Vism backs ‘Print for Ukraine’ project
Print and signage installation workflow software provider Vism has declared its support for a new print initiative to support people in Ukraine.
Wednesday, 09 Mar 2022 10:26 GMT
‘Print for Ukraine’ launched in March with the aim of providing funding and much-needed supplies to those impacted by the Russian invasion.
The new Printforukraine.co.uk website lists those print companies, sign-makers and industry supplier that have volunteered to receive or collect donations of items from a list provided on the site.
Companies move the donations to a depot in Gravesend, where Outdoor Logistics UK is now providing a hub and transport to Poland. The transport effort is also being supported by global logistics provider DSV.
Once in Poland, contacts at known volunteer organisations in Lviv in Ukraine get everything over the border and begin the process of distributing to those in need.
Vism’s role in the project has been to use its contacts in Ukraine and Poland to help with the logistics of collecting and moving essential items and medicines.
We helped a couple of people in the Netherlands and France get some items they’d collected over to Ukraine, and now we’ve ended up working as a team of volunteers in the UK and Europe ”
“This has snowballed quite quickly; at the beginning of the week, I started working with a contact in Lviv to get cash donations to them so they could buy medicines and other essentials,” Vism founder Dan Tyler says.
“We helped a couple of people in the Netherlands and France get some items they’d collected over to Ukraine, and now we’ve ended up working as a team of volunteers in the UK and Europe to shift as much essential stuff over there as possible.”
“Matt at Outdoor Logistics UK approached me on LinkedIn when he saw something I’d posted, and we quickly realised there were lots of people willing to help and that we could get something going pretty quickly.
“The guys at DSV jumped in offering help when they saw we needed it and now it’s flying.”
A Go Fund Me page has also been created and is being managed by FESPA UK, allowing the organisers to buy additional items and include this in their shipments.
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