London cabbies rally to help Ukrainian refugees

Westfall, 52, and his friends raised about £10,000 (RM55,124) for aid as donations flooded in from various taxi organisations and on the crowd funding service GoFundMe. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson

Moved by footage of a father bidding a tearful farewell to his family, London taxi driver Matt Westfall felt compelled to do something to help those fleeing the conflict in Ukraine.

"I was watching the TV one night and I see a man in his mid-30s with his wife and child, and all three of them were sobbing. It really did grab my attention... it quite upset me," Westfall, 52, told Reuters. "I thought 'what can I do about it'?"