Boscawen, Rotary and the War in Ukraine

Our plans to send a generator


 

Boscawen, Rotary and the War in Ukraine.

 

The Ukraine Crisis Taskforce Newsletter (21 Nov 2022), from Rotary of GB&I, was considered by the  Club Service Group.It contained an urgent request to provide new or second-hand generators for Ukraine. The Newsletter gave details of the contacts that had been established with Rotary Clubs in Ukraine and set out what assistance GB&I Clubs could give. Contact details of “logistics” helpers both Rotarian and non - Rotarian were given.

 

For many years the Rotary Club of Truro Boscawen used to cook and sell burgers from a mobile pitch at Truro Late Night Shopping evenings and since that service stopped some 10 years ago the generator that provided our power has been largely redundant. Clearly this item should now be put back into use in the Ukraine by way of the Taskforce network, and this we set out to do. 

Immediately, we experienced the generous support of the local community when Garden Machinery Company Di Mar of Penryn carried out a full service free of charge. Thank you, Mark!

 

A Rotary GB&I Peace Team zoom meeting on Jan 5 provided the chance to hear up to the minute information from the leader of the Ukraine Crisis Team and other Ukrainian Rotarian colleagues. This was a powerful and effective meeting - run by Jannine Birtwistle - which increased our resolve  to find a way of transporting the generator.

 

Next, a contact near Cheltenham, Lorraine Staniek described as having transport links to Ukraine was identified. A telephone conversation immediately established that this was a Rotarian with personal links to a town in Poland, some 3 hours drive from Lviv, and also with an arrangement with a Polish transport company working into Ukraine. She has set up a collecting centre in Gloucestershire for needed items and is regularly sending full lorries on the journey.

 

Using Boscawen meetings, and website and Facebook posts, we quickly identified that member, Andrew Parker, would soon be driving to Cheltenham and that he could deliver the generator. Andrew and Lorraine have now agreed details of the transfer at the beginning of February, and we now look forward to that taking place.

 

The recipient of the generator will be the Ukrainian Crisis Team Leader and it will be tagged with his full contact details to assist successful delivery. We will also identify Boscawen as the provider.

 

We have often thought that one of Rotary’s great strengths is its worldwide spread and international cooperation, and this small project of ours has confirmed that view. 

 

Note to Boscawen members.  The Taskforce document “Needs of Communities - Rotary Clubs” can be forwarded separately Andrew may be able to take other items from this list that we can give him. Please contact Jane first.

 

Peter Bayly (15-1-23)

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