PORTSMOUTH partiers of all ages took to the dance ground for an 18 hour ‘Rave 4 Ukraine’ competition to boost money for provides on the frontlines.
Southsea couple Olga Kravchenko and Kriss Baird teamed up with the crew on the Moonshine and Prohibition Membership in Granada Street to host the occasion.
DJs, musicians, and occasion organisers additionally received on board, serving to to make the occasion a hit.
Three ‘mini occasions’ befell from 9am yesterday till 3am this morning, together with yoga within the morning, family-friendly actions comparable to a ‘child rave’ within the afternoon and clubbing within the night.
Olga says that ‘her coronary heart is stuffed with love’ after seeing the outpouring of assist that the fundraising occasion has had.
The 27-year-old entrepreneur mentioned: ‘It’s going nice – so many individuals, the prove is wonderful.
‘It’s wonderful to see the assist.
‘This type of occasion is our solution to get the group to proceed to assist Ukraine and Ukrainian refugees.
‘All we’ve requested is for individuals to return and revel in themselves.’
The couple hope to boost round £3,000 with the occasion, which is able to go in direction of the Portsmouth-based Parenting Community’s efforts to provide assist to the Ukrainian borders, in addition to the humanitarian and medical assist organisation YOUKraine Basis, primarily based in Odessa.
Olga added: ‘Each single penny we get goes to charity.’
The household session on Sunday afternoon was offered out, with round 50 households participating in a silent disco and portray, in addition to having fun with a cake sale and a balloon artist.
Alongside together with her fiancé Kriss, 40, who works for a blockchain firm, Olga moved to Southsea in January 2021.
Olga’s mom and grandmother had been on the occasion, serving to run the silent disco.
They had been welcomed from Kyiv to Portsmouth two weeks in the past, and Olga says that they’ve felt ‘actually liked by the group’.
She added: ‘I don’t absolutely comprehend how a lot trauma they’ve been by getting right here. It has been actually onerous for them.
‘Each single time we get upset we simply keep in mind that there are individuals who don’t have properties, there are individuals who have died.
‘It breaks our hearts. It makes you are feeling like there’s a gap within you – however you possibly can’t hand over and you may’t get depressed.’
This type of occasion is our solution to get the group to assist Ukraine.
Olga Kravchenko
