KIWI K.A.R.E UKRAINE - Kiwi Aid & Refugee Evacuation

Dear Friends

I am delighted to report that the 16 ambulances my wife, Sharon, and I shuttled to Port Fremantle from Perth in May, landed in Bremerhaven last Friday.

A multinational team of 20 drivers from New Zealand, Poland, France, Germany, the United States, Canada, the U.K. and Ukraine, successfully drove the vehicles to the Kyiv, some 2000 kilometres away, where they will be serviced and painted in camouflage before being donated to frontline medical units.

Together with logistics support vehicles, such as large vans, 4x4 cars, and a 13-tonne truck, this totals 30 vehicles Kiwi K.A.R.E has deployed to the war-torn country to facilitate our humanitarian and medical distribution operation, and of course conduct evacuations and long-haul patient transfers.

We hope to keep one or two of the latest ambulances to augment our Road-of-Life programme as, currently, we have only ambulance dedicated to Outreach and we need at least another two assets, together with qualified staff, to meet the demand.

Kiwi K.A.R.E remains committed to helping Ukrainians in need and we could not do this without the support and generosity of so many people and organisations here in New Zealand.

Thank you for your trust and support in the Kiwi K.A.R.E team.

Best regards to all - Tenby