Several ambulances from Latvia recently traveled to Ukraine on another Ganta Foundation trip to deliver them to frontline aid.
After hours on the road and more than 1.5 thousand kilometers covered, the motorcade arrived in the heart of Kyiv - Maidan Square - on Ukraine's Independence Day. On that day, the cars were handed over to the medical units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
They have now reached the frontline areas, where they are already being put to use - both for medical supplies and for relief work.
Aigars Loss of the Ganta Foundation notes: "Support of any kind is important. Not just these cars. These cars - we are talking about saving lives, about human life."
These deliveries would not be possible without volunteer drivers. Some have made this trip for the first time, and some have made it several times.
Volunteer driver Arnolds Jēkabsons says: "We have one enemy with the Ukrainians. We do our part, we help with things, stuff, and cars. They are fighting a real war. That's what motivates us. It's a common goal - to win. To win this war."
The so-called "Tooth Fairy", also known as the "Black Cow", a specially equipped mobile dental unit for soldiers, has also been brought back. "Arturs Kristlībs, a spokesman for the Ganta Foundation, says: "The car is ready, all the equipment inside is working. In principle, all you need to do is fill it up with supplies and the car can start doing its job."
Ihor Yashenko has arrived to pick up the Tooth Fairy and take it to where it is needed. He has been treating soldiers' teeth in Donbas since 2015. Military dentistry is an important part of military medicine. Mobility is needed, because you have to work fast at the front. Thanks to such cars, many soldiers can be helped.
Yashenko, the project manager of TryZub Dental, says: "A lot of people came into the army who had not prepared for this. They were not in the service, they had not passed the medical commission. Whoever could hold a gun came - with all their ailments, including dental ailments. And when you get [tooth] swelling up at the front, where do you go?"
Then the ambulances brought from Latvia are on their way, each to its frontline in Ukraine - each to do its bit to save lives.
