Today, 7 July at 13:30, a press conference will be held at which the President of the Bulgarian Aviation Industry Association (BAIA) Todor Ivandjikov on behalf of his company International Aviation Services Ltd will present the charity campaign HANDS ACROSSTHE SKIES.It is organised jointly with the Bulgarian Red Cross, our other member airline GullivAir and partners from the UK and Ukraine.
In connection with the ongoing war in Ukraine, we decided to take a joint initiative to help the most innocent and at the same time the most affected, namely children. Aid for children in Ukraine has already been collected thanks to Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire, UK) based charities, which we at BAIA have joined. The supplies will be transported from London to Sofia by GullivAir aircraft, and from Sofia to Ukraine the land transport will be provided by the Bulgarian Red Cross.
The charity action HANDS ACROSSTHE SKIESwill take place under the motto “From our children to yours“. Because in addition to the aid, the campaign carries messages of “love, compassion and hope for peace” from children in 28 countries that cannot be ignored.
PARTICIPANTS IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE:
- Mr. Marin Raykov – Ambassador of Bulgaria in London or his representative (via Zoom);
- Mr. Hristo Grigorov – Director General of the Bulgarian Red Cross;
- Representatives of the Red Cross of Ukraine
- Mrs. Valerie Holmes – Principal of Thorton College
- Mr. Todor Ivandjikov – Chairman of BAIA and Head of the Hands Across The Skies programme for Sofia;
- Mr. Yanko Ivanov – responsible manager of GullivAir airline;
- Miss Lydia Martin – Hands Across The Skies representative for the Balkans and Ukraine;
- Ms. Nadezhda Rangelova – Executive Director of For the Good/Ukraine Foundation (Bulgaria);
- Mr. Ken Chen – CEO Newbridge Trading & Hands Across Skies Charity Imports
- London Luton Airport Cargo Centre CEO
- Hands Across The Skies UK Lead Team
- Hands Across The Skies Campaign Ambassadors (from UK, Bulgaria and Ukraine via Zoom)
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