Winter will soon arrive again in Ukraine, and if it is anything like last year, it will be horrific! Temperatures will drop as low as -5°С, there will be dreadful blizzard conditions and vulnerable people in towns and villages in the conflict zones will be facing desperate conditions once more.
So, H4U is launching its WINTER APPEAL!
Please help us by collecting items that are desperately needed out there where power plants are regularly bombed and people left with no heat, light, cooking appliances or even water!
Please get in touch (email info@highlands.samye.org ) and we will do our best to uplift your donations.
First Aid & Medical items
Wet wipes
Nappies
Incontinence pads for use as amputation dressings
Power banks
School items – pens, pencils, notebooks
Dog and cat food for shelters
Batteries
Food – tinned or dried
Thermos flasks
Laptops Schools in Eastern Ukraine are closed as they are targets for drones and missiles so children study online at home when it’s safe or in bunkers and bomb shelters, even underground systems, when it is dangerous.
Chargers for phones and the laptops – As above, chargers, power banks etc are vital in areas with no, or limited, electric supplies.
Gas heaters, camping stoves and empty gas cylinders We can send empty cylinders through customs and have them filled once inside Ukraine and camping stoves, gas-cylinder powered heaters and any type of portable cooking or heating system is vital at this time of year.
Hand and foot warmers these can be quite cheap to buy and some brands are reusable.
Shoulder warmers (larger pads, same principle as above)
Hot water bottles
T-lights (8 hours)
Heated shoe/boot driers with USB attachments – here are some examples that can be bought on Amazon
Generators
Fire extinguishers
Battery-powered lamps
Portable solar panels
Torches and batteries
Hygiene products
Antiparasitic agents for animals
Water purification tablets
Wheeled shopping bags – so elderly/frail can transport their belongings
Items for a shelter we are helping to set up in Kherson – bedding, including blankets and pillows, duvets, soap, shampoo, large pots and pans, tableware, dried food.
Other useful items include
Medicine:
Wheelchairs
Stretchers
Crutches
Dressings, antiseptics, nappies.
Tourniquets + other haemostatic agents
Burn dressings for wounded, rescuers and civilians
Medicine to lower temperature, painkillers
Eye drops
For rescuers:
Thermal underwear (including socks, t-shirts, briefs) – large sizes
Fast food, snacks
Animals:
Veterinary medicine (for example, against poisoning, etc.) including parasite protection products
We are a charity that focuses on providing aid for Ukrainians in their homeland and support for those who have chosen to come to Scotland for their own and their children’s safety.