A Scottish aid charity is helping rescue hundreds of refugees from warn-torn Ukraine thanks to funds raised in an emergency appeal.
Glasgow The Caring City has returned from four days in Poland, working with local partners to ensure donations help those who need it most.
Now life-saving medical equipment has reached hospitals in the Ukraine as the charity has begun bringing bus loads of refugees across the border to Poland.
Operations director Ross Galbraith travelled to the charity's hub in Wroclaw, Poland, to work alongside local aid groups and co-ordinators.
The outcome means nearly £150,000 of funds raised by the charity's emergency appeal is now directly helping Ukrainian refugees.
This includes the charity securing 50,000-plus full days of food provision - equating to two warm meals and one cold meal per day per person, plus a weekly welfare bag.
Over the next eight weeks this will support the most vulnerable in Kyiv, Vinnytsia and Lviv in Ukraine, and in Wroslav, Poland.
The charity is funding the rescue of 2,000 refugees across the border - through the payment of buses to transport Ukrainian women and children.
It has agreed to send six trucks of targeted aid in total, with two already having reached their destination and four more.
Mr Galbraith said: "Building sustainability and local leadership into this crisis response is what will secure the greatest impact for money and resources raised here in Scotland.
"I spent time working with colleagues on both sides of the Ukrainian/Polish border to ensure aid is being utilised where it is most needed.
"Besides the alarming need for food and safe havens for refugees to reside, there is a desperate need to move people to safety.
"We have secured transport for the safe passage of up to 2,000 women and children to cross into Poland with the support of local aid charities.
"We are also working in Kyiv, Lviv and Vinnytsia to provide food to those besieged by this pointless conflict.
"What do you do after you've made your initial donations of a bag of clothes to your local appeal?
"The truth is this; we urgently need money to resource and equip our partners to provide critical services to those in desperate need.
"This conflict is unforgiving and relentless.
"I met women and children with obvious mental and physical wounds who need help.
"So please do not let this crisis slip from your mind.
"It is on our doorstep and impacting not only today but in the weeks and months to come.
"I urge you; give something today and if you've given before, and can afford to do so, please give again."
They hope to raise at least £20,000 for the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine humanitarian appeal, which is providing immediate relief for Ukrainian refugees.
