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How can you help? If you would like to lend your support by donating a vehicle or supplies, please do get in touch with P4P, website details belo www.pickupsforpeace.co.ukFEATURE Pick-Ups for PeaceDuncan’s family has had a farming connection with the CPG Farm Group in Western Ukraine for a number of years. Following the Russian invasion in 2022, the Ukrainian military commandeered several of the CPG farm vehicles to assist the war effort. This then set the ball rolling and in no time at all the charity Pick Ups for Peace (P4P) was born and a crowd funding appeal was set up.“The only thing necessary for evil to triumph in the world is that good men do nothing.”Edmund Burke MP ca 1770Since its conception P4P have completed 10 convoys and delivered 263 donated vehicles as well as essential supplies such as thermal clothing, spades, fan belts, tyres, drones etc.Duncan took his first trip in March 2023 along with his close friend Charlie as a co-driver. They embarked on a 36-hour journey, stopping off in Poland on the way. Upon their arrival in the Ukraine they were welcomed by the Army and were given a police and army escort for the remainder of their journey. After a night’s rest in Lviv they drove their vehicles to the Army base to hand them over to the military. They had the opportunity to meet with some of the soldiers and the leaders before being invited to visit the local farming operations and the beautiful city of Lviv, a Unesco World Heritage Site. They also visited the Cemeteries in Lviv, which had sadly tripled in size due to the conflict. The parks adjacent to these Cemeteries had been swallowed up to make space for the fallen. These parks, once full of joy, are now a place of mourning and grief. Duncan described the scene he saw as harrowing, seeing Mothers and Grandmothers weeping over the newly dug graves of young men, some of them only 18 years old. So many lives cut short, so many grieving families. Duncan returned later in the year, and as well as dropping off more vital vehicles and supplies he was able to take Christmas gifts for some of the children left devastated by the war. Some of these gifts were kindly donated from LWC families (Duncan had successfully bid for the gift bundle at the Centenary Parent Ball in April). Another trip is planned!Sternian Duncan Janaway (1995, Sutton, C610) shares the story of Pick-Ups for Peace, a newly formed charity whose mission is to support the people of Ukraine.Sternian Duncan Janaway receiving a thank you certificate on behalf of the Ukrainian people and army36