{"id":83035,"date":"2024-02-20T15:59:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T15:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=83035"},"modified":"2024-02-20T20:24:37","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T20:24:37","slug":"donated-car-travels-1700-miles-from-cardiff-to-ukraine-to-help-injured-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2024\/02\/20\/donated-car-travels-1700-miles-from-cardiff-to-ukraine-to-help-injured-soldiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Donated car travels 1,700 miles from Cardiff to Kyiv to help injured Ukrainian soldiers and wheelchair users"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

‘We hope it will serve the people of Ukraine as well as it has served us,’ says Rosie Moriarty-Simmonds<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A CAR donated by a couple from Cardiff has made it all the way to Ukraine to help transport wheelchair users and injured soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Aled Jones drove the specially-adapted Chrysler Grand Voyager roughly 1,700 miles to Kyiv through the ice and snow of the Ukrainian winter to deliver medical aid to volunteers for the Fourth Rapid Reaction Brigade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vehicle, which had 115,000 miles on the clock before the long trip East, is now being used to assist disabled people and transport wounded soldiers to hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2006 3.3litre automatic was donated to charity Welsh Aid for Ukraine (WAFU) by Rosie Moriarty-Simmonds<\/a>, 63, and her husband, Stephen Simmonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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