We were given exact instructions by those we left behind in Lviv, Ukraine to- "please send diesel power generators" with the donation money we had yet to spend. Liviv was then bombed 24hours later as Putin took out their power stations. The need for the generators was now critical in liviv too. We planned to buy these items for them in Poland before we came home. Sadly due to language barriers and the fact that all generators near the border had already gone in to Ukraine beforehand- we were failing miserably to buy any. Derwent thought to try further away but the same problems still applied. Then, as we checked out of our hotel in Poland, in passing, Derwent asked the girl on the desk (Katey, pictured here with Derwent below) "how come she spoke such good English?". It transpired that she and her husband had spent time working in the UK. We told Kate of our current generator problem and as luck would have it her hubby worked for a company that supplied exactly what was needed. We were stunned to suddenly be talking to exactly who we needed to speak to at that particular moment in time. As a result, also pictured here are twenty power generators all boxed up in Poland and these are now being shipped into Ukraine. You could say Fate had taken a hand in this saga but in reality, in this story, Fate is spelt with a K. 
Thanks to the generosity, of ordinary people here at Scilly and in East London, and to Derwent Jaconelli's ingenuity and anger at Putin, 20 families in Ukraine will soon have power again. Not much brings a tear to my eye, but being a part of this whole experience did and still does. I am so proud of my best mate Derwent Jaconelli who put this whole aid Ukraine trip together. Because of him- 3 truck loads of hospital saline; one truck load of medical items wheel chairs walking sticks food etc; one truck load of sugar and twenty power generators went straight to where it was all needed.
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