Dear friends,
Many of you may not be aware of what is happening in Romania as we speak. Heavy snow fall for nearly 2 weeks, low temperature down to -34.5C and really strong winds have brought snow built up to 6-8m or even more in some areas, specially in the county where I come from, Vrancea. Many people, especially old and children are trapped in their remote houses in hundreds of villages. Snow is well above the roof. Hundreds of roads are closed. 79 people died so far. There is a massive risk of flooding once the snow gets melted, that will be another cause to worry about! Thousands of houses are damaged and nearly collapsing.
As a Romanian at my origins and trough the ROMANi ONLiNE forum I founded 8 years ago I have decided that I must help as much as I can.
Therefore, as of yesterday 14th of February 2012 I have started a fund raising campaign with the aim of collecting at least £5000.00. In less than 24 hours we've managed to raise nearly £3000! I will personally travel to Romanian next Monday for a week and buy food, drinks, blankets and whatever else we may find necessary once we get there. 2 other voluntaries will join me to Romanian and at least 5 others that are already there.
With the permission from the 350z-UK Forum administration I would kindly ask you for your support!
Here are some quick facts about the campaign:
HOW LONG WILL THE FOUND RAISING LAST?
14th - 21st of February 2012
WHAT AREAS OF ROMANIA?
Villages from Vrancea county, Eastern Romania
WHEN EXACTLY WILL YOU BE THERE AND FOR HOW LONG?
21st-26th of February 2012
HOW CAN WE HELP?
a) Donations by bank transfer or by PayPal. There is no to little or to big, anything will matter once we get in Romania!
INTERNATIONAL:
ADRIAN CHERCIU
SWIFTBIC BARCGB22
IBAN GB22 BARC 2011 7420 1759 35
FROM UK
ADRIAN CHERCIU
SORT CODE: 20-11-74
ACCOUNT NO: 20175935
PAYPAL:
CLICK HERE ---> PAYPAL
PLEASE NOTE: Use REFERENCE: SNOW2012
HOW CAN I TRUST YOU?
a) I have been running charity campaigns in 2006, 2007, 2008. Unfortunately all the texts are in Romanian, but there are lots of photos and videos here to back this: PREVIOUS CAMPAIGNS
We will be documenting every little expense and also take lots of photos and videos which will be publicly made available on our return.
ORIGINAL THREAD ON THE ROMANIAN FORUM
WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN ROMANIA?
VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccI4Br7IqJQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuQXwR4BsIg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tdbe9uuJmA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll_dkeLzi4A
NEWSPAPERS:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17036988
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/1 ... -1.1022667
http://www.chron.com/news/article/Snow- ... 321643.php
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/ ... 53092738/1
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/eur ... story.html
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... =146799351
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/cap ... _blog.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/2 ... 33253.html
http://www.local10.com/weather/Emergenc ... fhxqf2z/-/
Many thanks for your support!