Quote Originally Posted by Gofer Blue View Post
The orphanage I worked on was in a village near Baia Mara in the north of Romania. We also helped in the final fitting out of a smaller community school/village hall/chapel for a gypsy community. It was a very rural and quite poor area. Some of the gypsy community were pretty scary folk but I think they respected what we were doing and didn't cause us any aggro!

Would be a pleasure to meet up for a chat when you are back in Wales. Unfortunately I have just come down with COVID for the first time, so am out of action for the next week or so. Not feeling too bad, just a very sore throat, an annoying dry, tickly cough and lack of energy. My wife is not so good though - looks like it's going to be beans-on-toast for a while yet (culinary skills are not my strong point)!
I'll be back for a month so drop your number into DM.

Our head officies are in baia mara.. small world. Funny enough I was there just before covid. I ran the half marathon in Bucharest and then we took a delegation from India.. the head of the supreme court in India, chief justice Gupta, and others to baia mara... To see care reform in actions... Baia mara has moved away from orphanages and has many more services now to support families.

The place you helped to refit is now a day care centre and small school. We repurposed the other orphanages into health centres, community centres, schools and also have a network of foster carers.

If we meet I'll tell you about me and the head of the supreme court being pissed on.... Thought I blew it but he was very gracious and has since become a key advocate for us in India.