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“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.”

We will be going to Romania in December to take part in the Cry In The Dark - Christmas Shoebox Trip. 

Cry In The Dark have built a residential care home called Casa Lumina for 22 young people with special needs. 

Cry In The Dark have also built a hospice called Hospice Casa Albert and this provides care for 50 + children and young adults with life-limiting or life-threatening illnesses.

* We will be Delivering shoeboxes to the homes of patients and their famillies.

Video for 2011/2012 Link Romania Family Shoebox Appeal

Many of these families do not have running water, heating or electricity. Some live in appaling conditions, often living in one or two rooms, and life for them is a real struggle to survive.

The shoeboxes are given to families who often have to make the choice between buying food or fuel at Christmas time - buying presents is just not a priority.
A donation of £5.00 / £10.00 will go towards the purchase of small presents (necklaces and bracelets) for all the children that we will see.

We will be visiting patients in a state run asylum

The 100+ patients in the State instititution rarely have visitors and love to see us when we visit.

A small donation of £5.00 will go towards buying cakes and sweets for the patients .. a real treat for them and something they will be very grateful for.

We will visit orphans and terminally ill children.

The bigger the donation, the more opportunity we have to purchase some great presents for the children.

On a previous trip out to Romania, a friend donated £100 and I used that donation to purchase a bicycle for a child with a life threatening illness who had never owned any toys, let alone a bicycle ( it had always been their wish to own a bicycle ).

I  will never forget that childs reaction to receiving that present.  He was completely amazed .. and grinning from ear to ear !

We will also run a Christmas party for some of the children and be involved with the annual nativity play at Casa Lumina.

We want to make Christmas special for some children in Romania who otherwise would not receive anything in the way of presents, let alone the simple things like a hug or a smile.

For some terminally ill children, this may be their last Christmas .. we want to make it special for them and to let them know they are loved and valued.

We are very grateful for any amount that is donated and we can assure you it will be put to good use in buying presents and providing a lot of joy for those who we get to see.

Thank you
 

Rob, Julie and Daniella

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Cry in the Dark was established in 1998. In 2000 it built and opened a home for 24 children with special needs in Comanesti Romania. Casa Lumina is a home for life for these children who are now fast becoming young adults. At Casa Lumina the young people are treated with respect and receive the care and stimulation that each young person requires. Cry in the Darks second project in Romania is The Hospice Casa Albert project (Albert's House) and is providing community palliative care to a growing number of children and young people with incurable physical conditions with poor life expectancy, for example, childhood cancers or Leukaemia, congenital conditions such as muscular dystrophy, and HIV/AIDS and TB.

Donations 22

Bless you

Donation by D+N on 07/12/11

£50.00

+ £12.50 Gift Aid

Bless you all for your work there

Donation by Mark Oliver on 02/12/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Always happy to help mate :) Very well done for doing this fantastic charity :)

Donation by Nicky Frendo-Cumbo on 29/11/11

£5.00

what a fantastic thing that you are doing and as a whole family. I hope the trip blesses you all as much as it will bless them....I'm sure it will !

Donation by Zena Johnson on 28/11/11

£20.00

Donation by Anonymous on 28/11/11

£200.00

+ £50.00 Gift Aid

Well done Rob From all at Burgess Hill

Donation by Terry on 14/11/11

£200.00

+ £50.00 Gift Aid

Donation by Anonymous on 13/11/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

All the best Rob,from all of us at Hove.

Donation by Peter West on 03/11/11

£200.00

+ £50.00 Gift Aid

Happy to help xxx

Donation by Lucy Tring on 03/11/11

£5.00

Good Luck x x

Donation by Emma Twigg on 02/11/11

Donation by Sadie South on 01/11/11

£5.00

+ £1.25 Gift Aid

Well done!

Donation by A Haq on 01/11/11

Donation by Flynn Pharma Head Office on 01/11/11

£50.00

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Nadolig Llawen x Zoe

Donation by Zoe Wade on 01/11/11

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Donation by robbie sharma on 01/11/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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Donation by Sally Williams on 01/11/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

Good luck ,hope you reach your target.

Donation by Bina Suralia on 01/11/11

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Good luck. Praying u reach ur target & get to help many on ur trip. Much love Jackie carl & the watts kids

Donation by Jackie Watts on 01/11/11

£20.00

+ £5.00 Gift Aid

Good luck Rob. Kate

Donation by Kate Howard on 27/10/11

Best wishes

Donation by Bernhard van Woerden on 26/10/11

£20.00

Best of luck with your trip and I hope you raise lots for the children. Ann

Donation by Ann Wheeler on 26/10/11

£10.00

+ £2.50 Gift Aid

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A very worthy cause that everyone at ESP is pleased to support . Many thanks for your invaluable efforts over the past 10 years !

Donation by Andy Clements - CEO on 26/10/11

£250.00

Donation summary

  • * Online donations$2,133.11
  • Offline donations$455.47
  • Text donations$0.00
  • Total raised$2,588.57
  • Gift Aid$400.43

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