fa-admin“Press release 6.12.2024 Fin Aid is organising a holiday from war for Ukrainian children and young people. Children can be deprived of their childhood but no one can take away their dreams” Last year, we visited Dnipro, Solone village and Nikopol to make children’s Christmas wishes come true. The letters we read wished for a … Read more
Hello everyone! The Santa Claus project for 2023 will continue. Last year we (Eva, Klaus, Mirva and Miika) went to Nikopol to take the Christmas message. The children met our Santa Claus, received Letters to Santa packages wrapped by the group members from Ukraine and dreamed a lot about Finland and Lapland. The children’s main … Read more
Reception points for Nikopol children and Rekiretki donations Helsinki, Vallila bazaar at Paul’s Church (1.12. 11-15:30) Helsinki, Maaria Sundman-Laakso, Pieni Robertinkatu 8 Helsinki, Klaus Sundman, Lauttasaari Pöytyä, Mirva Selander Naantali, Karolina Malmberg Turku, Eva Kivinen, Lepotuoli Oy Oulu, Miikka Kokko Helsinki, Seijamirjami Kotkansiipi, Alpine village Rovaniemi, Marjo Romakkaniemi Köyliö, Marja Kynnysmaa, Köyliö gift shop Kauhava, … Read more
“It was my first time on an aid trip. A lot of things were done in those couple of days on the Ukrainian side (and still nothing that was planned got done…). You didn’t always get enough time to sleep and eat properly on the way, but I still don’t regret this trip and there’s … Read more
We received an evacuation request for people fleeing the bombing in eastern Ukraine and set off at very short notice. We quickly collected a car full of donations. On board we had about a hundred kilos of protein flakes for special conditions, several boxes of adult diapers, dozens of kilos of vitamin tablets, dog food, … Read more
Today, we went back to the aid delivered by three girls from Naantali. Over the course of three days, they had held a summer café and raised money for charity. We went to a local orphanage and asked them what they would like. They really wanted yoghurt and sour cream. At the request of the … Read more
Retrieved from Inka to Kiev to visit the father of my Ukrainian family back home and, of course, to get some hospital supplies. Raakel stayed in Lviv, as her departure to Finland took place before our return. It’s really strange how you’re used to everything. We went to the store to get our lunch and … Read more
We made it to Ukraine. On the way, though, I woke up again with a puncture in the middle of the night somewhere in the countryside. I lost the import/export competition and was selected as a tyre changer. In the rain, of course. Inka I shouldn’t drive at 3am when the tyres always burst. When … Read more
