It was a pleasure to meet many friends at the garden party and charity concert in Hämeenlinna. Eeva and Jarmo had again organized a wonderful party with lots of friends. “Thank you for allowing us to enjoy great music, togetherness and a coffee table in your beautiful orchard again. For all of us – about 60 guests – it was… Read more →
This is a travel report by the two friends Anne & Elfi, who have not been able to travel together for a long time because it was not possible due to the pandemic and time constraints. That’s why we were so happy to finally be able to travel together again for Eeva Huber’s work to Alba Iulia, Romania. The weather… Read more →
INVITATION to a charity concert in Hämeenlinna Sanna Matinniemi – Soprano Jenna Ristilä – Piano Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 6:00 p.m Church of Hämeenlinna, Finland The concert offers a varied program of spirituals & gospels, songs and Viennese operetta melodies. With the proceeds of the concert we would like to support the Jewish community of Chernivtsi, which in turn… Read more →
The rapeseed fields were blooming in the glorious sunshine and the colors made us think of Ukraine, to whose border we were on our way in mid-May 2023 to deliver a load of relief supplies. The day before we left, our new van was only half full, but thanks to donations from our Viennese friends, we were finally able to… Read more →
The trip was accompanied by Hannu Ylitalo, Andrei Roth and Päivi Taskinen for one day. This is the account of a trip by Finnish friends of Eeva Huber’s work to Budapest, the capital of Hungary, and to Oradea, which is in Romania. We were eight travelers, four from Hämeenlinna, two from Vaasa, one from Liperi and one from Parkano. The… Read more →
As with the first “Bridge of Friendship” concert in February 2016, the organizations FIDA International (mission and development aid organization of the Finnish Pentecostal Churches), American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Hungarian branch, MASZ alapitvány and HILFE und HOFFNUNG together to invite predominantly Jewish guests and Holocaust survivors to a concert by the Finnish singer Nina Åström at Budapest’s Bálint Ház… Read more →
On Tuesday, January 24, 2023, I made my way back to the Ukrainian border. This time I was traveling alone, so I took a little more time for the drive. This proved necessary as crossing the Carpathians took more time. In mid-December I received a call asking when I would be traveling to Ukraine to bring help. I answered, “Not… Read more →
Early Friday morning, November 4th, 2022, I met my wife Anita and Hannu Ylitalo in Budapest. After breakfast we drove to Romania in a van from HELP and HOPE. We arrived in Satu Mare just before noon. The former president of the Jewish community, Decsei Nicolae, welcomed us with his team in front of one of the city center hotels.… Read more →
At the end of October 2022, Leena Hakala and Anne Laine came to Vienna for a Hanukkah workshop. These two hardworking volunteers put together sixty attractive gift bags for the Jewish community of Rădăuți in eastern Romania. We also bought groceries for Ukraine. Leena and Anne report on their workshop experiences below: “When we first planned the Hanukkah gift packs… Read more →
At the beginning of September, I managed to combine a business trip with an aid transport to Oradea. Thanks to the HELP and HOPE team and a group of friends, we received a significant amount of clothes and shoes. Groceries such as flour, macaroni, sugar, coffee, tea, oil and chocolate were bought in a Viennese wholesale shop. Of course, hygiene… Read more →
