Foundation Promotie / Aid Transports to Romania

Monday 25 July we visited Jozsi Mucui from Asociatia Ichtys. Jozsi runs a soup kitchen in Tirgu Mures, among other things, for children who live there in the Velea Rece district. Thanks to the efforts of Henk Muller and Viorel, we were able to waterproof the roofs of quite a few huts in this district a few years ago. Aid supplies also go here through Henk and Viorel, the living conditions in this district are not decent. Growing up in this neighborhood, Jozsi has been running this soup kitchen for seventeen years, providing about 200 children with a meal every day. They come to the gate with a pan or something similar, they hand it in and get it back filled with a meal. Some run with it “home” and others eat it on the spot. You have to see it to believe that this is still necessary in our EU in 2022. Jozsi receives support from the ORA foundation from Austria for this. Here is the link to the ORA website. Until recently, he also ensured that about thirty children were washed and given ...

Just a short report of the trip that Nico and I are making to Romania, which started on Monday 18 July with a flight from Eindhoven to Debrecen. At the time of writing this it is Sunday July 24th and we are at Csaba and Imola in Breaza. Tuesday 19 July we had good conversations with Attila the manager of the farm in Marghita, we stayed there in the beautiful guest house. The farmers in Romania are having a hard time, the price of diesel oil, fertilizer and labor costs are skyrocketing. The persistent hot and dry weather causes many crops to fail. In any case, thanks to Attila's craftsmanship, the harvest of wheat and rapeseed was successful. The wheat even very well 1.025 tons set a new record. The rest of the crops have to wait. Vegetables and potatoes are reasonably successful thanks to the irrigation system with water from the lake. Without this possibility, vegetable cultivation is impossible. Here is the link to photos We had a good time there again. Wednesday 20 July we went ...

Cristi started cleaning up the fire damage and installing a new roof in Botosani last Monday 11 July with a team of sixteen. This was successful, the building is watertight again. The wooden beams have been replaced, just like the wooden roof decking, a layer of foil has been stretched over it, making it waterproof. New roof panels were not immediately available and the budget does not yet allow for this investment. Thanks to a number of generous donations from people who wanted to help, St. Promotion was able to transfer another € 1.500,- . Thank you very much for this! The bank statement shows the name of the giver and not the address. It is therefore not always possible to thank everyone personally. Here is the link to photos of the restoration work. On Monday 11 July, the truck we had loaded with mainly goods from the Vomar was unloaded in Botosani. The first delivery van from the Ukraine was loaded almost immediately and these items were brought to the Ukraine. This was repeated l...

Heerhugowaard and Langedijk have merged into the new municipality of Dijk en Waard. In this context, there will be, among other things, new walking routes containing plastic tiles with photos and images of associations and foundations. A QR code will also appear in the tile, after scanning this with your smartphone, a video about the activities of this club will appear. Atelier Six will carry out this project. On Tuesday 5 July, Rien Bakker from Atelier Zes came to visit to make a film about our work. Click here to view the preview. The same morning Wim Bos from Weesp brought a number of pallets of food and a pallet with booklets about the gospel in the Ukrainian language. Via Cristi from Botosani, they go to an organization in the town of Volovăţ, not far from the border with the Ukraine. Wednesday, July 6, we loaded the goods made available by the Vomar, as I wrote in the previous blog, these are destined for the Ukraine. Supplemented with goods from our own stock, it has become a be...

On Wednesday 29 June we were able to put together a nice cargo with destination Breaza. From here it goes to a very diverse group of aid workers in the region. Imola and Csaba's network has expanded considerably over the years, which is a great development. Loading went smoothly and at 1 pm the Romanian truck and trailer left for Romania, it was the thirtieth load of relief goods we have shipped this year. The pick-up jobs were also finished at about 2 pm, good that there were quite a few volunteers again, it all went very smoothly. Here is the link to photos. The truck was unloaded on Saturday morning in Breaza, fortunately early in the morning because the temperature in Romania during the day is uncomfortably high, sometimes above 40 °C !! That is not healthy for humans and animals. The farmers are also anxiously waiting for rain, many crops are in bad shape due to the persistent drought. Here is the link to photos. Elena from Urmenis asks for support for her sandwich program dur...

Back from being away and one thing was clear upon return, the activities continued as usual. It is a blessing for our relatively small foundation that we can rely on so many committed volunteers. By the way, the motorcycle tour was a great experience, two years later than planned, the 350 participants could enjoy it. Seven days in a row, an average of 50 motorcyclists and a service car left to ride this beautiful six-day trip. Here the link to pictures for the motorcycle enthusiasts. On Wednesday 15 June, hard work had to be done, there were a lot of collection and clean-up jobs. For some volunteers it has become a bit late. On Wednesday 22 June we were able to put together a very nice load, a quarter of the trailer went to Reghina in Ticau and the rest to Botosani. All the remaining products that we were able to pick up at the PLMA fair in the RAI are now on their way. Via Cristi from the distribution point in Botosani, part will go to the Ukraine, for example to refugee camps there. ...

It doesn't look like the war in Ukraine is coming to an end anytime soon. The most horrible things happen and tens of thousands of people are injured or killed. Millions of people have fled the violence of war, all thanks to Vladimir Putin's delusions, it is and remains unimaginable. Ronald Wolthuis of the Phoneo foundation from Reghin sent a few videos of aid transports that he was able to organize. It also gives an impression of what is going on there. Here is the link to these videos. The HiRF Foundation helps where possible mainly through the extensive network of churches. Max also sent a video of how it works there. Here is the link to the video. Jan Pilkes of the Caritas Ukraine-Holland Foundation sends truckloads full of relief supplies to the Ukraine every week. Due to his many years of cooperation with Charitas in this country, he knows the possibilities and impossibilities of this moment. On Tuesday they will load a trailer with relief supplies that will go to Nowa Od...