by mad-aid | Nov 11, 2013 | Blog
Things can move fast sometimes. We were contacted by our transport company on 30th October. “We have an empty lorry” they said. “Can we take a load for you?” We negotiated a great deal, and a consignment of wheelchairs was shipped off on 1 November! Over one hundred...
by mad-aid | Sep 9, 2013 | Blog
Children with disabilities are at the heart of our charity, but if we can we do not say NO to anyone. Wheelchairs from Southampton Hospice help Moldovan veterans. When we visited Moldova after our last delivery we had a group with World War II veterans approach us...
by mad-aid | Jun 28, 2013 | Blog
Our second lorry load of equipment arrived in Moldova on Wednesday 26th June. This time we are delivering to our own secure warehouse, leased free by Riscani Council and managed by our local team at Moldova Aid. Hospitals and clinics can collect equipment, and we have...
by mad-aid | Apr 29, 2013 | Blog
MAD-Aid would like to say a Very Happy Golden anniversary to our trustee John Barnes and his lovely wife Ann. Ann and John had 2 lovely Golden Wedding parties and raised about £ 300.00 towards MAD-Aid’s next shipment. Thanks, John and Ann, and our good wishes for many...
by mad-aid | Apr 1, 2013 | Blog
MAD-Aid was officially launched on 1st of September 2012. We had a vision and we had some clear goals: to collect discarded medical equipment, to get charity status, to raise funds for our first delivery. And suddenly in March 2013 all this became a reality. We became...