2022 Winter Shoes Project

Dear friends,  

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Thank you for giving us the opportunity to bring joy and fulfill the needs for winter shoes  of 28 children in 7 families who live in 3 villages near Sibiu (Copsa Mica, Vurpar and  Talmacel). 

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Because the Christmas was an extremely busy time for our team, and because of the covid  restrictions (we could not go in a shoe store without the green certificate), we were able  to buy and distribute the shoes only in January.  

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We have gathered the lists with the children’s shoe size and ordered online almost half of  the shoe pairs. The other half we have bought from stores in our neighborhood.  

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We labeled the boxes with the name of the children and we went in their homes to  distribute the shoes. 

 

First we went to Vurpar where we have visited a family, and when we have reached their  home (in the evening), we saw that they had no electricity, and they spend their evenings  at the light of a spotlight / lantern, and that is how we made the dark pictures.  

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Another family in Vurpar had 7 children, living with only the mother, and the  grandmother. The grandmother which is old and sick impressed us very much. 

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In Talmacel, the children were very happy to see us and a parent, to show his gratitude,  gave us a gift: a bush-broom to each of us. 

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Thank you for caring, so these 28 children would have warm shoes this winter and next  winter as well, as many of them having little brothers will reuse them.  

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May you be blessed! 

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With gratitude, in children’s name, 

Olimpia Băbuţă, Lică Băbuţă, Andrei Vecerdea 

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We attach the pictures and a small video.