christmas 2024 photos
This page shows a selection of photos from the Christmas 2024 trip to Moldova.
Thank you goes to:
- Sri Sathya Sai Organisation – Region 2 for food and shoeboxes.
- Christchurch, Claton and St James Clacton for shoeboxes and clothing.
- Everyone at Sri Sathya Sai Organisation UK - Leicester
- Many many individuals – you know who you are.
- William Jackson Food Group for coordinating and completing shoeboxes.
- Ipswich Rotary Club for shoeboxes and a monetary donation towards fuel.
- Ipswich Inner wheel for shoeboxes and clothing
- Harwich Guild for shoeboxes
- Stuart Road Primary Academy, Plymouth for shoeboxes
- Old Buckenham School, Suffolk for shoeboxes
- 1st Hale Brownies, for shoeboxes
- Ipswich Scout Group.
- DVLC, scooter club Colchester for funding
- Harwich Cultural & Community Partnership for shoeboxes
- Trimley St Martin Primary for shoeboxes
- Billericay Town Rotary Club for shoeboxes
- Billericay Mayflower Rotary Club for monetary donations
- St. Mary Stoke Church and St Francis, Chantry, Ipswich for shoeboxes
- Harwich Cultural & Community Partnership for shoeboxes
- Howard Vyse Court residents for gift bags, food and monetary donations
- Clacton Motor Discount for shoeboxes.
- Colchester DVLC Scooter Club for monetary donation.
- Skanda Vale for food donations
- Vishal from UCH Logistics Ltd
- Harwich Dock Company for secure parking for the two lorries.
- Volvo UK for the recent free vehicle checks.
- P&O Ferries for the discount on crossings for the trip
We hope the pictures give you a flavour of the trip. The team took over 3000 pictures but just a selection has been chosen. The first set of photos shows hand delivering food parcels around villages, delivering beds and hand sanitiser, with the second set showing shoebox gifts.
Villages visited with shoeboxes and food:
- Zaluceni (planning for 2025 summer project)
- Vertiujeni (planning for 2025 summer project)
- Ghetlova
- Moara de Piatra (2024 project)
- Bursuceni (2024 project)
- Rispieni for the older person’s home and Bocsa for the childrens home
- UA centre in Balti and Mihaileni
Places where hand sanitiser was delivered:
- Mindresit Noi School
- Marinesti School
- Cotiujeni Mici School
- UA Centre, Balti
- Singeri Hospital
- Ghetlova school and older peoples home
- Moara de Piatra School
- Bursuceni School
- Orhei home for those the mental health needs
- Vertiujeni School
- Zaluceni School
- Ivancea School