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September Project to Moldova and Transnistria

In September 2013 CWUHA will be sending 10 vehicles to Moldova delivering aid to vulnerable families, an educational centre, centres that care for orphans’, a social canteen, day care centres and a Psycho neurological centre that cares for children and adults with physical and learning disabilities.

Many of the children residing in orphanages are not orphans, but are placed there by families who confronted with overwhelming financial problems believe that their children will be better cared for in these institutions, so its vital that help is given to vulnerable families who could be at risk of breaking-up.

If you would like to help, please check out our latest needs list or you could make a donation. Over 95% goes direct to our projects.

BT donation helps vulnerable children

Tom (left) presents cheque to Carl and Andy, and fund trustee Mick Kirby (front)

BT has presented a £10,000 cheque to help vulnerable children in the UK and overseas.

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​Tom Keeney, BT Group director of workforce planning handed over the donation to Carl Webb, chairman of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) Humanitarian Aid, at BT Centre in London.

Carl said: “BT has supported CWUHA from its inception 18 years ago when they supplied our first truck that delivered aid to Tuzla in war torn Bosnia.

“Since then they have helped us organise and fund 35 convoys delivering tons of aid; build a centre for street children in Moldova; a school in Tanzania, Africa; and helped fund specialised equipment for children in the UK.”

And Andy Kerr, CWU deputy general secretary, added: “This is a strong partnership that delivers on its promise – to deliver a smile to needy children. We look forward to working with the company on this and other worthwhile projects in the future.”

What makes CWUHA unique is that volunteers – including BT people – actually deliver the aid to the places where it’s most needed.
Its organisers receive no payment, and the office is also run at virtually no cost – thanks to support from both the CWU and BT.

This way, donors can be confident that their money will be translated into aid at the point of need.

Tom said: “We are proud to support these convoys. We know that they make a real difference to people’s lives.”