Cheltenham residents make fifth trip to Ukraine (Credit : Ellianna Collins)

Krishan Pillai was just coming off a round of golf when a friend mentioned he was heading to Ukraine. Not for sightseeing, but to deliver a pickup truck loaded with aid to the Ukrainian Army.

“It’s a war zone,” Krishan replied. But that conversation lit a spark. “It struck a chord in my heart,” he says.

By the time he got home and nervously brought it up with his wife, Dr Mary Pillai, the decision was as good as made. She agreed. And just like that, what began as an offhand comment became the start of something life-altering.

At 80 years old, with Mary in her late sixties, the Charlton Kings couple had just celebrated 50 years of marriage.

They had time, they had energy, and more than anything, they had a sens

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