Floods in Romania

Dear friends,

You may have heard about the recent devastating floods affecting Romania. This is not news anymore, as various regions of the country have been hit by floods or otherwise extreme drought in the last 3 or 4 years – what more compelling argument do we need to really focus on the effects of climate change?

On this ocassion I’d just like to say that Habitat for Humanity, an NGO with whom we worked to build houses for the poor in NW Romania last autumn, is now rolling out a nation-wide campaign to help those affected by the recent floods. Their aim is to support 400 disadvantaged families hit by the floods and also offer counselling, technical assistance and support for the reconstruction, management and distribution of materials for other 3000 families.

Money donations using the following info:
Habitat for Humanity România, CUI 15391896
Aleea Motilor, Bl. AN6, Ap. 8 Beius, Bihor 415200, Romania
cont IBAN RO30 ABNA 0500 2641 0038 6614, opened in RON/EUR/USD la RBS Bank, Oradea;

Online donations through a secure transaction http://www.habitat.ro/implicate-financiar.html?countrytabs=0

I was also pleased to see the drive of the online community to help those in need. Bloggers have posted relevant info that you could check on Cristi Manafu‘s and Dan Popa‘s blogs

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