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Supporting orphans in Romania
Younite volunteers assist Kenyan
family after house fire

Volunteers gather supplies to send out to Romanian orphans, from
left, Kerry Paterson, Marion Jeffels, Gloria McLean-Anderson, Jean
Gibbons, Tony Abrams and Claire Robinson Swindon based charity Younite nothing.
has assisted a Kenyan family who Thanks to Younite volunteers, the
Abbey Meads resident Marion they regularly abandon children suffered a house fire in October. organisation was able to provide
Jeffels has dispatched a huge leaving them in look-out huts in the The outreach project provides the family with a new home and
quantity of clothing and footwear mountains hoping bears and wolves opportunities for people to belongings, something that, in any
to an orphanage she supports in will take them. Bojte Csaba provides volunteer directly at two schools other circumstances, would take
Romania. hope for a more positive future. for orphans in Kenya. them years to regain.
Throughout the year her garage “I pay for fresh fruit weekly for To date over 200 volunteers, who Without people directly
and house has filled up with boxes children in his Szovata home. The do everything they can to fundraise supporting these schools Younite
to be sent to the St Francis Of Deva clothes I buy and collect and send for the projects, have been out to would not have been in a position
Foundation Children in Romania. are for over 40 children in Ghimes- Kenya with Younite. to respond so quickly.
Set up by Franciscan monk Bojte Faget in the Bacau region. In October the organisation had If you would like to assist further
Csaba, the foundation raises money “In June I visited the home with some sad news regarding a family with Younite Outreach, get in
globally and houses thousands of Apple laptops, a pressure cooker who live in the slum area near contact through their website:
orphaned Hungarian and Romanian and toys for the children. I’m now Younite’s partner school Melon www.yoproject.org.uk
children in the Transalvanian region learning Hungarian and Romanian Mission. Due to an electrical fault Spaces are currently available
who don’t receive funding from the to help me communicate with their home and all their belongings on their two week Easter trip out
Romanian government. everyone there.” were lost in a fire. to Kenya and they are holding
Marion said: “Parents in Find out how to help by Thankfully the family, whose a fundraising ball on Friday 5
mountainous areas are poor and contacting Marion via her Facebook children all attend the school, were February at the Marriott Hotel in
education levels are low. Sadly page. unharmed but they were left with Swindon.

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