Further Moray donation drive to support Ukrainian refugees planned for Sunday

By Abbie Duncan

Published: 16:00, 10 March 2022

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A DONATION drive set up in Elgin to help Ukrainian refugees hopes to receive further support this weekend.

The donations will provide a vital resource to the refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, who often have very little with them.

Over the last few weeks, the people of Moray have come out in their masses to donate essential products to those fleeing the conflict in Ukraine.

The campaign organised last week by Elgin's Polish Deli, Food Plus was a huge success and within two days people in Elgin had filled seven vans with vital products.

Due to the enormous generosity of the people of Moray, the organiser, Anna Rybacka was asked to stop accepting donations until they could be sorted through and an assessment made of which items were still required.

The organisers have now been given an updated list and will be holding another drop off session on Sunday March 13 at Weir Black Belt Academy, with the hopes that Moray locals will continue to provide essential products to Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

Anna said: "We will be collecting more donations on Sunday for people fleeing from Ukraine and for fighting soldiers.

"We wholeheartedly thank you for all the donations we collected last week and we believe that the people of Moray will be with us again."

From Right: Anna Rybacka alongside her brother Piotr Cetera and sister in law Dorota Cetera at the first donation day last week. They hope Moray locals donate again on Sunday. Picture: Becky Saunderson

The items required are still desperately needed by Ukrainian refugees and soldiers and the organisers are only able to accept donations from the list below.

Medical and First Aid Equipment:

First Aid Kits
Plasters
Bandages
Gauze
Haemostatic Bands
Tourniquets
Blood Stopping Powders
Anti inflammatory medication
Painkillers
Activated Charcoal Tablets
Blood Pressure Monitors
Kids Paracetamol and Ibuprofen
Other over the counter medicine

Food:

Dry food with long expiry dates such as (pasta, rice, yeast flakes)
Cans of soup or meat (no jars)

High Calorie Bars
Energy and protein bars
Baby Formula in cans

Other essentials:

Sleeping bags in small packaging
Torches
Batteries
Powerbanks
Thermos

The organisers will also accept money for fuel to drive donations to the drop-off point in Aberdeen.

Any donations can be dropped off on Sunday March 13, between10am and 5pm at Weir Black Belt Academy, on Edgar Road, Elgin.

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