We have come a long way
After thirteen years of bringing humanitarian aid from UK and distributing it to individuals and organizations Hope Carriers became a registered charity in Romania.
A new development of the work came in October 2007 when Hope Carriers Romania was able to rent a property in a village next to Oradea, which is the capital city of Bihor county in Romania. The goods are being stored here prior to distribution to schools, orphanages and individuals. Surplus goods are being sold in order to fund the trucks coming from England and to enable work to be given to local Christians who are developing new networks to help establish and maintain the work to meet the needs of future generations.
The next stage of the vision necessitated Hope Carriers Romania to create a company in order to provide income for the increasing number of projects that are necessary to meet the growing needs. The people employed by the company are the people that were formerly unemployed. At the moment the Company is working on a commercial basis but we intend to develop a workshop, some greenhouses and a kindergarten that will provide not just training and jobs for the people in the area but will give them a new vision of their own future. The people employed by the company are mostly from assisted families, who without our help would have a very low-standard of living. The profit that the Company generates will be transferred to the Charity to initiate and support other projects, which are part of our ongoing vision to help a wider group of people.
Hope Carriers Trust in UK and in Romania.
useful domestic items, furniture, etc. B) Bought a piece of land in Medias and built a house on it to give respite for children with AIDS, many of whom had been thrown out by their families afraid of HIV. This is now run locally under a trust. C) Rented a large property with two and a half acres of land and good buildings. A shop, workshop to enable men to refurbish furniture sent from UK and make it available in Oradea at reasonable cost. It provides the men with income for their families. An orphanage will be set up for 12 children but this is now in abeyance as the building needs to be updated. The eventual aim is for the whole setup to be self-supporting. The property costs a lot per year to rent, but it can be purchased outright when £100,000 has been donated.. D) Supplied chairs, organs and tables for several missionary churches/schools. Equipment for camping expeditions in the mountains was also provided. E) Provided funds, clothing, etc. for several Romanian orphanages. F) Supplied all the heating equipment for a Bible College in rural Romania. G) Provided the equipment for a kindergarten, with about 100 children, in Ineu and also equipment for kindergartens in several missionary schools. H) Given food and clothing to the poorest of the poor. J) Provided a new roof for the home of one family. K) Opened two shops, so giving work and income to people and making clothes, etc. available at affordable prices to the poor - or for free if they have nothing. L) Recently refurbished a very needy home: supplying a wood-burning cooker, carpets, chairs, table, pram, food and clothes, etc. M) Supplied medicine for one man (Adrian) and later paid for his funeral. N) Supplied a wood-burner and wood for a family with nothing. Also food and clothes, etc P) Supplied Bibles and children’s books in Romanian to a number of schools Alao, paper, pens, etc. Q) Obtained in UK a shunt (£350) so that a baby (Jerusalem) who had hydrocephalous could be treated in a Romanian hospital where shunts were not available. Jerusalem is now doing well. R) Helping some of the poorest people in Hereford. S) Sent one container of valuable medical equipment to a Mission Hospital in the Congo. T) Flown medical equipment, including very expensive anaesthetic machines, recently to Haiti to help injured earthquake victims. V) Since the Trust was registered as a charity in 2001. The total income has been approximately 200,000 £ thousands?, all of which has been used for the prime purposes of the Trust, helping people and children in desperate need. No significant sums of money are held in Bank or Building Society accounts.The Trustees believe in trusting for money to be donated by generous donors as they feel led to help, thus providing for every need that may arise. Administration costs are extremely low, almost all money donated is used for the work of the charity W) The Herefordshire Council has made available temporary accommodation in Hereford where a Food Bank, Furniture Bank and Clothing Bank has been set up in readiness for despatch of the items to meet needs.as they arise. The Hope Carriers Trust is based at 25 Mill Street, Hereford HR1 2NX Tel./Fax 01432 274724 The charity can make very good use of money, clothes and household items such as cutlery, china, cooking and kitchen equipment, also furniture. Please remember this vital work and help when you can. The Trust is soundly based on Christian principles and has experienced amazing answers to prayer through the years.
PROGRESS
In the past ten years, up to May 2010, the Hope Carriers Trust has:-
A) Sent large trucks to Romania every few months, laden with food, clothes,
U) Recently bought a 14.5 ton secondhand van in Germany to keep in Romania to help the work of the Trust there. When shipments of clothes, etc. are ready in the UK, it can be driven over to collect them. This should save up to £1,000 per round trip.
X) DVDs showing some of the needs and the work in Romania are available. for people kind enough to make donations.