Two 20-foot welfare cabins built by Bourne business to be sent to Ukraine border
They're packed full of crucial supplies too
A Bourne cabin manufacturing business has been busy constructing two purpose-built units set to be sent to help refugees on the Poland-Ukraine border.
Boss Cabins fitted the two 20-foot-long units with generators and toilets and medical equipment so that they can be used as emergency welfare points for those in need of help.
With a temporary logistical delay with transport, they're now set to leave on Wednesday, but donations are still being taken until then.
Having taken donations from the local community, the two mobile units are also packed with crucial items like head torches and battery packs for Ukrainian soldiers, as well as key food items for refugees.
The charity that the business is in contact with on the border has been feeding 190 refugees a day - and the mobile welfare units will be a major boost for both those leaving their country and the volunteers helping them.
Sarah Butcher, who's been coordinating the operation, said:
'They need things like rice, pasta, tinned meats. The civilian-Ukraine military over there are struggling with light so they're using their mobile phones at night. So any donations money-wise, what we've done is we've spent those on rechargeable torches...'
'The cabins are going across completely full of aid, they're full to the roof with all sorts of different things that we've managed to get with donations and people dropping by, so every day we've probably had 30 to 40 people dropping off... it's been so incredibly generous.'