Three lorries filled with 66 tons of humanitarian aid food boxes and one fire engine left Chelmsford on 21st October 2008 for Bulgaria. One lorry went to Blagoevgrad in South West Bulgaria and two to Lom, North West Bulgaria. The following are the main headlines of the team’s visit (9-16 November) to oversee the distribution, find out what other needs might be met, and to bring back the pictures and reports: |
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All the food boxes were delivered to the central store house in the grounds of a vacant school. The boxes were counted and then distributed to local needy situations. |
| Token deliveries of boxes were made to the following, with assurances that the main distribution would be made shortly by the appropriate municipality: | |
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| children’s and young people’s homes | |
old people’s homes |
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The desperately poor individual homes often without electricity or running water. |
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We delivered much needed medical equipment to the local hospital. |
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| The fire engine was registered with Bulgarian number plates and delivered to Lom Municipal Fire Station. | |
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| Some more pictures of just a few of the people who were helped this year: | |
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Thank You for helping to make all this possible. |
Harvest for the Hungry
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November 2008 Visit report