2000 Project Lungesti

Project Lungesti, 2000 project was to renovate an old peoples home in the small rural community of Lungesti. During the year we had also raised enough donations to allow us ato take zn articulated lorry full of aid and equipment. We also wanted to enlist the help of the local people to encourage them to help themselves.

There was no proper sanitation or running water as the wells dry up in the summer and the pipes freeze in the winter. Conditions there were very, very, poor.

The Old Laundry

The old laundry was a single storey extension to the main building (two rooms). Inside one of the rooms was this old enameled metal bath which they had got access to the the underneath by cutting a hole in the outside wall. A fire was kept permanently going under the bath to heat water, which they used to wash the clothes.

The new Laundry - before Because of the constant damp we decided that hte room was too far gone for repair, so with their permission we utilised one of their old storerooms (which at some time in the distant past used to be a bathroom).

The New Laundry - AFTER The British Embassy in Bucharest donated two washing machines for installation in the new laundry

Kitchen Before

Kitchen AFTER

Toilet 1: Before and After

Toilet 2 Before and After

Woodburning Stove

This was a small building we erected to house the new wood burner (wood is in plentiful supply). The wood burner is being used to supply hot water to the showers and washbasins

The New shower room - Started life as a bedroom

We partitioned walls and suspended a ceiling making 2 rooms (Male & Female)

You wouldn’t believe it’s the same room, 3 showers in each plus 3 washbasins in each.

This just shows what can be achieved with your support and a little hard work…….

Thank You !