This week Latika Takes is in Kyiv, Ukraine and interviews Jeffrey Hartman, founder of Ukrainian Action, a charity that delivers pick-up trucks from London to Ukrainians.
In July, Latika became the first journalist to volunteer to join a Ukranian Action convoy into Ukraine.
She took part in a five-truck convoy that began in London and travelled across the Channel, through France, Belgium, Germany and Poland and into Kyiv across four days.
Mr Hartman shares his story about how he first moved to Ukraine as a member of the US Peace Corps, how he developed his charity after experiencing helplessness watching his friends become soldiers overnight, and how the vehicles he delivers are used on the frontline.
He also reflects on the changing Ukraine he has seen since he first arrived in the early post-Soviet days.
As you will hear in this episode, as part of volunteering to drive these trucks to Ukraine, Latika is required to fundraise the £1500 needed to cover the costs of the journey.
All contributions would be gratefully received. You will be supporting a great charity and cause and helping save Ukrainian lives. The link to donate is here.
