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Saturday, 08 September 2007 |
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Page 3 of 6 Alice (Bucharest) received
her Harry Potter book for her birthday. Mariana (Calarasi) wants
to establish a parent group. She thanks us for her daughter Anca’s
reclinable wheelchair: "It is a very good one and very comfortable.
I met Dana. She was very kind and I told her if I can help with something,
just ask me. I shall send you a photo of Anca and the wheelchair as
soon as I can." In October we sent goods by truck and Dana and
her team picked up and distributed the goods from Comanesti, about
six hours’ journey from Bucharest. We are grateful in particular for
our friend Brother Mihai from Radio SOS, a Christian
radio station in Ploiesti. He gave his support by providing two minibuses
to help with the distribution. He writes: "It was my pleasure
to help. I believe God is using each of us in his mighty way." Dana
tells us that many people were helped by the goods and became helpers
in turn. A UK supporter writes: "I am astonished by what you have
achieved and deeply touched at the honour of being involved in a very
small way myself." Alin and Mihaela (Galati) both
received bicycles (a dream come true). They both are HIV+ and Alin
at last goes to school like Mihaela. He has been receiving a drug,
experimental for now in Romania. It has made a difference and the trial
will be extended for another year. Many thanks to Saunders Medical in
Rochester for their generous donation of incontinence pads and other
sanitary items. Some of these will go to Cristina who is blind
and has severe learning difficulties. Thank you, too, for the items
donated by Blythswood International Care including the
exercise bike for Georgian (Galati) who has charcoot marie tooth
syndrome. The actual departure of the goods was fraught with difficulties
this time, but we were greatly aided by Eileen, Graham and David from Noke
Street Farm, near Rochester where we were given storage
space in a barn. Moira, Janet and Judith oversaw
the loading and Graham helped them and the Romanian driver with the
fork-lift truck. It was just as well as our new friends Pat and John had
provided beautiful electric invalid vehicle, destined for Claudiu and
picked up by Robin from their home in Worthing with the help
of a borrowed horse box!
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 22 September 2007 )
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