Foundation Promotie / Aid Transports to Romania

On Wednesday, March 22, we loaded no less than three trailers in Broek op Langedijk. All five thousand packages of food that we made a few weeks ago with a large group of volunteers are now in Romania! As an extra load of biscuits, various foodstuffs, some furniture and lots of clothes. The three trucks arrived in Romania on Friday, and unloading has already taken place in Marghita, Ticau and Botosani. Monday still in Floresti, Breaza and Reghin. From there, the people on site can ensure that the packages reach the people we look after together. We had already sent the first 1,320 packages a week earlier and some of them have already been distributed. More on that later in this blog, it makes the importance of this action very clear. In addition to loading three trucks, there were also collection jobs and sorting work, it has become a long and busy day that we look back on with satisfaction. Here is the link to pictures of the loading. Thursday 23 March we were able to collect 20 hospi...

Wednesday, March 15, we loaded the first trailer with 1,329 Easter packages along with other useful items. It went smoothly and the truck was nice and not over loaded. In the meantime, this truck has not encountered any problems at the border in Romania and they will unload in Breaza on Monday. There were still collection jobs and the trailers that had been used temporarily as storage have also been unloaded. Seed from bulk packaging is repacked in small bags. Jan Pilkes from St. Caritas takes half to Ukraine, the other half went to Breaza. I'll be curious to see what can be harvested in the end. Here is the link to photos. Thursday we were able to pick up a batch of food in Amsterdam. All together great result. Attila from the farm in Marghita was able to send a trailer full of potatoes and vegetables to Cristi in Botosani. It was unloaded there on Saturday, most of it will go to Ukraine in a very short period of time. Here is the link to photos. Reghina from Ticau started cooking...

We succeeded, the production of 5,000 food packages has been successfully completed! Tuesday, March 7, a group of volunteers has been busy putting all products in the right place, placing the roller conveyor, etc.etc. Children of a youth club of the Reformed Church in BOL have already made 200 at the beginning of the evening. On Wednesday I put the dots on the I and on Thursday 9 March the real work started. About fifty helpers came, despite the bad weather and the cancellation of people who had contracted a respiratory infection. On Friday, March 10, even more people came to help and the job was done before lunch. A small group cleaned up after lunch and then everyone went home with a satisfied feeling. It ran like a well-oiled machine in a pleasant atmosphere. It is always a bit exciting whether enough helpers come. That was the case again, unnecessarily, because of wind and weather people came to help. Despite the slipperiness also four from Friesland. Thanks to everyone for their c...

The past week was all about preparations for the packing campaign for Easter packages on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 March. If you know how necessary food is for our target group, we are happy that we were able to stretch the budget for purchasing food a little. In addition, we have received good batches of food from companies and institutions in our network. Five thousand beautiful packages can now be made. So together we can make a lot of people happy with a food package. Next Thursday and Friday it's time, we're going to pack again and make it fun days. We can still use helpers. On Wednesday, March 1, additional auxiliary troops also arrived to sort clothes and pack them into boxes. A tough job with a good result. For the rest there were collection jobs again and we started preparing for the packages action. The five thousand empty boxes for the packages were brought by the Dozenhal from Ermelo. On Thursday, March 2, the first truck arrived with the foodstuffs that go into the ...