[tabifolk]

A bit far, but here is one in Krakow:

https://taxibuskrakow.com/services/transport-for-the-disabled-krakow/

For Romania, can @AccessibleRomania help find suggestions?

[Joan Pahisa]

Unfortunately, I don’t know of any associations in the nearing countries, but I’ve been able to find an organization that is helping to evacuate disabled, elderly, LGTBIQA people, families and more. They are called Rain Dove and they seem legit. Here’s their Fundly:

Nevertheless, they are a new organization, so I’d also try to contact more established ones. For instance, I’m sure that the Paralympic Committees of these countries may have a lot of information of accessible transportation in the area:

https://www.paralympic.org/ukraine

https://www.paralympic.org/poland

https://www.paralympic.org/romania

Finally, I have been able to find a kind of taxi service with accessible vans in Ukraine, though I don’t know if they are active at the moment:

https://specmedtrans.com.ua/en-perevozki.html

[Joan Pahisa]

I’ve just thought that another organization that may have a lot of information on associations in the area is the European Disability Forum.

Here’s the contact for their International Cooperation Officer:

Contact: [email protected]
Twitter: @GordonRattray

[Joan Pahisa]

Here’s the link to the aforementioned Fundly:

https://fundly.com/verifiable-ukraine-evacuation-resettlement-fund

[Eleonora]

@AccessibleRomania is giving a big help as is Margaret Tokarska from Accessible Poland – thanks for all your help!

[Eleonora]

One specification: since evacuating refugees is not a simple transfer, there are some NGOs on the ground doing this, rather than the private shuttles, so if you know of organisations that are doing this let me know.

If you want to share information, this is a US NGO doing evacuations now:

https://www.projectdynamo.org/

[Josh Grisdale]

A user from Reddit suggest these from Romania:

https://mobilitaxi.ro/

https://www.taxigratis.ro/en/taxi-gratis-ngo/

https://htaxi.ro/

[Josh Grisdale]

Heard from @carmitch about this news:

https://cbsloc.al/3Hwbynz

The organization helped evacuate a number of PwD from Ukraine.

Here is their site:

https://www.joniandfriends.org/serving-people-with-disabilities-amid-war-in-ukraine/

[tabifolk]

Here is a GoFundMe helping people with disabilities in Ukraine:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-disabled-ukrainians

(When dealing with crowd funding, please be sure to research the cause before donating money. We have no affiliation.)

[Joan Pahisa]

Unfortunately, I don’t know of any organizations in the nearing countries, but I’ve been able to find a group of people that are helping disabled, elderly, LGTBIQA people, families and more evacuate from Ukraine.

They are called Rain Dove and they seem legit. Here’s their Fundly:

https://fundly.com/verifiable-ukraine-evacuation-resettlement-fund

Nevertheless, it’s a new organization, so I’d also try to contact more established ones. For instance, I’m sure that the Ukrainian/Polish/Romanian Paralympic Committees may have a lot of information on accessible transportation in the area:

https://www.paralympic.org/ukraine

https://www.paralympic.org/poland

https://www.paralympic.org/romania

Finally, I have a kind of taxi service with accessible vans in Ukraine, though I don’t know if they are operating at the moment:

https://specmedtrans.com.ua/en-perevozki.html

[Josh Grisdale]

I hadn’t thought about the Paralympic Committees – even though the Paralympics start today – good idea.

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[Josh Grisdale]

Thank you for sharing!

[schroth-sensei]

The rental company Enterprise does seem to have a presence in these areas, may be worth checking for accessible vehicles. I’m sure other big car rental companies do to.

Here’s an accessible travel site for Warsaw, Poland, it may be worth contacting by locals to see if they can help (if they aren’t already):

https://disabledaccessibletravel.com/accessible-destinations/poland/warsaw/

Found this site that advertises delivery all around Europe:

https://www.handynamic.com/

If any refugees end up heading to other parts of Europe here’s some information as well as a list of various European rental companies:

https://wheelchairtraveling.com/adaptive-wheelchair-vehicle-car-rental-europe/

[Josh Grisdale]

Thank you!

[Eleonora]

Dear all,

Thanks for your answers and if I did not answer yet or thank you officially it was because I have been trying to liaise with people stuck there. Unfortunately no great news yet, the problem for isolated people in those areas where the Russians are shelling every day now, is that they have little or no possibility for an accessible transfer. Trains ara available but to get on one… there are people that have been waiting for days at the stations and mostly these are not an option for people with delicate health and mobility issues.

I fact checked your suggestions and contacted a couple of options that looked more promising, let’s see. The next challenge is trying to help concretely the refugees with disability who make it out of Ukraine and need to relocate.

[Josh Grisdale]

You need to focus on that first and foremost, no need to take time thanking any of us. We are in this to help those who need it.

Saw this about children in palliative care getting evacuated and it really is heartbreaking but worth a watch/read to remember the need that exists.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/04/europe/ukraine-sick-children-train-evacuation-intl-cmd/index.html

Please do keep us informed as to how we can help. Personally, I would like to donate financially, so if you know of any trusted groups working in this area, please let us know.