The Romanian Aid Foundation & Asociatia Neemia

In south Wales donations of clothing have been arriving by the van-load. Meanwhile, the Horley team also has received plenty to keep them busy. Both teams have worked together to prepare the final load for this year which we expect to dispatch on 16th December from Billingshurst. The final day for packing this year will be 15th December and the warehouse will close after the departure of the lorry on the following day. Our usual programmes will restart on the first weekend of January.

We want to say ‘Thanks and God be with you’ to Nunu (photo below right) who will be moving on after several years helping with the preparation of the boxes at Horley. Nunu started helping when we had the garage in the centre at the back of the Court Lodge estate, so that is a good few years. He lived opposite, he turned up to see what we were doing, and stayed; he makes up the empty boxes, seals the full ones and generally helps. His last day with us will be Friday the 15th December, he will be missed.

At Horley the final packing session for this year will be on 15th December, our warehouse at Billingshurst will close after dispatching the lorry the following day. We expect to resume our normal programmes on the first weekend of the new year.

At Casa Neemia we have installed the donated solar panels and have bought an invertor and smart meter, and we have been able to reduce the electricity bills by a worthwhile amount. We are waiting on the necessary connection and approvals which will allow Casa Neemia to contribute our surplus back into the local grid supply.

The house is full once again as several people who were able to get summer jobs have returned for the winter. We have plenty of fruit and vegetables from the gardens, thanks to the efforts of the residents earlier in the year.

We have again this year received funding to purchase additional food for the most needy of our registered families. We will prepare gift bags containing a mixture of essential groceries and a few luxuries, together with some firewood where appropriate. This will be a very busy time for the AN staff in Dorohoi.

Throughout the year we have received donations of stationery, educational materials and assorted types of paper and card. These are very popular with Kindergarten teachers, in particular at this time of year, who use the materials to help them prepare their class activities.

This month’s featured photos

• Preparing the next load
• Resources

Last month’s statistics

Stats notes:
– Joiners are new registrants this month, Leavers are are those whose latest recorded donation was 12 months ago.
– Some households may receive more than one donation during a month (eg, repeat donations of food).
– Items shown as 0 or as “…” are awaiting final returns for the month.

 
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