Sajina is a little Nepalese girl who needs a sponsor.  Just £22 will provide food, clothing and medical support.  These may seem like basics but they will transform her life.  Without a sponsor Sajina's future is bleak.

If you wish to sponsor Sajina please visit our website

 

Dear Val, Thank you and all the people from PaP who are working so hard to help us continue the work with people at Way Of Joy.  

With your great help, we immediately started to do repairs so that the canteen and medical centre can keep going.  We have started changing all pipes from the most important areas of the building and make new connections that will heat all the building!  

 

 

God Bless

Valentin

We would love to be able to complete the house in time for People against Poverty's 1st birthday in July.  Wouldn't that make those celebrations special!

If you can help then go to our website where you can make a donation.

 

       

Jon Gillam is a recent graduate from the University of Bristol who has joined us as Volunteer Child Sponsorship Coordinator.

He has already proved himself to be a real team player, reliable and able to come up with great ideas under pressure.  Talents well suited to working with People against Poverty!

With a passion for politics and current affairs it is unsurprising that Jon has an M.Sc. in International Relations. His interest in closing the gap between politics, the public and business means he is keen to pursue a career with corporations on issues of corporate social responsibility.

When he isn't job hunting or volunteering Jon likes to indulge his passion for sport and should it all go wrong he's the perfect man to play referee!

A very good morning to you!  We hope you are enjoying our new look newsletter and it is enabling you to fully understand exactly how our communities are working together in relieving poverty.  We would welcome any feedback you may have.

I hope you managed to stay warm through the coldest February since 1986.  What a contrast we experience in our beautiful country!  We experienced lows of -10 in some areas whilst hitting a high of 19 degrees in others.  We may have thought it got cold but in Romania temperatures plummeted to -28 with snow as deep as 12 feet in some areas.  That makes our 'extreme' weather seem rather mild!  The weather has resulted in many struggles for those we work with.  You can read about these in our project update which this month focuses on Romania.

I would like to thank you all for you continued support which comes in many ways.  One way you can really help is in spreading news of our work.  We ask that if you know of any family, friends or colleagues who you think would be interested in our work, or perhaps becoming a child sponsor, that you pass on this newsletter.  Just a few clicks could make all the difference!

Thank you 

For seven years Florenta has been living in a makeshift concrete out block, under the railway station.  Sharing her home with her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren there are 9 of them crammed into a small space trying to care for each other in the direst of circumstances. 

  

Just as the extreme weather hit Valentin and Raul, from Way of Joy, received news that Florenta had experienced a stroke but reaching her in 12 foot deep snow was impossible for 2 weeks. 

When they finally made it through she was lying on her bed, unable to do anything for herself, being cared for by her family.  Realising the situation was critical her son-in-law gently carried her in his arms to the waiting minibus where they embarked on a terrifying drive through the snow to the hospital. 

In Romania help comes at a cost, in this case £100.  It may not sound a lot but the Project team did not have it.  They called the UK and funds for medication were released to them.  Who knows what would have happened if they did not have this option available.   

The money for Florenta's medication came out of the General Fund.  Without this there would be no safety net for our Projects in times of crisis.  Last month when the heating system at the Way of Joy packed in there was not sufficient money in the General Fund to fix it. You donated a total of £2772.49 for us to resolve the problem for which the team in the UK and Romania thank you. 

Work at the Way of Joy is well under way with radiators and piping being laid.  However until everything defrosts the boiler cannot be installed.  The team, undeterred, have installed temporary heating which means the centre is open once more.  The medical centre is functioning and whilst it is too cold for the children to stay there to eat the canteen has been preparing take out meals for them.  Without your generosity this would not have been possible, and we would be hearing of more stories like that of Florenta.

We started Dobrovat House in 2006 and over the last 5 years you have raised a phenomenal £75,000.  Despite donations diminishing we have been able to continue meeting our build commitments, however we desperately need to raise £9,000 to install the sewage system and complete the house.  In February we received a donation of £1000 to start us off but need your help to reach our target.

Val Huxley CEO People Against Poverty

 

Bill Gates, he is not only a genius, he is kind, generous and caring.  He does lots of work for charitable organisations across the world.

 

Having a CSR policy plays a vital role for improving the image and success of my business. I also think it is important in business to maintaing good relations within the business world and CSR demonstrates our ability to do just hat.  We also want to give something back.

 

 

 

 Mine may not be a name or face many of you recognise, but it was a little over a year ago that I joined People against Poverty as Finance Officer. It didn't take me long to realise I had to fill very large shoes left behind by my two predecessors, Diana and Kirsten!