BEYOND THE TABLE
Humanitarian work
Svante Hallberg is a physician and the founder of Sacred Flavors and the charity Drive for Health. Through Drive for Health, he has joined friends and fellow physicians in transporting and donating aid vehicles and medical equipment to countries in need around the world.
Sacred Flavors carries that same humanitarian spirit forward, with a focus on helping the hungry.
2016 · MONGOLIA
From Gothenburg to Mongolia
An ambulance was driven from Gothenburg to Ulaanbaatar and donated to a hospital. A lengthy detour brought the journey to around 20,000 kilometres. Along the way, the team also carried out health checks where they stopped.
The photographs show a meeting along the journey and the visit to the hospital in Mongolia.
Read the Göteborgs-Posten report →
2020 · PERU
Supporting healthcare in Peru
In a statement dated 14 May 2020, the Embassy of Peru recognised Drive for Health’s support during the coronavirus crisis: an ambulance, a portable X-ray machine and medical supplies.
Here you can read the embassy’s statement and watch a film from the work in Peru.
2022 · UKRAINE
Two ambulances into Ukraine
At the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Svante and his fellow volunteers travelled into Ukraine with two ambulances. Through Drive for Health, they donated ambulances and medical equipment in Lviv and Kyiv.
In Borodianka, they reported on the experiences of people who had survived the violence of war.
