Daimler Truck AG has donated €1,000,000 to support the people of Ukraine as the war continues.

The donation will be split between the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the German Red Cross e.V. and the World Food Programme (WFP) of the United Nations equally.

Last year, the company and its employees donated money, goods and vehicles for aid convoys with a total value of over €2,300,000. The aid supplies were deployed on the ground together with nine partners and aid organisations.

Volunteer drivers have brought more than 200 truck convoys with around 3700 tonnes of relief supplies to Ukraine.

“The war in Ukraine has been going on for a year now and is bringing enormous suffering to countless people,” said Martin Daum, CEO Daimler Truck.

“It is a great need for us as Daimler Truck to make a further contribution here to make the situation on the ground a little more bearable.”

In addition to supporting the Ukrainian population and continuing to provide trucks and transport capacities, Daimler Truck is also currently coordinating relief efforts for people in the earthquake zone in the Turkish-Syrian border region. The internal initiative ‘Humanitarian Aid Ukraine’, which was founded at the beginning of 2022, can now draw on extensive experience in the organisation of aid projects and aid transport operations.