Hays Travel homeworker embarks on Ukraine aid mission

The homeworker was pulled over by Austrian police for driving across Europe as part of an aid convoy to deliver supplies to desperate Ukrainians.

The drivers in the four-vehicle convoy organised by Gosport-based charity Jacob's Well had to answer police questions about customs clearance paperwork around 80 miles from Vienna.

10 tons of supplies will be handed out to refugees in Baia Mare, Romania, on Thursday.

Travel trade collects items and funds for Ukrainian refugees.

We are all broken, according to Carla. I can't believe they pulled us over. We only spent an hour in Austria.

We were treated like criminals. They took our passports, but have now given them back.

The convoy passed through France, Belgium and Germany without any problems before being pulled over in Austria.

Jacob's Well founder made a call to the Austrian embassy in the UK and the group are back on the road.

She hoped nobody else would pick us up. We are going to the supplies to the refugees now that we are on the road again. The mission is still being carried out.

Prior to embarking on the trip, he had asked, "Do you feel nervous?" I feel like I'm on a mission.

Supplies were piled high in the couple's van.

I suppose it was my fight or flight instinct, I wanted to do more than just donate.

The more the invasion has gone on, the more it feels like World War II. It should not be happening in this day and age.

During a recent break to La Rochelle, south-west France, where the couple have a holiday home, she feared that a conflict was going to break out in Ukraine.

She said that they saw a convoy of military cargo planes in the sky. I had a feeling in my stomach.

She said that her only fear is about breaking down. I hope that we're not going to break down, that's my only fear.

She asked other agents to help with the humanitarian effort in Ukraine and its neighbours. More than two million people are believed to have fled the country.

A lot of charities are being swamped with not necessarily the right things. Money that is going to help.

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