraine. Please donate today.

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  • You did it! Container #11 has left Christchurch for Ukraine!

      14 May 2026
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    Hello, dear friends of Ukraine!

    7th of May was a special day — the day the Ukrainian community in Christchurch sent our 11th humanitarian container to Ukraine.

    This container included:

    - Hospital beds generously donated by St George’s Hospital

    - Merino thermal clothing from Weft Knitting

    - Medical equipment and supplies from Nurse Maude

    - Generators, welding machines, chainsaws, and more essential equipment.

    Thank you for your kindness and support ❤️YOU made this shipment possible. It is a powerful reminder of what can be achieved when people come together to help those in need.

    Can we send the 12th container?

    Together, we absolutely can. If you are able to help, please know that no donation is too small. Every contribution makes a real difference and helps save lives.

    Glory to Ukraine!

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  • Container 10 is on its way to Ukraine. Ka pai, New Zealand!

      30 April 2026
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    Hello Container Movement team,

    We are incredibly grateful to everyone involved in sending our 10th anniversary container to Ukraine. On 28th of March, under a beautiful sunny sky in Feilding, the local team worked tirelessly to load the container with wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, hoists, and other vital medical equipment. Alongside these were generators, sleeping bags, warm clothing, and soft toys — and of course the anaesthetic machine and even an emergency shelter. An amazing effort!

    We are tracking the container daily, and it is expected to arrive in Gdańsk, Poland at the end of June. Our team in Ukraine is eagerly awaiting its arrival so these supplies can be distributed to hospitals, stabilisation units, and foster and rest homes.

    Well done to everyone involved — a truly remarkable milestone.

    The next container is planned to leave Christchurch on 7th May. If you’re able to, please support our nationwide project by donating via this page. Every contribution, big or small, makes a huge difference for people in Ukraine.

    Thank you for being part of this journey.

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  • Dyakuyu (thank you) for Container 9

      27 March 2026
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    Hello members of Container Movement!

    As we prepare to load Container TEN in Feilding, we’d love to share a brief update on Container 9.

    It arrived in Kryvyi Rih on 12 January, and the volunteer team SPYS KR has been working tirelessly to distribute aid across regions. This has been under extremely challenging conditions — freezing temperatures of up to -20°C and prolonged blackouts caused by continued attacks on electricity infrastructure. This is why reporting has been a little slower than usual.

    Most importantly, the critical aid has reached those who need it most — hospitals, field hospitals, stabilisation units, rest homes, foster homes, and our Defenders on the front line.

    Medical supplies are always in high demand, along with wheelchairs, medical beds, and adult disposable nappies. The delivery of thermal clothing, sleeping bags, and electrical tools was especially timely and made an immediate difference at the front line.

    Back in NZ, our team has been busy preparing Container TEN. The Feilding team organised wheelchairs, while the Auckland team, working with Medical Aid Abroad, secured nearly 200 boxes of critical medical supplies, including an anaesthesia unit and collected your generous donations. Communities in Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, and Christchurch have also been fundraising to support shipping and essential items.

    Well done, everyone. Every donation — small or large — makes a huge difference.

    Please keep going so we can send Container ELEVEN very soon!💙💛

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  • Help Us Send Hope Forward — Container #10

      24 December 2025
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    Dear friends and family,

    Thank you for standing with us throughout 2025. Your support and compassion continue to make a real difference for people in Ukraine.

    The contents of our 8th container are now fully in use, and our 9th container is about to arrive in Kryvyy Rih, delivering vital aid to communities living through the horrors of war. Knowing that your generosity is easing suffering and saving lives fills our hearts with gratitude. We will send updates on these containers shortly.

    Because of you, critical medical supplies are already piling up across Auckland, Christchurch, Wellington, and Palmerston North. This momentum allows us to commit to Container #10 — but we cannot do it without your help.

    As we move into 2026, we invite you to donate and continue this journey with us. Every contribution helps send lifesaving support — and hope — to the people of Ukraine.

    We wishing you a Merry Christmas and a peaceful 2026.

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  • Container #9 is loaded and on its way to Ukraine!

      6 October 2025
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    When we loaded the very first container of humanitarian aid to Ukraine back in 2022, we didn’t quite believe there would ever be another one. And yet, last Saturday — the NINTH container was packed and is ready to go.

    On one hand, it’s heart-breaking that our homeland still needs help so urgently.

    On the other, throughout all these years, we’ve felt that we are not standing aside — that each of us, in our own way, is bringing our shared Victory closer.

    If we were to thank everyone who, in one way or another, contributed to the preparation and dispatch of this container, this post would stretch over several pages.

    So instead, we simply want to thank all of you — each and every one of you.

    From those who purchased the supplies — to those who loaded them on Saturday. From those who gave their time, both during work and after hours, to transport everything — to those who carefully packed each box. From those who arranged for equipment donations — to those who contributed financially or offered storage space.

    And a very special THANK YOU to everyone who contributed through our Givealittle page, large or small, you are all true friends of Ukraine.

    Without you ALL, eight tonnes of aid collected would not now be on its way to Ukraine. Glory to Ukraine!

    And we cannot stop now... let's make the 10th container happen SOON. You can be part of this vital mission by making a donation towards the logistics costs. Every dollar helps Ukrainians in Ukraine. 💙💛

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  • The 8th Container is half way to Ukraine!

      10 September 2025
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    The 8th humanitarian container, loaded in Christchurch on 26 July, is now in Singapore and is expected to arrive in Gdańsk, Poland by the end of October—just in time for winter! From there, our reliable and hardworking volunteers will transport it to Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine.

    Ukrainians are eagerly awaiting every bit of aid you helped to send—wheelchairs, medical equipment, generators, merino thermals, warm clothing, and toys—all of it will make a real difference in helping people survive the brutal Ukrainian winter and continue their lives with dignity.

    👏 WELL DONE and THANK YOU to everyone who made this possible!

    We are also pleased to share that the next container will be leaving Palmerston North very soon. You can be part of this vital mission by making a donation towards the logistics costs. Every dollar helps Ukrainians in Ukraine. 💙💛

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  • Beautiful smiles of Ukrainian kids

      24 July 2025

    As part of every container sent to Ukraine we send kids toys. When you see kids who are growing up under daily bombing and shelling cuddling a toy and smile, our hearts melt. When kiwi kids who donated their toys recognise their toys in Ukrainian kids' hands and genuinely happy, our hearts melt again. We know every effort to send those containers all the way from New Zealand is worth it.

    Enjoy the video and smile together with kids in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

    Fantastic news, the next container #8 will being loaded in Christchurch this Saturday, 26th July by a wonderful team of volunteers.

    Please support by donating to this cause and be part of this amazing project.

    Stand with Ukraine and its people.

    Slava Ukraini!

    https://www.facebook.com/gumcentr.sevcenkove/videos/1245325510621794

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  • 7th Container is in Ukraine, time to ship the 8th one!

      26 June 2025
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    It has been exciting couple of weeks as the container #7 made it to its destination on 17th June - Ukraine. Auckland (NZ) - Gdansk (Poland) - Kryvyi Rih (Ukraine)!

    It is so nice to start receiving messages of sheer gratitude from volunteers, doctors from hospitals, and most importantly from Ukrainians who need it most, either it is a wheelchair, medical supplies, or warm clothes. They are incredibly grateful, so thank you everyone!

    Now it is time to help a wonderful team in Christchurch to ship the container #8. Please support by donating to this cause and be part of this amazing project.

    Slava Ukraine!

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  • Brave people of Ukraine need your help more than ever

      2 June 2025
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    Time flies... The 7th container loaded in Auckland on 22nd February is about to arrive in Gdansk, Poland and then transported to Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. Thank you everyone, who helped to make this happen.

    We cannot stop now, as medical equipment and all other humanitarian aid are needed more than ever. Every wheelchair, every merino thermal, every soft toy helps to survive, provides means to live and recover, and brings smiles to children's faces and so much needed Hope.

    This is why this page has been extended, but the core purpose is the same - to help with shipment costs of humanitarian aid to Ukraine donated by generous Kiwis with big hearts. We are pleased to share the news that the next container will be leaving Christchurch this month if there are enough funds to ship it. This is an ongoing project, please continue to support or join us in our journey. Every dollar helps to help Ukrainians in Ukraine.

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  • Help wounded Ukrainians to live their lives.

      25 February 2025
    Posted by: Yuriy Gladun

    Daer friends

    Thank you again and again for your generous actions. So far, we managed to send to Ukraine 7 containers with medical equipment, clothes, children's toys and many more. But the war still takes its bloody price. So, we need to continue our efforts and send more help to Ukrainian people.

    Thank you so much for your support.

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  • The last effort

      11 January 2025
    Posted by: Yuriy Gladun
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    Hi our Givealittle community

    Thank you so much for supporting us. The 6th Container saga is very close to its final page. Hopefully, it will be shipped very soon. And then there will be the 7th one.

    Please, keep donating. The wounded soldiers, civilians, children are waiting for this gift of life. They rely on us, and we rely on you.

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  • Container #6

      3 November 2024
    Posted by: Yuriy Gladun
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    Container #6

    Dear friends

    It is only thanks to your efforts and generosity five previous containers with hospital equipment, wheelchairs, thermal underwear, clothing, children toys reached people in Ukraine and have been distributed by our partners among hospitals and the neediest Ukrainians. The most brutal war in Ukraine keeps turning its deadly wheels, killing, injuring, leaving people of all ages without place to live, food, possession. They must rely on someone like you and me to help them survive one more winter, and God knows how many winters and summers it may take.

    So now the united Ukrainian communities of New Zealand are preparing the sixth container to be sent to Ukraine, and we need your help again. Wheelchairs, other medical equipment, thermal underwear, children’s toys are being dispatched by volunteers in their own cars, trucks and trailers to our Auckland facility, provided to us for free by a local business. But we (again) need money to pay for shipping the container to a European port and from there transport the load to a hub in Odesa.

    So please, go to our Givealittle page and contribute as much as you can to the very human cause. Your assistance is greatly appreciated as it will save lives and give hope.

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  • Thank you for all participants

      4 August 2024
    Posted by: Yuriy Gladun

    Dear friends,

    I want to thank to everyone who took part in our container project. Those who donated us medical equipment, thermal underwear, toys, blankets, clothing, and all the good stuff. Those who donated money to the case. Those who gave their time and warmth of their hearts to put all the goods in containers, store them, deliver them.

    This journey is not the easiest one. Thousands of kilometers, different hemispheres, hundreds of people involved. But we have it done 4 times so far, and the 5th container is getting ready. I'm sure, there will be more.

    We are confident that task can and will be done!

    Together with Ukraine!

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    • 10/08/2024 by Gloria

      I’m in Auckland and would like to help with the next container.

  • Heads up! We have good news!

      30 April 2024
    Posted by: Yuriy Gladun
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    We are going forward!

    The third container, which many of you have recently been helping to pack, is going to Europe. For that we must bring our huge appreciation to the Andrew Bagshaw Memorial Trust, which alone paid for the custom expenses of this delivery. Now we are confident, the wheelchairs are going to reach Ukrainian hospitals and care organizations, and two hundred men and women will be able to move!

    So, the funds, collected on this page and donated by the Ukrainian organizations all over New Zealand instead can be directed to pay for the next delivery of medical equipment, combined with the large party of high-quality thermal underwear, made by a Christchurch company Weft Knitting Company (https://www.weft.co.nz/) for substantially reduced price. Its managing director, Hugh Douglas, does whatever it takes to support Ukrainians, help them to survive and be victorious!

    It doesn't mean we can stop. Not at all. Let's push up and get our goal achieved, so we can load and send the next container to help our brothers and sisters in Ukraine.

    God bless you for your generosity!

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  • Container is loaded. We keep going!

      14 April 2024
    Posted by: Yuriy Gladun
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    Dear friends

    Yesterday we achieved a significant milestone in our Container project. A 40ft container loaded up to the roof with wheelchairs (we have been able to fit in two hundred of the wheelchairs. That's two hundred individuals who can be mobile now!), walking frames, hospital beds, also countless begs of clothing, children's toys and some other goodies. In days it will be shipped to Ukraine. It would never be possible to get done without your participation. Thank you so much!

    Special thanks to the management and employees of Regal Rexnord who took on all the burdens of storing the stuff before it is loaded into container. You are legends, guys!

    But the story is not finished yet. Not all equipment we were able to fit into this container. There are more medical stuff waiting to be sent and, the most important, hundreds of thermal underwear sets being specially made for us by a New Zealand manufacturer. It is heavily discounted and with help of generous donors, but we still need additional 6 - 7 thousand dollars to send them to the people in need to survive harsh Ukrainian winter.

    Please, keep your donations flow. Every dollar counts. You are amazing!

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