Foundation Promotie / Aid Transports to Romania

Unexpectedly, we were offered so many useful articles that we decided to put our shoulders to the wheel again and load a truck with these wonderful products. Right now it is very important that we can have food distributed. In total, we have shipped 54 truckloads of relief supplies this year. On Wednesday we were able to make another beautiful load that went to Breaza, with a stopover in Marghita. Here a number of pallets of cake went out to make room for cabbage and baking flour made from wheat from the farm there. Here is the link to photos. The truck was unloaded in Breaza on Saturday and its distribution was also immediately taken up, they were surprised by the quality of the goods. Glad we continued this. Here is the link to pictures of the unloading. On Wednesday we made it a pleasant afternoon and the "regular" volunteers all received a nice Christmas gift, made available by the Van den Heerik company. Ilja Witte from Phoneo shared a number of photos of the distributio...

Monday afternoon, December 12, a truck came to load that had been given destination Breaza. The stuff that Henk Muller brought could also be taken along right away. For the rest we had a lot of food and cake and also beautiful clothes. A sponsor from Alkmaar Bep Runhaar, had been busy collecting clothes and food, it all went along. Here is the link to photos. The second truck was supposed to arrive on Tuesday, due to the winter weather around Paris, it was delayed until Wednesday. However, in collaboration with a partner from our network, we were able to collect a nice batch of food, completely unexpectedly. It's great then that you can immediately appeal to the cooperation of transport company Van den Heerik and volunteers who want to get behind the wheel. Siem and Nico were still busy for quite a while. Wednesday 13 December we were able to repack the food, sort clothes and arrange some collection jobs. Our neighbor Hekos had a pallet of sandwiches for us, and delicious spekkoek ...

Rob said that a lot of work was done last Wednesday. There were more collection jobs than planned. A busy day, therefore, also with the repacking of products. Good to see that there is a nice stock to be able to load the last two loads of relief supplies in 2022. Monday December 12th a truck will load for Breaza and Tuesday December 13th the next one will arrive with destination Botosani. Reghina from Ticau shared photos of the distribution of the packages. People like Reghina are a kind of lifeline for many in the current circumstances. Here is the link to photos Cristi from Botosani is hard at work again on all fronts with aid. Contact with Igor has started again. Thanks to a sponsor from our foundation, Igor can buy two pigs for slaughter. They are smoked to go to the soldiers at the front. How bad do you want it, instead of celebrating Christmas with your family, for example sitting somewhere in a trench or a tank to defeat the enemy or kill other people. Here the link to pictures ...

Back from a five-day trip to Romania together with Gerrit Beetsma and Nico Groot, I am now behind the computer to describe all the events during such a trip as briefly and concisely as possible. A difficult task. The flight to Cluj Napoca left Eindhoven airport early in the morning on Monday 5 December. Csaba was already waiting for us in Cluj and we were at the farm in Marghita at about 4 pm. It was a bit cold and rainy weather and the days are short so we spent a lot of time indoors. Enjoyed a delicious meal together with Attila, there was plenty to tell. Tuesday morning we met Csaba, an employee of the farm from the very beginning. During the greeting, he told us the sad news that his wife passed away suddenly in November at the age of 56. Comfort and encourage him, what else can you do? His colleagues and Attila support him as much as possible. Csaba will retire in January at the age of 65. In the spring he would like to come back to work half days, he thinks it is better for him t...

We are back in the old-fashioned end of year crowds. Tuesday morning we loaded the last 1,060 Christmas packages, together with a large batch of groceries. A very valuable and useful cargo has been sent to Breaza. Loading with a small group went smoothly, at 11:30 am the driver left with his truck for Romania. Here is the link to pictures of the loading. Last Friday it was unloaded in Breaza, it was immediately a coming and going of people who received Christmas packages and the like. foodstuffs arrived. Csaba and Imola have brought a consignment of food to the care home in Deda themselves. These types of homes are facing serious financial problems due to high energy costs, food prices and increased wage costs. Csaba and Imola have a good relationship with the people of this home, we have been helping them for many years and they are very happy with our help. Here is the link to pictures. On Wednesday there were collection jobs and clean-up work, with the result that there is enough va...