Bro Collin Stewart ROH GP 2022 started an initiative led by the Grand Lodge of England to provide state of the art ambulances that were donated to the front line of the Ukraine conflict. The amazing story is detailed below:

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At the December Grand Lodge 2022 meeting the Grand Primo received two gentlemen
Roman and Rostislav from the United Ukraine Foundation, who came to present the
membership of the RAOB GLE an emblem of gratitude and a medal for the actions carried
out by the membership in answering the call to purchase two ambulances.
The Grand Primo informed the floor that the full story is available on the web site if you log
on and go to the Charities Supported page and click on read more, then scroll down until
you see a blue link for the full story on the Ukrainian Ambulance appeal.
In the meantime, Roman made the following statement to the floor of Grand Lodge:
Dear Sirs,
It is an honour for me personally and for the whole team of our charitable initiative United
Ukraine Foundation to be here. A separate thank you to Colin for his kind invitation to join
your special event today.
Just a few words about us, United Ukraine Foundation is a young but very motivated
organization. In February this year many things have dramatically changed to many people.
As you all know in the second-largest European county the war burst out. We could not
stay indifferent, as most of our team members originating from Ukraine, so we selforganized into a team of volunteers to support Ukrainians in the difficult times.
Since March 2022 our team has delivered 34 ambulances to the hospitals in Ukraine.
Up until now we keep working on getting Ukraine back on its feet, in literal sense of these
words - we work on providing prosthetics for Ukrainians who suffered a limb loss. There is
enormous quantity of extremely complex amputations that can be treated only abroad.
The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes support indeed has played a crucial role in
helping medics to save numerous lives and bring first aid provision to another level. RAOB
kindly donated funds to purchase two fully equipped ambulances and deliver them to the
hospitals in need in Ukraine.
Later, we have been informed that namely these ambulances evacuated and saved lives of
more than 300 people over only first 2 months of work.
Thus, on behalf of grateful Ukrainians and Ukrainian medics, we would like to hand over
this special «thank you» to the members of The Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes. This
is a Letter of gratitude and a medal - The Volunteer of Ukraine for providing essentially
important humanitarian aid.
Your support will never be forgotten by grateful Ukrainians.
At the end I would like to mention that in Japanese the word of ‘crises’ is written with two
words, they mean ‘danger’ and ‘opportunity’. Thus, the crisis that Ukrainian community had
to face these days is definitely dangerous time, but it is equally the time for new bigger and
brighter opportunities in the future and let it be so!
Thank you very much for your kind attention and your significant support