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Helping Moldova

Helping Moldova

Donations needed to transport supplies

Local volunteer, Andy Fitt, is looking for support to raise enough money to sponsor the delivery of a pallet of hand sanitiser to a school in Moldova over the Christmas period.

Andy has travelled to Moldova several times, as a volunteer with TEECH, an independent charity which aims to improve the lives of those living in Eastern Europe.  This summer, Andy travelled to two villages to help instal toilet and washing facilities in the schools. Currently less than a third of schools in the country have these facilities.

The Moldova Health Ministry has recently required all schools to provide hand sanitiser for staff and pupils - no doubt an important step in preventing health problems - but has not provided extra money to make this possible.  One of the schools which Andy visited has just £200 to cover soap, toilet paper and cleaning supplies for a whole year, so adding in the costs of hand sanitiser is a huge challenge.

TEECH has secured twenty pallets of hand sanitiser (donated by Rentokil) and is now raising money to finance getting those pallets to Moldova.  Costs to be covered include the ferry, road tolls, customs paperwork, diesel etc for the truck, with each pallet costing £200 to transport.

There is a collection jar for donations at Woodfalls Post Office.  If enough is raised to finance a pallet then it will be labelled as ‘a gift from Downton’.

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