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At the end of December 2024 / early January 2025. A team of 7 volunteers travelled in the two lorries and charities van. Over 1,040 shoeboxes were hand delivered to schools, Ukrainian children living in Moldova, and a children's home. As you will know, we also took pallets of hand sanitiser, which many of you sponsored, delivering them to schools, a hospital and care homes for the elderly. Huge thanks for all the sponsorship, making it possible to fund the lorry.
The team left on 28th December, and quite literally 5 minutes into the journey one of the lorries broke down. Luckily support was nearby and the team were back on the road within an hour and off to Dover to catch the ferry. The rest of the journey went without any mishaps, arriving into Moldova on 31st December ready for new years celebrations. Both the Moldovan and UK New Year were seen in (Moldova 2 hours ahead of the UK), with a bit of a lye in the next day, before heading out later in the day to see the older ladies at Casa Helen, in Risipeni and the Children at a home in Bocsa.
Each day following this, the team either travelled together to a school in their Christmas outfits and give shoebox gifts to the children, or on some days the team would split and hand sanitiser and food was delivered to other locations. A list of the all the villages we visited is on the photo page.
The weather was pretty mild, only dropping below zero degrees on a few occasions, and no snow arrived, which was unusual. The only snow encountered was in the Carpathian mountains in Romania on the return journey and a during the drive through Hungary.
The team left on 28th December, and quite literally 5 minutes into the journey one of the lorries broke down. Luckily support was nearby and the team were back on the road within an hour and off to Dover to catch the ferry. The rest of the journey went without any mishaps, arriving into Moldova on 31st December ready for new years celebrations. Both the Moldovan and UK New Year were seen in (Moldova 2 hours ahead of the UK), with a bit of a lye in the next day, before heading out later in the day to see the older ladies at Casa Helen, in Risipeni and the Children at a home in Bocsa.
Each day following this, the team either travelled together to a school in their Christmas outfits and give shoebox gifts to the children, or on some days the team would split and hand sanitiser and food was delivered to other locations. A list of the all the villages we visited is on the photo page.
The weather was pretty mild, only dropping below zero degrees on a few occasions, and no snow arrived, which was unusual. The only snow encountered was in the Carpathian mountains in Romania on the return journey and a during the drive through Hungary.
To view photos from the trip please see the photo album page.
