Direct Mail of Parcels to the Ukraine

For many years we have just had to put a name of someone in Ukraine on a box with our address and it has not been questioned. We are now informed that for the past three months Customs has held boxes because the address was not the address for the person whose name was on the box.

The director for MEEST has informed us that we must put both the names and addresses of the people on the label. He will try to persuade the authorities to allow the boxes to be shipped to the same place as before, and not delivered to each individual home. Another twist is that a person can only receive one box every three months. This means that if we send the boxes as we have been sending them we can’t be sure that they will be delivered. We will have to co-ordinate what parcels are sent to each person once we know the facts.

If we can still get boxes delivered to one address for distribution, we may have to get a longer list of names and addresses from people in Ukraine and not send boxes with the same addresses as often. We are prepared to start a database with information regarding the boxes and coordinate shipments. The only carrier we have heard from is MEEST.
We suggest you hold off sending any boxes at the moment.

This is all very new to us, so please send us any suggestions you may have. We never know when the regulations will change.

Malcolm and Jean Stanley.
Christian Assembly Work in Ukraine.
Portage la Prairie. MB