The donation to UkraniaSOS, one of the most emotional moments of 2022 in Bicis para la Vida by ŠKODA

There have been many exciting moments in the Bicis para la Vida by ŠKODA project promoted by the Alberto Contador Foundation in collaboration with the Czech car company and the SEUR Foundation since this initiative began. Unforgettable moments, full of smiles and thanks. Moments that, in any case, would be absolutely impossible without the generosity of all the saddle donors who choose to give a second life to those bikes that, for whatever reason, are no longer in use and are gathering dust at home, in the storage room, in the garage or in the second home.

One of these days of great emotion came with the delivery of fifteen bicycles to the UkraniaSOS association in Bilbao. This young institution was founded in the early days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine by Alona Kyzyma, a scientist who has been living in the Basque Country with her family for a couple of years, with the aim of helping Ukrainian refugees and facilitating their full social integration and access to the labour market. In a very short period of time, the activity of UkraniaSOS has grown rapidly and has found the support and joint efforts of the Basque Foundation Instituto Europa de los Pueblos, the Negobide Foundation and Negorgroup. The association has even received requests for help from Russian citizens.

To collaborate with the activity of UkraniaSOS, the head of logistics Ángel López went to its facilities at the end of September to deliver bicycles to UkraniaSOS to enable and facilitate a small fleet of means of transport for all the refugees in their new stage of life.