At the beginning of the new year, we – Hannu, Anne and Andrei Roth – made a long trip to Romania. The main goal of this trip was to meet friends we had not seen for years, but also to take relief supplies and personal gifts. We crossed the northern part of Romania from west to east – from Satu… Read more →
Love in shoe boxes After the Finnish service on Sunday 10/11, about 10 hardworking friends met to arrange useful things in shoe boxes and in the evening we were able to carry 96 beautifully wrapped gifts to our car. When we finally left, there were 125 packages in total. The gift packages were packed in large cardboard boxes and labeled… Read more →
At the invitation of Anne and Hannu Ylitalo, Janina Ilie from the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania came to Vienna for a long weekend at the beginning of June 2024. The highlights of her stay were a relaxed exchange over dinner with musical accompaniment on the electric piano by Andrei Roth, a trip to Kahlenberg including a panoramic view… Read more →
As many relief goods were donated, we decided to make a relief trip to the Ukrainian border. We only had three days, but we thought that would be enough, as we had no other appointments than the delivery of the goods at the Ukrainian border in Radauti. This time the cargo included food, washing powder, clothes, baby food, diapers, mattresses,… Read more →
A furniture donation was the reason to travel again to Oradea, Romania (located right on the Hungarian-Romanian border) at the end of April 2024 and to support people2people (https://people2people.ro) with various relief supplies. This service mainly takes care of Roma children, i.e. children’s clothing was a priority alongside the furniture, including a desk. So a friend was contacted who had… Read more →
Pesach, the Jewish festival of Passover, is celebrated for seven days (eight days in Romania), according to Leviticus 23:5-6. This year it took place from April 22nd to 30th. On the first two days, the Seder meal is eaten and the Haggadah is read, which tells of the liberation of the Jews from Egyptian slavery under the leadership of Moses.… Read more →
In March we (Anne and Elfi) set off on the long journey to the Ukrainian border. This time we took around 600 kilos of relief supplies, including toilet paper, 80 kilos of washing powder, clothes, socks, around 70 kilos of cat and dog food, 100 kilos of food, dishes, a stroller and a baby carrier. In addition to the cash… Read more →
The hospital “Spitalul Judetean de Urgenta Satu Mare” (Satu Mare County Emergency Hospital), with which we have been in contact for some time, has contacted us again to ask if we could help them set up their pediatric ward. Various craft materials, tables and chairs were needed for the little patients. We were very happy to be able to send… Read more →
With the help of a Jewish friend living in Bucharest, socks knitted in Finland could be distributed in the Dolj and Teleorman districts (southwest of Bucharest). Our friend had visited elderly people in these areas a month earlier and sent us an urgent call for help. She asked us to send her these wonderful, warm wool socks from Finland. Many… 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 →
