Update from Petrosani

I’ve just had an update from Adina, the Centre Manager at Hope for the Colony Community Centre in Petrosani. There are 2 new clubs just started at the Centre – a Maths club, and a teenage youth club. The youth club in particular is an excellent response by the Centre staff to a real...

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Recent visit to Romania

I have just returned from a week in Romania, assessing our projects and looking at future funding possibilities.  I flew from Luton to Timisoara with Dave Bennett (a Trustee of our Romanian partner organisation, REACH), and then drove 5 hours to Petrosani. It is good to be able to...

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Casa Trandafirilor – House of Roses

Here’s a quick update from Linda Barnes of RAKE on the House of Roses in Birlad.”There isn’t a lot to report from Birlad but things are going well. The “kids” have just got back from 2 weeks in camp. Myosotis runs a camp each year for children from their day centre and also poor...

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Volunteers’ Outing

We had a great afternoon at Sussex Prairie Gardens last week.  After a very interesting talk by Pauline, the owner, we all explored the garden and then met up again for tea and cake.  Everyone enjoyed the day, and it was a great way to say thanks to all our hard-working, dedicated...

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Hope for the Colony Centre, Petrosani

The guys at the Centre have been working hard to update their blog.  Rather than duplicate all the info they have there – please take a look at the blog, to get regular updates on what is happening.http://sperantacolonie.wordpress.com/

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Update on Christmas Appeal

Thanks to everyone who contributed to our Christmas Appeal for funds to buy fuel for our group of elderly people in Petrila.  We got a good response, both from our shop customers and regular supporters.  I have just received an update and photos from Julian who runs Providenta Divina....

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Christmas at House of Roses, Birlad

We have had an update from Linda of RAKE, telling us about their lovely Christmas at the House of Roses with the 4 youngsters.  We are so pleased that despite all the initial problems all 4 are now settling in well and are coping with the huge changes to their lives.  There are now 2 new...

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