Just received a great set of photos from Iacob – the Grassroots home buillding project director in Romania. This is his email: Hi Sharon, Here are some pictures from Sanmihai where Grassroots has built the latest home. In Sanmihai the Mayor approve to be build on the same places where was the old house so […]
4 more families in cosy homes this winter
It was great to get an email from Iacob this week to tell us the four new houses for very poor families in Romania which we commissioned in the summer will all be secure, warm and dry homes for their families this winter. This was his message: Hi, In the last days of november the […]
Transforming Romania – a video about this year’s team..
Great record of the recent Grassroots team visit to Romania and the partners we serve with both over there and here in the UK. About half the team this year are part of “Equippers Church” from Chertsey. This video was prepared to show to the church during their Sunday services. Many people in the church […]
Shocking Squalor that can be changed – Romania 2015
This whole group of houses is in a terrible state. Grassroots tries to build or rebuild 3 or more homes a year in Romania. These are for families living in a country that spends 3/4 of the year either soaking or freezing and living in houses held together by plastic sheeting and nails randomly […]
Two houses in Romania – families settled in time for winter
Two emails and photos from Iacob: Here is some pictures from Viile Tecii and a small video clip with family singing. The project was completed. In the last week of november they was moved into the new house. They are extremely happy and very grateful. When you told me that you can finance this […]
The house that fell with one touch – REBUILT!
These are the pictures that Iacob sent today of the house that fell down: Here is pictures from Bistrita, Barte family. The construction had to be greater than our model because there is a minimum size for houses in the town (it was the same like this in Viisoara if you remember). Our partners for […]
Help us build a home for this family
Part of what Grassroots does is raise money to rebuilt houses in Romania for families that are desperately in need… and in danger of the roof over their heads falling on them. Here are pictures of the next house we want to demolish and rebuild as a home that is warm, dry and safe. Also […]
Demolition of Romanian house ready for next build
While we were in Romania we went to see a house that was in a very poor state. A family lives there – father, mother and two children (both of whom are sponsored on the Romanian child sponsorship scheme). We decided the rebuild could not wait until next year so said to Iacob he should […]