113 Kilometres for Ukraine
July 24th 2023. Four members of the Aid Pioneers team completed a half-Ironman, raising €46.531,83 for shipments of medical supplies to Ukraine!
All it took was 113 kilometers, 7 hours, and 178 generous donors.
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Crisis relief in Syria
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Following the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria on February 6, 2023, the majority of relief aid has been sent to Turkey, since international organisations struggled to circumvent the international sanctions imposed on the Syrian regime. However, the need in areas in northwestern Syria not controlled by Bashar al-Assad remains critical. For that reason, Aid Pioneers is bringing medical supplies to Syria and creating the greatest possible impact with every euro we invest in humanitarian projects.
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We have established a global partner network (Kuehne + Nagel, Project C.U.R.E., HiHFAD) through which we organize the shipment of medical equipment and consumables to the northwest of Syria. For about 15.000€ we cover all costs for procurement, customs clearance and transport of medical material worth about 200.000€. This will be delivered locally to over 140 public medical facilities.
Sending relief items to Ukraine in 2022
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Next to our medical project in Ukraine, we also operated a second project during the first months of the war against Ukraine.
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Especially in the first weeks of the Russian invasion, food was scarce in Ukraine. Through an alliance of Berlin-based start-ups, such as Hello Fresh, Forto, Sennder and Hive, we sent about 500 tones of food donations efficiently to our Ukrainian partner organizations via a pipeline assembled from donated logistics services!
Access to clean energy in Africa and the Middle East
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Energy is the cornerstone for economic development, for functioning hospitals and good education. However, electricity grids in many countries are weak and diesel-powered generators are expensive and real polluters. We make clean energy accessible by pre-financing photovoltaic systems.
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Solar panels are the most reliable, affordable and healthy option for many small organizations in the Middle East and East Africa. However, small organizations often struggle to pay the upfront sum to switch to solar. We support them with a combination of a grant and a loan (i.e. a loan with negative interest). Now that the organizations no longer have to pay electricity bills, they repay the monthly installment equal to their former electricity bill. Once repaid, the money then supports organizations that could never afford electricity.
