Adina and her wonderful team of staff and volunteers have been busy. As you can see from the photos below, they are working with the children to prepare Mother’s Day gifts and celebrations, and also sorting a huge donation of books to form a new library at the Centre. It is great...
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It’s getting cold in Romania now. Julian, from our partner Providenta Divina, has been busy distributing wood to our elderly people. Thanks to those who gave us donations, we were able to provide all the funding for this much needed fuel to help people heat their homes.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Adina and her team of staff and volunteers have been having a busy Summer. They have had a team from the UK who put in a damp proof course, as well as fun and educational activities for the local kids, regular eye testing and health screening, as well as the social club for the elderly.A...
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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