Drivex Director Steve Cocks selected as a volunteer for Operation Zephyr 2
In 2022 the Emergency Services Aid Charity embarked on Operation Zephyr, delivering 17 fire engines, ambulances and other much needed clothing and equipment to The Gambia.
In September 2024 they aim to repeat this undertaking with Operation Zephyr 2
The Emergency Services Aid Charity normally selects it's volunteers from serving or retired members of the emergency services and the military. As Drivex Director Steve Cocks does not fit into these criteria, he is thrilled to have been selected as a volunteer for 2024.
Steve says...
''I am thrilled to be selected as a volunteer for the Emergency Services Aid Charity Op Zephyr #2 which gives me the opportunity to personally deliver emergency vehicles and equipment to The Gambia.
In 2022, with over 50 emergency services volunteers, ESAC delivered 17 fire engines and ambulances that are now in service - in 2024 we aim to deliver far more.
They also delivered much needed clothing and equipment for schools, orphanages, clinics, doctors and firefighters - in 2024 we aim to give them even more.
From my own work experience in The Gambia, in 2016, I could see first hand how communities suffer unnecessary loss by being denied access to emergency intervention due only to them living too far from clinics and not having patient transport, or the lack of available medical or firefighting equipment.
I will pay my own expenses - I need your help to finance the cost of an ambulance or to find a company (or companies) willing to donate one…. then we can fill it with what is desperately needed before I take it for a 3,500 mile drive to the West Coast of Africa over a few weeks.
Please help if you can and/or do get in touch if you want more information about donating or sponsoring this second humanitarian aid mission undertaken by ESAC - Reg. Charity No. 1199449.
My Just Giving web page is at:
Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving - they'll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they'll send your money directly to the charity. So it's the most efficient way to donate - saving time and cutting costs for the charity.''
Many thanks, Steve