During Cowes Week, Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club played host to a charity fundraising party for Isle of Wight-based charity MAD-Aid, which helps Moldovans and Ukrainians in need.
The event was well attended and included welcoming drinks, a barbecue, a raffle, live music by Nick Cane and entertainment by DJs from Shack Promotions.
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During the past decade, East Cowes-based MAD-Aid has recycled and transported tonnes of aid, built a day-care facility for children with disabilities in Moldova, and created a care home and a hydrotherapy pool there too.
When the conflict in Ukraine started earlier this year, MAD-Aid channelled its logistical experience of the past ten years to help the people in Ukraine and the refugees fleeing to Moldova and the UK.
So far, more than 20 articulated lorries of aid have been sent to the Ukraine and Moldova — with around two-thirds of those being directly from the Isle of Wight.
Victoria Dunford, founder of MAD-Aid, said they were grateful to Cowes Corinthian Yacht Club for allowing the charity to use its lovely facilities during Cowes Week.
Other events to raise money and awareness for the charity are planned in the near future — including a presentation about the Ukrainian work in September.
See the charity's website, mad-aid.org.uk, for more details about its work.
You can also follow MAD-Aid on facebook.com/MADAidUK for more details of the charity's work and forthcoming events.
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