Lithuanian woman helps Ukrainian children, families escape war zones on bus rentals
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Gintare Gnedojute, a Lithuanian nurse, has rented a bus to help transport children and families from war zones in Ukraine to Lithuania.
"It is dangerous to stay inside Ukraine, so we decided to keep moving all the time. … We don't stop. We don't hide. We are on a mission." Dnipro after Russian attacks on March 11, 2022. (Ukraine State Emergency Services) Dnipro after Russian attacks on March 11, 2022. (Ukraine State Emergency Services) Dnipro after Russian attacks on March 11, 2022. (Ukraine State Emergency Services) "It breaks your heart."
Using personal funds — as well as donations from friends — Gnedojute, 36, set out to rent the bus on her own and use it to travel to dangerous war zones to evacuate children and bring them to a safe place in Lithuania.
She has since joined a convoy of other vehicles and volunteers consisting of truck drivers, bus drivers, a "colonel" who runs a nonprofit, an EMT and a law enforcement officer. They travel together and take turns driving the bus she rented, so they do not have to stop at all. The convoy transports humanitarian supplies into Ukraine and refugees out of Ukraine.