# How donations are used | NPO EURASIA > Donations go to sea freight. The donations you send us are used mainly for the sea freight costs of delivering ambulances and fire engines to Ukraine. The vehicles are provided free of charge by municipalities and fire department associations in Okayama Prefecture.… [News](https://npoeurasia.org/en/category/news/)August 29, 2026About 3 min readListen # How donations are used ![Ukrainian fire service members holding a banner as they receive a fire engine from Japan](https://npoeurasia.org/img/p-97e74bdfeb-960.dddd3a4a03.webp) ## Donations go to ocean shipping Donations to NPO EURASIA go mainly toward the ocean shipping costs of delivering ambulances and fire engines to Ukraine. The vehicles are donated free of charge by municipalities and fire department associations in Okayama Prefecture. Domestic land transport is covered by sponsorship from Okayama Prefecture and companies in the prefecture. | Cost | Who pays | | The vehicles themselves | Donated free of charge by municipalities and fire department associations in Okayama Prefecture | | Domestic land transport | Sponsorship from Okayama Prefecture and local companies | | **Ocean shipping** | **Paid by NPO EURASIA** | ### The shortfall is in ocean shipping The Embassy of Ukraine in Japan originally planned to pay for ocean shipping. As the war dragged on, however, this did not happen, and NPO EURASIA now pays for it. This is where we most need funds. ## The cost is per container Vehicles are loaded into 40-foot containers and sent by ship. The cost is charged per container, not per vehicle. | Load | Cost per vehicle | | 1 vehicle per container | A full container | | 2 vehicles per container | About half | The container costs the same whether it holds 1 or 2 vehicles. So whenever possible we send 2 vehicles together, to keep the cost per vehicle down. ### About ¥1.5 million per vehicle We estimate the cost of shipping a vehicle to Ukraine at about ¥1.5 million per vehicle, allowing for exchange-rate changes, fuel costs, the shipping route, and customs and other procedures. If the Black Sea port of Odesa cannot be used because of the war or other circumstances, the route has to change to one through Poland or another country. The sea route and the overland distance then become longer, so transport can cost more than usual. For this reason, actual transport costs vary with the international situation and shipping conditions at the time. ## How donations are used Your donations go mainly to ocean shipping, and to the following costs of delivering the vehicles. | Ocean shipping | Container transport from Mizushima Port to Ukraine. This includes ocean freight, cargo handling in Japan and in Ukraine, paperwork, marine insurance, and overland transport from the port to the receiving town. | | Export procedures | Export customs clearance, loading into containers, and moving vehicles from storage to Mizushima Port. | | Handover procedures | Procedures such as transfer of registration when the vehicles are handed over in Ukraine. | | Medical supplies | Buying tourniquets, medical kits, wheelchairs, medical clothing and more. | ## Freight rates fluctuate widely Ocean freight rates depend on global logistics conditions. The quotes we have actually received show how widely they swing. From April to June 2026, in just 2 months, the freight rate per container rose about 1.6-fold. ## We publish the results of each shipment Since the first delivery in September 2024, we have sent out vehicles 5 times. Each time, we publish the following. - Loading and departure at Mizushima Port - Arrival, and the name of the municipality that received the vehicles - The actual costs (published in our statement of activities for each fiscal year; see “Accounting and corporate disclosure” below) ## Accounting and corporate disclosure We publish our business reports, statements of activities and balance sheets. Our list of officers and articles of incorporation can also be viewed on the Cabinet Office NPO portal. [Cabinet Office NPO portal: Specified Nonprofit Corporation EURASIA (portal ID 033000544) (in Japanese)](https://www.npo-homepage.go.jp/npoportal/detail/033000544) | Name | Specified Nonprofit Corporation EURASIA (特定非営利活動法人ユーラシア) | | Corporate number | 9260005004937 | | Supervising authority | Okayama Prefecture | | Incorporation approved | February 17, 2010 | | Location | 470 Kushida, Kurashiki, Okayama 710-0141, Japan (〒710-0141 岡山県倉敷市串田470番地) | | Representative | Chair: Yoshinori Oki | | Email | info@npoeurasia.org | NPO EURASIA has been designated by the Embassy of Ukraine in Japan. ## Make a donation A vehicle only means something when there is a town waiting for it. Please help us with the ocean shipping costs. 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The next ambulance is now at the **944** km mark, with **9,056** km to go to Kyiv. ** Mizushima PortKyiv (10,000 km) [Donate to move the ambulance](https://npoeurasia.org/en/#edl-give) [Ways to donate](https://npoeurasia.org/en/donate/) Activity reports ## Related articles - [NewsMay 28, 2025 ## Fire engines leave for Ukraine: from Okayama, made possible through partnership On May 27, fire engines left Mizushima Port in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, as part of our support for Ukraine. They are bound for Odesa, a port city in southern Ukraine, where a severe humanitarian situation continues and medical…](https://npoeurasia.org/en/firetruck-ukraine-okayama-support/) - [Activity reportsOctober 4, 2026 ## 1,385 tourniquets delivered to Ukraine: medical supplies sent from Okayama NPO EURASIA in Kurashiki, Okayama, buys tourniquets and other medical supplies with your donations and sends them to Ukraine. So far we have sent 1,385 tourniquets. 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