THE team from Williamstown pose for a group photo outside Schiphol airport in Amsterdam from where they secured flights to Ireland for the eight Ukrainian refugees they brought across Europe on their bus.

Father and daughter inspire brave humanitarian mission

Ukraine
Williamstown
Fundraising

Jacqueline Hogge

Published: Wed 23 Mar 2022, 8:04 AM

A WILLIAMSTOWN father and daughter have led a team of volunteers to Ukraine and back to deliver vital supplies and ferry refugees from the war-torn country.

Aidan Geraghty and his teenage daughter Gemmischa were among a team of seven to travel to Eastern Europe last week, after raising over €16,500 on a GoFundMe page set up to help people fleeing the war with Russia.

The team left Castlerea last Tuesday March 15 on a bus loaded with medical supplies and humanitarian aid and arrived back in Ireland in the early hours of Sunday morning.

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