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SOMETHING FOR ROMANIA is a charity registered in Our efforts are now concentrated (but not to the exclusion of other organisations and individuals) on raising money to support Fundatia Crerstina Diakonia, a Romanian charity, and homecare provider. In tandem with Diakonia we were instrumental in setting up a palliative care service for serious and terminally ill patients in 2007. Nursing care is provided in the homes of patients by a team of professionals, which include a doctor, nurses and a social worker. Salaries for some staff and other expenses for palliative care are met by SFR. Staff salaries are being increased so that we can compete with those being paid in State hospitals and this of course means that we have to work harder to raise the funds necessary to expand slowly, employ more staff and in turn care for more and more patients. A very small percentage of the cost of palliative care is funded by the ‘health insurance’ system. |
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During the first 12years we focused on taking
lorry loads of relief aid to
Conditions in the countryside are also primitive, with animals still being used for cultivation. We have provided agricultural supplies, seed, implements and a Ferguson 35 tractor. A sectional building for use as a store by a Romania charity has also been delivered. |
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Lachie MacLeod was born on the Isle of Skye. He
came to Glasgow in 1965 and became a policeman in 1970. He
is now retired, having served for more than 30 years, the last 15 of
which were spent patrolling the M8 through Glasgow. He is a committed
Christian, and now devotes his time to Something for Romania
Lachie was awarded the MBE in 1996, in recognition of his charity and police work. |
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While we have a duty to provide for the physical needs of the poor we also have a greater duty to provide for their spiritual wellbeing. To be asked for a Bible by a woman, with tears flowing down her cheeks, is a moving experience and one not readily forgotten! The provision of Gospel literature and Bibles is therefore a very important part of the Charity's work in a country where there is a real hunger for God's Word. |
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Much of the hundreds of tonnes of aid we have delivered has been
medical equipment and supplies for hospitals which are chronically
short of essentials. While we buy new equipment with the funds we
raise, we also collect used items. Hospital equipment, which is
obsolete or not up to standard for use in this country can make a big
difference in Romania. We have delivered
used mattresses, wheelchairs, monitors and even x-ray equipment donated
from British hospitals. Our efforts have been concentrated on a group
of hospitals in Cluj Napoca, the capital city of Transylvania, and in
Brasov, a city famous for its winter sports facilities. 
Lachie
started collecting relief aid for Eastern Europe in 1987 after hearing
of the conditions there from a minister friend and set up this
registered charity in 1990. Much of his free time and holidays since
then have been dedicated to the cause. He runs "Something for Romania"
from his Dunbartonshire home with the support of his wife, Isabel,
daughters Lorna and Lorraine, and an enthusiastic band of friends.
© Something for Romania 2002-2009