A hero Scots health teacher drove three days to ship support to war-torn Ukraine.
John Carstairs, from Edinburgh, collected medical provides, youngsters's garments, toiletries and different important objects earlier than embarking on the three-day journey.
His van was stuffed to the brim with important objects, together with first-aid kits, meals, water-purification tablets, water filters, blankets and child method milk, experiences Edinburgh Stay.
John travelled throughout Germany, Austria, Slovakia and onto Poland, the place the products had been packed as much as go on to Bucha in Ukraine with a navy convoy.
John, who was joined by co-driver Evi, from Austria, even had the possibility at hand out teddies to displaced Ukrainian youngsters now based mostly in Cologne after fleeing their house nation.
He stated: "It was wonderful when just a little boy who got here out of a warfare zone and is now in security, grabbed a teddy and held it to his coronary heart. He would not let it go.
"That image for me was extraordinarily emotional. Even one thing small like that meant a lot."
John had been impressed into motion by the story of an 11-year-old Ukrainian boy who had travelled 750 miles by himself whereas the warfare raged in his house nation.
Courageous Hassan left his mom and aged gran behind earlier than reaching security in Slovakia.
John added: "That gave me a extremely huge spark. And I assumed no matter we will do to assist, even when it is the tiniest factor, we should always all do one thing.
"From sending a one-pound donation to driving a van loaded with gear or a observe full of drugs, it does not actually matter. So long as all of us do our bit to assist in numerous methods, we will ease the state of affairs for these folks.
"It is the worst factor that might ever occur to anybody, I believe, to be displaced by violence, by any individual else's aggression. It is a horrible trauma. And I assumed I needed to do one thing."
John has been praised for his actions however says it did not really feel like bravery.
He added: "It felt like that is what we should always do to assist one another.
"As a world neighborhood that we're alleged to be, certainly we are supposed to carry one another up reasonably than beat one another over the top."
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