2001 Progress

Progress 12-08-01

The fourth team has arrived back. The stair well, small wards and the large ward have been decorated. Doors have been fitted to most of the rooms upstairs and a bathroom installed. The landing area has been decorated and a refreshment bar built in one corner. It’s looking good for a September opening!

The ex-library vehicle has been driven out to Constanta – not without adventure! The conversion into a mobile health unit will now be done at the hospice.

We are getting a good press in Romania: Telegraf article

Progress 06-07-01

The reception area has been completed!

Progress 19-06-01

The third team has arrived back. The entrance hall and reception area has been prepared, painted and decorated with splendid ‘Winnie The Poo’ characters. Upstairs, all rooms now have lighting and power and the installation of central heating is nearly complete. Doors have been fitted, walls prepared and a start made on the decoration of the small wards for the very sick children. We met some of the orphaned children.

Progress 01-06-01

The second team has arrived back. They managed to complete the consulting rooms downstairs – doors fitted, walls tiled and everything painted.

We’ve had a great response to the sale of plastic bags and their return loaded with toiletries, needed for the mobile health unit. Look what a primary school in Berkshire achieved!

Progress 15-05-01

The Samaritan Purse trailer, loaded with essential materials for our next phase of the work in the hospice, left for Constanta on Saturday (12^th May).

Progress 02-05-01

The first team has arrived back. They made great progress!

The ceilings and electrics were completed in the consulting rooms downstairs – look, the lights even work!

Upstairs they constructed the partitions to form the wards.

Meanwhile the local labour (part funded by us) is making good progress on tiling the reception area floor.

You can just make out the boiler for the hot water supply and central heating – it gets down to minus 20 deg in the winter!

Progress 12-04-01

The ‘boys’ in Constanta having been working hard on preparation work for the team arriving on the 23^rd April.

Some of the consulting room partition walls are now up.

Meanwhile the Hungarian government has now agreed to let the Samaritan Purse trailer through to Romania. We have bought loads of tiles etc., which will be driven out in this trailer.

Progress 06-04-01

On Monday 9^th April, Ron will start fixing all the partitions for the consulting rooms, ready for the April team, who will be putting in the electrics.

Floors are being prepared in the consulting rooms area.

Ron has all the major pipes in as far as he can go until the walls are up.

He has been doing all the floors on the first floor, to get all the wet jobs done, so as not to affect the plaster board and the ceilings.

BA have agreed to give us a special price for our air tickets to Romania

Progress 16-03-01

Vehicle for mobile health centre purchased: details

Progress 13-03-01

Central heating boiler fitted.

Two large storage rooms in cellar plastered.

Clinic floor laid.

Progress 26-02-01

Holes for drains and temporary radiator fitted to dry out clinic.

Main pipes for radiators.

New drains for toilet and wash basins.

New main hot and cold water pipes and drains for clinic, kitchen, main hall, ladies and gents toilets and cleaning store.

Progress from June to December 2000

Wall upstairs removed ready for build of bedrooms.

Wall removed to enlarge kitchen.

Outside plastering repaired.

All windows double-glazed.