Ukraine aid trip was ‘phenomenal’
SLOUGH: A leisure centre employee said it was ‘phenomenal’ to deliver aid to the Ukraine-Poland border for a second time at the weekend.
Jatinder Singh Rakhra, known as Jit, lives in Slough with his Ukrainian wife and has also taken in members of her family who have fled the wartorn country.
The Leisure Focus sports inclusion and participation manager, who works at Braywick Leisure Centre in Maidenhead, joined a group of volunteers on Friday in two vans packed with donations to take to the border – his second time making the journey this month.
Equipped with warm clothing and supplies for Ukrainian soldiers, Jit and fellow volunteers took the EuroTunnel to France before driving across Europe to help those in need.
“It was phenomenal,” he said. “All of the guys were just high on the fact that we are actually doing something. Individuals like the residents of the Royal Borough are trusting us by giving us aid and we can honestly say that it goes to the right place.
“It was in Ukraine before we got home – that is how quickly things are being done.”
The trip was co-ordinated by the Jet Singh Trust, a charity set up in memory of late Wolverhampton-based wrestler Jatinder Singh Chatha.