About us
We are “Franky and Coen into the breach”.
Franky and Coen jump to the breach where it is needed.
Coen is a snack bar owner with a snack bar (The chip boiler formerly the Carmelietje) in Waspik and Franky is a snack bar owner with a snack bar (Franky's Fish and Chips) in Eindhoven.
Franky also works with a snack truck (trailer) on locations. Franky and Coen have been friends for over twenty-five years. Franky's wife is from Kiev, Ukraine and when the war in Ukraine started Franky thought he had to do something for the Ukrainian refugees.
When Franky told Coen that, Coen immediately said: I'm in. With a small budget of €4000 of their own money, they got into the car and connected the trailer and drove to the Polish border. There they handed out free fries and snacks. Of course the budget was far too small, but because the media had picked up the story in the meantime, sponsor money came in, so that they were able to distribute about 12,000 portions of fries and 10,000 snacks in that short period.
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When Franky and Coen returned to the Netherlands, they received a lot of media attention, which also resulted in more donations. We have therefore been able to undertake several trips (first) to the Polish / Ukrainian border to hand out free fries and snacks to refugees and later to the Lviv region (in Ukraine). These refugees have seen the most horrific images with their own eyes and have often survived fierce war situations. They are happy with a short escape from reality and can relax with us and even enjoy real conviviality.
Currently our focus is on Ukraine. A terrible war has been going on in Ukraine since Russia invaded with brutal force on February 24. Ukraine has been fighting for freedom ever since. Freedom of Ukraine but also for our freedom! We stand 100% behind Ukraine and do our utmost to help victims of this war.
We will therefore continue to support Ukrainian refugees, but we will also be committed to other distressing situations in the future. Because we are a very small organization, we can work with less costs. We provide continuous updates of our actions with photos and videos on our social media and this website. If you make a donation, you can also follow what we do with it.
In the months of July and August and September we work hard in our own companies to earn money to pay for our next actions, but to be able to do more we are of course dependent on donations. The next trip with our mobile snackbar is in October.
The purpose of the "Franky and Coen into the Breach" foundation is:
1) To offer help to refugees and needy people in and from war zones worldwide, all in the broadest sense of the word.
2) The foundation also aims to post further actions, which are related to the above-mentioned aim in the broadest sense of the word or which can be beneficial for it.
3) The foundation tries to achieve its goal by playing an active role in and around war and crisis areas by providing food and drink to refugees and people in need, all in the broadest sense.
4) The foundation has no profit motive.
Capital
The capital of the foundation may be formed by:
1) contributions from those, who sympathize with the aim of the foundation;
2) contributions from those in whose interest the foundation is working;
3) subsidies;
4) inheritances and gifts;
5) proceeds from activities of the foundation;
6) all other income.