Ukrainian volunteers convert bus into mobile barbershop to give haircuts to front-line soldiers
Ukrainian volunteers in Ukraine's southern city of Odesa converted a bus into a mobile barbershop for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
ShoTam reports that the volunteers will offer free haircuts to Ukrainian soldiers at the front line.
What is the solution?
Odesa volunteers from the Indomitable Workshop NGO found an old minibus, repaired it, and turned it into a full-fledged modern barbershop.
How does it work?
Barbershop on wheels, made from a regular Odesa minibus, was equipped by local volunteers to give haircuts to Ukrainian defenders to make them more comfortable and neater right at the front.
"Our guys look like real 'jigits' in battle. With beautiful beards, with beautiful hairstyles," Oleksandr Hryniuk, co-founder of the barbershop, said.
The barbershop was created by volunteer Oleksandr Hryniuk together with his team. Before that, the guys were making buggies and mobile showers for the military, but one day, the defenders asked the volunteers to create something like a field barber shop.
"We came up with the idea to make such an invincible barber on wheels for my friend Yurii," Oleksandr Hryniuk, co-founder of the barbershop, said.
The volunteers immediately got down to business: they found an old bus and brought it to order. They made cosmetic repairs inside and bought furniture, generators, and air conditioning. Barbers with experience working with the military were invited to work at the barbershop.
"When we first came to cut military men's hair, we thought that we'll cut them bald. But now times have changed, and military men get their hair cut like all ordinary people," said barber Andrii.
Chairs, a head washer, mirrors, and all the necessary tools — now it's a real barbershop. "Upstairs, we also have 400 liters of water. We installed taps. It heats the water, and you can wash… please. Everything works," said Oleksandr Hryniuk, co-founder of the barbershop.
The basic set of a hairdresser consists of a clipper, a trimmer, a shaver, brushes, scissors, a comb, a hair dryer, and water. This is enough to make the defender a stylish hairstyle in field conditions.
"There will most likely be wooden shelves here. After all, we have a lot of tools and cosmetics. We need to put them somewhere," said Yevhen Diachenko, co-founder of the barbershop.
After a month of painstaking work, this handsome bus is already receiving clients. "It's summer now, and it's hot. It even interferes with soldiers' comfort. The guys somehow cut their hair with clippers. But you want to still look good in the war. That's why it's a good idea. It will be nice," said Andrii, a military man.
Soon, the barbershop minibus will visit the soldiers at the front.
