August 2024
bathroom project trip to moldova
bursuceni and moara de piatra

TEECH Volunteers travelled on a 4,000 mile round trip to Moldova, to create bathrooms in two village schools, Bursuceni and Moara de Piatra.

The team started in Bursuceni, which are the first set of photos below, and then moved to Moara de Piatra for the second half of the trip (second set of photos below). The pictures show the bathrooms being created, village life, along with food deliveries and the free clothes shop for the locals. 

​It was 35 degrees each day in Moldova, hence the limited clothing worn by volunteers!
 

TEECH would like to thank the following for donations and/or discounts on supplies:

• Tekflo – for a discount on hand driers
• BK Styr, Sweden for alot of electrical supplies
• Elite Truck and Trailer for support with MOT and servicing of the lorries
• SLP Autos for the free MOT and servicing of the Van
• John Grose, Ford, Ipswich for the loan of the minibus
  
• Alexander Cleghorn for the boarding used to create the dividing walls
• J Gard & Sons for the timber used to create the dividing walls
• Sri Sathya Sai Organisation for food and toiletry donations
• Skanda Vale for donations of food 
• Vishal at UCH logistics for aid picks ups and storage. 
• TIP trailer services for the continual loan of an artic trailer
• Billericay Rotary clubs along, with Barry & Jan Howe and Kevin Smith for donations and supporting one of the septic tanks. 
• Phil Turner for lots of bikes, to put a smile of children’s faces in Moldova
• Christchurch, along with St James/St Christophers of Clacton & Jaywick for children's gift bags and clothing 
• Kerron of Signs Made Easy, Clacton for the new signage on the trailer. 
• Ipswich Rotary Club for supporting the second septic tank.
• AAH Pharmaceuticals for further needles and syringes which were delivered to Nisporeni Hospital. 
• Shachihata (Europe) for the donation of pallets of pens which were donated to the schools and other institutions in Moldova