Volunteer ‘blitz’ improves rural community facilities in Romania
This was the first time the group had volunteered in rural communities where World Vision is undertaking development projects and they were welcomed by a group of kindergarten children in the traditional Romanian way- with bread and salt.
“The way the local people speak about World Vision makes us understand that World Vision is very much involved in community life. Today was an important day; we succeeded in bringing joy and happiness to these impoverished children, by helping with our volunteer work. We definitely want to come back here for a second time to help the community and its children,” said Diana Coroaba, coordinator for the team of volunteers for Jilavele village.
Children also had the opportunity to participate by attending a fair in which they could showcase and sell their handicrafts such as painted icons on wood and handicraft objects made with materials specific to rural households.
I was impressed by these people from this big company from Bucharest; it was very generous of them to be here and work for us without expecting anything else in return... By organising this fair World Vision’s Ialomita team strived to value the talents of the children despite the lack of their families’ financial means.
“I enjoyed participating in the children’s fair; I worked a lot for this fair and with the money I earned I’ll buy supplies to make other beautiful objects for the next fair. Most of all, I was impressed by these people from this big company from Bucharest; it was very generous of them to be here and work for us without expecting anything else in return,” shared 11-year-old, Andreea Cosmina C from Adancata village.
Apart from improving the communities’ facilities, this volunteer work also helped to inform professional, urban residents of the issues in rural areas and also showed local people the meaning of volunteer work.
The Mayors of the host communities thanked the volunteers from PricewaterhouseCoopers for their efforts that put smiles and hope on children’s faces. “For us you are a role model, an example to follow and this day is a lesson for us, people from Jilavele,” said the Mayor of Jiavele, Nicolae Stoene.
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“The way the local people speak about World Vision makes us understand that World Vision is very much involved in community life. Today was an important day; we succeeded in bringing joy and happiness to these impoverished children, by helping with our volunteer work. We definitely want to come back here for a second time to help the community and its children,” said Diana Coroaba, coordinator for the team of volunteers for Jilavele village.
Children also had the opportunity to participate by attending a fair in which they could showcase and sell their handicrafts such as painted icons on wood and handicraft objects made with materials specific to rural households.
I was impressed by these people from this big company from Bucharest; it was very generous of them to be here and work for us without expecting anything else in return... By organising this fair World Vision’s Ialomita team strived to value the talents of the children despite the lack of their families’ financial means.
“I enjoyed participating in the children’s fair; I worked a lot for this fair and with the money I earned I’ll buy supplies to make other beautiful objects for the next fair. Most of all, I was impressed by these people from this big company from Bucharest; it was very generous of them to be here and work for us without expecting anything else in return,” shared 11-year-old, Andreea Cosmina C from Adancata village.
Apart from improving the communities’ facilities, this volunteer work also helped to inform professional, urban residents of the issues in rural areas and also showed local people the meaning of volunteer work.
The Mayors of the host communities thanked the volunteers from PricewaterhouseCoopers for their efforts that put smiles and hope on children’s faces. “For us you are a role model, an example to follow and this day is a lesson for us, people from Jilavele,” said the Mayor of Jiavele, Nicolae Stoene.
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