Shipments update
The following shipments were made from October 2023 to the end of March 2024. A total of 5,665 items, including 502 wheelchairs and 632 items of therapy equipment, were loaded into two HGVs, five 40ft and one 20ft container.
Ukraine: The first of two consignments, was loaded on 28th October from Yorkshire. Destination a military hospital in Zaporizhzhia.
South Africa: The first consignment to this country since May 2022, was loaded from Yorkshire on 2nd December. The destination was the town of White River and a mixed paediatric/adult load for Paediatric Care Africa and the local Rotary club. Funding came from the recipients
South Africa: The second consignment to South Africa, was loaded from PhysioNet (SW) on 9th December. The destination was Durban and another mixed paediatric/adult load for Khetiwe (Rehabilitation Centre for Children with Disabilities) and the Chatsworth Rotary club. A donor in UK covered the shipping costs.
Zimbabwe: This the thirteenth consignment to Zimbabwe, was loaded from Yorkshire on 20th January. Destination Harare and another mixed paediatric/adult load for RESCU and St. Christopher’s Home. As before the costs to destination were met by an international charity with links to Zimbabwe.
Ukraine: This the second Ukraine consignment was finally loaded from PhysioNet (SE) on 27th January, again for Zaporizhzhia. Loading was delayed for over a month, as the trucking company reported problems at the border with long queues of vehicles waiting to enter Ukraine.
Ethiopia: The first consignment to Ethiopia was loaded from Yorkshire on 15th July 2023 and should have been reported in the last Newsletter. It arrived safely, but only after coping with many bureaucratic problems. This, the second consignment was again loaded from Yorkshire on 24th February destined for the Tigray Development Association International (TDAI) in Makelle. A challenging loading in UK, but with fewer problems in Ethiopia than the first consignment.
Kenya: A 20ft non-returnable container was loaded on 9th March from Yorkshire, although the vessel only sailed on 23rd March. As before the consignment was partly funded by the British Army with the recipient being a charity near Eldoret.
Ethiopia: The third of these consignments was loaded on 23rd March from Yorkshire, again destined for TDAI in Makelle. It was PhysioNet’s 150th load and is described in more detail on page one.
Third party shipments: A modest four collections totalling 29 items, were collected from Yorkshire for Ghana, Malawi, Yemen and Zambia.