january 2025 NEWS
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Happy New Year
This months news, provides an update on the last trip made to Moldova, at the end of December / early January. A team of 7 volunteers travelled in the two lorries and charities van. Over 1,040 shoeboxes were hand delivered to schools, Ukrainian children living in Moldova, and a children's home. As you will know, we also took pallets of hand sanitiser, which many of you sponsored, delivering them to schools, a hospital and care homes for the elderly. Huge thanks for all the sponsorship, making it possible to fund the lorry.
The team left on 28th December, and quite literally 5 minutes into the journey one of the lorries broke down. Luckily support was nearby and the team were back on the road within an hour and off to Dover to catch the ferry. The rest of the journey went without any mishaps, arriving into Moldova on 31st December ready for new years celebrations. Both the Moldovan and UK New Year were seen in (Moldova 2 hours ahead of the UK), with a bit of a lye in the next day, before heading out later in the day to see the older ladies at Casa Helen, in Risipeni and the Children at a home in Bocsa.
Each day following this, the team either travelled together to a school in their Christmas outfits and give shoebox gifts to the children, or on some days the team would split and hand sanitiser and food was delivered to other locations. A list of the all the villages we visited is on the photo page.
The weather was pretty mild, only dropping below zero degrees on a few occasions, and no snow arrived, which was unusual. The only snow encountered was in the Carpathian mountains in Romania on the return journey and a during the drive through Hungary.
This months news, provides an update on the last trip made to Moldova, at the end of December / early January. A team of 7 volunteers travelled in the two lorries and charities van. Over 1,040 shoeboxes were hand delivered to schools, Ukrainian children living in Moldova, and a children's home. As you will know, we also took pallets of hand sanitiser, which many of you sponsored, delivering them to schools, a hospital and care homes for the elderly. Huge thanks for all the sponsorship, making it possible to fund the lorry.
The team left on 28th December, and quite literally 5 minutes into the journey one of the lorries broke down. Luckily support was nearby and the team were back on the road within an hour and off to Dover to catch the ferry. The rest of the journey went without any mishaps, arriving into Moldova on 31st December ready for new years celebrations. Both the Moldovan and UK New Year were seen in (Moldova 2 hours ahead of the UK), with a bit of a lye in the next day, before heading out later in the day to see the older ladies at Casa Helen, in Risipeni and the Children at a home in Bocsa.
Each day following this, the team either travelled together to a school in their Christmas outfits and give shoebox gifts to the children, or on some days the team would split and hand sanitiser and food was delivered to other locations. A list of the all the villages we visited is on the photo page.
The weather was pretty mild, only dropping below zero degrees on a few occasions, and no snow arrived, which was unusual. The only snow encountered was in the Carpathian mountains in Romania on the return journey and a during the drive through Hungary.
To view photos from the trip please see the photo album page.
please vote for teech
As a new year starts, we would like to ask you all to vote for TEECH on the Benefact, Movement for Good website. Any charity can be nominated, and once you have voted JUST ONCE, your vote is counted in all the prize draws during 2025. So please only VOTE ONCE.
Movement for Good - Nominate a charity for an award.
The first box of the vote, asks for the charity name. Type: Telecommunications into the box for it to then find TEECH. Charity number 1074765. Choose 'Health' as the charity type. Then fill in your own details and submit. Thank you in advance.
Movement for Good - Nominate a charity for an award.
The first box of the vote, asks for the charity name. Type: Telecommunications into the box for it to then find TEECH. Charity number 1074765. Choose 'Health' as the charity type. Then fill in your own details and submit. Thank you in advance.
For any donation please use the Wonderful platform link:
Telecommunications Eastern European Challenge | Wonderful.org
Thank you in advance, if you are able to contribute.
Telecommunications Eastern European Challenge | Wonderful.org
Thank you in advance, if you are able to contribute.
