30 December 2009

Happy New Year 2010!

2009 is about to end. It was a year when the charity accomplished many things and the people from Mina and Vulcan are grateful for that. The hospital director texted me wishing a merry Christmas and a happy new year.
So do I, want to wish everyone a Happy New Year in 2010, and keep up the good work!

All the best to you and your families,

Istvan
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

23 December 2009

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone, from Brasov Romania!

21 December 2009

22.12.1989 - 22.12.2009

20 years of freedom in Romania. 20 years without Ceausescu or comunism. People died for it and blood was shed. We should be grateful for it.

20 December 2009

New tyres

This evening I bought 4 new winter tyres. The existing summmer tyres will be used  between spring until winter. They shall be fitted on tomorrow.

19 December 2009

Yesterday in the village

It is proper winter here. The Dacia could not go further, so stopped at the village center. Glad that helpers came and helped us taking the gifts up to the hospital.

Once arrived we distributed the gifts,and once again Karina gladly helped. The ladies got colored socks, the men black ones. Everybody was very grateful. Someone was asking for cigarettes, but understand immediatly that we don't have. After giving out, we went in towards some wards where the patients are in bed, who can not get up, and gave their presents. Met friendly figures like Simon, Costica, Afuza...

As you can see, the kitchen has now new steps. The decoration of the kitchen was not something extraordinary: They painted the walls and replaced a few broken floor tiles. The contractor has gone, no more money for major works. So the decoration of the new wards is now the responsability of the staff. Downstairs of the flat is very cold and the work goes on very slowly.


In this small room there is a very small radiator and windows not very good. They try their best...
And finally a picture taken before departure from the snowy hospital.

Photos of the gift distribution

Distributing the gifts for the patients and the Christmas cards



18 December 2009

Christmas presents

The Christmas presents and Christmas cards have been distributed today, for the patients. Photos will follow.

17 December 2009

Patients gifts are ready and food for hospital is delivered

Yesterday we have made the bags for the patients, especially Karina made them. These are the Christmas presents for all the patients. These will be distributed tomorrow at the hospital together with the Christmas cards. Each patient will get: 1 Christmas card, 1 pair of socks, 1Snickers chocolate, 1 kitkat chocolate wafer and one pack of biscuits. This is now ready, they are purchased from Carrefour.




Today we have been at the Metro from where we have bough food for the hospital: corn flower, bags of pasta, tomato sauce, liver paste, tins of fish, cooking oil, cheese, milk powder, lemons, vanilla sugar, yeast, cooking powder, turkish delight. The last ones are used at the hospital to make Christmas cake for the patients, and I am glad we contributed towards it. In addition I bought 2 boxes of soap (144 of them), as they had no soap left for the patients. The driver of the hospital came along and helped in the delivery of the food. Yesterday and this morning was snowing so driving had to be slowly.


11 December 2009

All Christmas cards have arrived

Now, all the Christmas cards have arrived and they shall be distributed next week.
Amadea is now in hospital, at the surgery.

10 December 2009

In the village

I have paid today the dentist in Vulcan, for the past months and than I went to Mina 1 Mai, where I met the head nurse and many other people. I got the list from the head nurse, what they want for Christmas, basically the same food plus soap. They have no soap left. Their request it was today that if I make individual bags for the patients as we used to, to reduce the sweets and include a pair of socks for each patient, as they do not have socks. I noted this, so next week I'll go shopping and make a food delivery and than each patient will get a goodie bag. The photos below were taken today.
                                         The main gate is now pink

The new sewing room today

The dining room is finished now


The new OT is functional

And this was the old sewing room from downstairs, it will be a ward

07 December 2009

Meeting with Damian Galvin

Today I had a meeting with Damian Galvin, a british citizen who is living for 2 years now in Brasov. He wrote some time ago to Peter Tolson offering his help towards the charity. I visited him today for almost one hour, I explained the work we did and do in the village, and he also informed me about his activity. It was a pleasant meeting. The place where he lives is in the same street where the green Eminescu hospital is, just a few houses further. They have an office near to the Brasov main square.

Than  I visited the garage and replaced the old electric rely with anew one for the car. Glad it was cheap, this time.
Later on I went to the post office and have received the package from John and Nona Hexter, including the postcards for the patients. A big thank you for them.