Moldova – Soup Kitchen

Background

• Moldova is Europe’s poorest country, 4.4m residents average earnings 1/40th of those in the UK.
• Social infrastructure is basic: 1% of rural households have an indoor bathroom and 4% have sewage and running water systems. Life expectancy is 11 years less than in the UK.
• Outside of Chisinau there is widespread poverty and unemployment (as high as 80% in some areas).
• 1 in 4 men leave the country to find work elsewhere and many children are sent to ‘orphanages.’
• People trafficking, alcoholism and corruption are also major problems.

We want to help provide the following:-

• New Soup Kitchen – To provide more hot meals and improve facilities
• Provide a combine harvester to harvest the food needed for the soup kitchen and to be able to improve the food value – now it is only possible to give soup and a meal of rice/potatoes and vegetables
• To feed more people. At the moment (spring/summer) about 50 people (including a few housebound and bedridden) are fed on average, the number going up to 100 in the winter. The President of the Association of War Wounded has been in touch, asking for help with the house/bed bound victims.

If you would like to support this project please contact us on 01903 529333 or info [at] linkromania [dot] co [dot] uk

                    Albania - Childrens Playground

The charity works in villages around the area of Dedje in the very northern part of Albania. In the the villages we work in:-

78% have 4-9 people living in their house
96% have no running water
89% do not have their own well
85% walk between 0.5km – 1km to get water
90% monthly income is less than £100 a month

One of the families biggest worries is for their children. The schools are bad and there is no-where to play.  We want to construct a childrens playground for 3yrs to 12 year olds. 

CAN YOU HELP ONE OF THESE PROJECTS?  If you feel you can then please do contact us on 01903 529333 or at info [at] linkromania [dot] co [dot] uk or donate on line