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Scotsman who donated 4×4 SUV shares experience with Sunflower Scotland
27/03/2024
Barclay [full name not disclosed for privacy reasons] decided to give his 4×4 SUV to the defenders of Ukraine. He contacted Sunflower Scotland, and our team delivered it to soldiers who sacrifice their lives on the front line. A couple days ago Barclay wrote to us and shared a few words about his experience of
Sunflower Scotland and Shira Sprava deliver aid in Osokorivka
02/03/2024
Two charities worked together to deliver aid to 130 families in Osokorivka: a liberated, but heavily damaged village in north Kherson Oblast. Sunflower Scotland procured food and cleaning supplies in Ukraine, and asked them to be delivered to Shira Sprava in Kryvyi Rih. When Oleg Dmitriev (Sunflower Scotland) arrived in Kryvyi Rih, the two charities
Sunflower Scotland delivers a vehicle to ZSU and medical supplies to Kryvyi Rih hospital
01/03/2024
On 01 March 2024 our chairman Oleg Dmitriev delivered wheelchairs, crutches and orthopaedic implants to the Kryvyi Rih hospital, and a 4×4 Volvo to the 129th independent brigade. Having driven 3468 km from Edinburgh, Oleg arrived in Kryvyi Rih, located 30 km north of Kherson Oblast’. This operation shows how we help to save lives
TFN features Sunflower Scotland’s work as cover story
24/02/2024
Third Force News, the leading magazine dedicated to the Scottish voluntary sector, publishes the cover story of Oleg Dmitriev, chairman of Sunflower Scotland. Titled “Sending aid to the eighth pit of hell”, it tells how the Sunflower team learned about the horrific conditions in frontline villages, and how they focussed all their help to those
The work of Sunflower Scotland is featured in The Independent
21/02/2024
The Independent, the leading British digital newspaper, featured the work of Sunflower Scotland in Ukraine. The article is titled “Death was everywhere: Edinburgh man delivers aid to frontline Ukrainian villages”. It highlights the work of Oleg Dmitriev, Sunflower Scotland’s chairman, in villages along the front line in Kharkiv Oblast’. The Independent writes about Oleg’s experience
Frontline medics of the 129th brigade say “thank you” for occlusive dressings and Israeli bandages
02/02/2024
Today Ukrainian frontline medics from the 129th Independent Brigade of the Territorial Defence Forces sent us a message thanking Sunflower Scotland for a box of occlusive chest wound dressings and a box of Israeli bandages. These are professional medical devices, which help to save lives from critical wounds and severe bleeding. Sunflower Scotland wants to
2023 Impact Report
31/12/2023
Sunflower Scotland is a Scottish charity specifically dedicated to “the saving of lives” in Ukraine. This is our impact report for 2023. Key highlights: made 5,003 aid deliveries, helping 11,721 people in Ukraine’s frontline regions. In addition, we helped 1,087 children, including orphans and children with disabilities. In order to support Ukraine’s economy, retain jobs
2023 video report by Sunflower Scotland
27/12/2023
Here’s our video report for 2023. Sunflower Scotland SCIO (Scottish charity reg. no. SC052092) has been helping Ukraine since 02 March 2022. It has been a very hard year for Ukraine. Most of all, for families in front line villages and towns. And also for children, who live in the front line areas. Their childhood
Gifts to 186 orphans to help with distance learning
27/12/2023
Sunflower Scotland delivered gifts to 186 orphan children in the Kharkiv region, including headphones and USB charging hubs, to help them with distance learning. In Ukraine children attend school online for a few days each week, because of the air raids and missile attacks. 27 fostering families in the Kharkiv region live in small flats,
Christmas performance for 150 kids with disabilities and from deprived families
26/12/2023
On 26th December, we organised a Christmas performance for 150 kids with disabilities and from deprived families, in Kryvyi Rih (Wikipedia: Kryvyi Rih), south Ukraine. It is heartbreaking to see children, the innocent victims of russia’s aggressive war. Sunflower Scotland and our Ukrainian partner Shira Sprava (Facebook page: Щира Справа) decided to give children a