Former Prime Minister David Cameron drives van to Poland with supplies for Ukrainian refugees

Former Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed he is assisting the war effort by driving a van containing supplies for Ukrainian refugees to Poland.

Cameron announced his trip on social media on Friday. Cameron said the project had collected enough donations for fleeing Ukrainian refugees “to fill a small lorry with everything from nappies to sanitary products, warm clothes to first aid kits.”

Posting a picture of himself at the wheel of the vehicle, the former Conservative leader said: “It is going to be a long drive, but I’ll keep you updated along the way #StandWithUkraine.”

Speaking to Channel 4 this week, Cameron called for more humanitarian help to be given back to Ukraine. “Let’s do more on humanitarian aid,” he told the broadcaster. “We achieved 0.7% of GDP in our aid payments. I’m sad we’ve got away from that. I hope we can get back there.”

“Let’s – with the EU – lead the donor conference, lead the aid effort. Let’s have a dedicated aid minister in the Cabinet doing development. The Foreign Office ministers do a great job but it’d be good to have someone who’s 100% dedicated to humanitarian aid and development.”

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has promised to return to UK’s international aid contributions to 0.7% by the end of this Parliament.

Cameron also tweeted about his volunteer work at a local food bank. “For the last two years I’ve been volunteering each week at the Chippy Larder, a food project in my local town, which helps low-income families with surplus food from supermarkets (and cuts food waste at the same time).”