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We would like to take this opportunity to draw attention to the activities in the Odessa region by the Romanian equestrian community.

We support each other, are in contact with them, exchange information regularly and pass on our Ukrainian contacts to them.

They do great work, are well organised, cooperate with the Romanian authorities and have successfully completed already two rescue operations.

They urgently need funds for fuel and an additional truck.

Please see their post on how to help them!

Another shipment arrived today at our logistics point at Lesna Wola in Poland. Organised by Bundesvereinigung der Berufsreiter im DRFV e.V. – than you very much!

If you want to bring donated feed to our logistics centres in Poland then here’s some useful information:

Logistics Centre 1 – Lesna Wola in Poland

• For small shipments, few or partially full euro pallets and smaller
• Fill in the form and send away: https://atomic-temporary-203295096.wpcomstaging.com/en/bring-supplies-en/

Logistics Centre 2 – Customs warehouse in Przemysl, in Poland
For large shipments, multiple/many euro pallets, full truckloads of euro pallets (NB! no industrial pellets), following information must reach our team support@helpukrainehorses.eu three days before the arrival of the goods at the customs warehouse:

• the license plate of the truck and trailer,
• the specification for the cargo,
• the Last name and First Name of the driver (put name of the contact and then ask to change later when not known ahead)

Few updates on recent developments:

1. Logistics hub in Lesna Wola has collected about around 50t of horse food.
2. The horse trucks to transport from Lesna Wola to Lviv delayed and new estimation is to leave on Monday, 14th. Their capacity is about 15t in total.
3. The transport of bigger quantities will be arranged with company Tomalo Trans via their customs warehouse near the border.

To address the increasing questions for what we will use the donated money:

1) So far the donated money has not been spent yet – the reason is that priority was to have money to organise the transport routes in Ukraine. Most things in EU side can be solved via volunteer help and support but actual transportation needs fuel and drivers/workers/services.

2) Transport route from Medyka to Lviv is provided by transport company and warehouse services provided by expediter company.

3) Warehouses and related services (loading, unloading, guarding etc) if needed in Lviv.

4) Horse trucks that will drive from Lesna Wola to warehouse in Lviv and back with the horses.

We try our very best to arrange this.

Our bank account for the donations was opened just yesterday. For today evening, we have received already over 4500€ in donations! This will be taken immediately into use as the first shipment reaches the logistics point near Lviv in Ukraine. Thank you very much!

In parallel, we will work on making it possible to donate also via Cards and PayPal instead of bit complicated bank transfer. Once done, the new options will become available in the donations page:

This is from where the requests for help in Ukraine were confirmed withing last two days, originate from:

(markers are approximate, not precise locations for security reasons)

There are safe areas and transportation stables available to bring horses to safety. Local people are coordinated, know the routes, have the drivers, can acquire the fuel. But there is a shortage of vehicles for horse transportation. At this very moment there is 2 cars who are taking the trips back and forth to bring 2 horses at a time from danger zone to closest transportation stable.

This is how it is set up:

1. Horse owners announce in the community forums/chats or call the contacts shared there
2. Volunteers coordinated by Ukrainian Horse Society and Ukrainian Horse Union find the options for solutions.
3. Volunteers arrange the contacts to be exchanged.

At the moment, there are more than 25 open requests to evacuate horses, in some cases, the whole stable requests evacuation. There are drivers who can help, but they do not have vehicles for horse transportation. Horse vans and cars with trailers can be arranged to cross the border from Poland to Ukraine as part of the humanitarian convoys. Drivers can be found who will deliver them from Poland to Ukraine.

We are looking for a contact who can find a way to deliver a horse transport capable vehicle to Poland/Ukrainian border within next few days and donate it to be used as a round-the-clock transportation to bring horses to safety. Please write support@helpukrainehorses.eu with subject “Donate vehicle” if you are able to do so.

Because the bank account of UEF Charity Foundation for donations was open only on the 9^th of March, we do not have funds yet to finance the purchasing such vehicle. But if no other way, we will have to wait for donations and use donated money and try to purchase vehicles from Poland and deliver them to Ukraine.

UPDATE: got the requirements for the truck from the driver:

• Medium sized truck for up to 5 horses – there are roadblocks everywhere and complicated to use large truck
• Without living compartment – as this is adds extra weight and takes room
• With ability to attach 2 horse trailer (which is also needed, as the ideal setup would be to take 5+2 horses)
• Reliability is the most important factor

The bank account for donations is now open.
Please see the details here:

Donations will first be used for transportation from logistics point in Poland to logistic and distribution point near Lviv.

Thank you very much for all donations and for your patience.

And meanwhile, below are the supplies gathered so far, ready to load up. Not a full truckload yet but it’s a start.

Schedule of expected shipments to Lesna Wola (based on who reported their donations here):

First feed deliveries arrived to our logistics point in Lesna Wola, in Poland! More expected to come tomorrow. The transport will go to Lviv / Ukraine on Wednesday evening UPDATE: could not leave on Wednesday night, current plan is to leave on Saturday (12th of March) with 3 trucks. Everything is arranged!

Once the supplies reach to Lviv, then of course the hardest part of the challenge starts – how to get it distributed. Roads are blocked to many regions. Fuel is not always available. In the help requests listings that Ukrainian Horse Society and Ukrainian Horse Union are maintaining, there are over 25 requests to help to transport the horses inside Ukraine who have not found any solution as of now.

Thank you for the fantastic support and help! Based on reports, more than 100 people, clubs and companies donated feed or are in process of collecting donations in their communities from all over the world, including Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden, Romania, United Kingdom, USA.

We are expecting more trucks from UK, Finland, Germany, Belgium and other countries arriving. For large scale donations we have arranged a special solutions using the facilities for humanitarian support of Ukraine.

Setting all this up in such a short time, ensuring an orderly and professional process, organising and planning everything so that there is no chaos takes time. Many thanks to all who support us!