Ukranian soldiers and war refugees living in Poland have thanked the people of East Kilbride for contributing to a massive £1million humanitarian aid effort.
In just four months, over 100 volunteers and more than 50 organisations were involved in collecting, sorting and transporting five articulated lorries carrying over 10,000 donations (45 tonnes) of vital aid to help people fleeing war-torn Ukraine.
The appeal, led by former St Bride's parish priest Fr. Rafal Sobieszuk and assisted by St Leonard's parish priest Fr. Dominic Quinn and Rev Anne Paton of the Old Parish Church, was launched for Ukranian refugees escaping Russia’s invasion to Fr Rafal's homeland in Eastern Poland.
