Stupini Kids

Posted by: aburne | 27/12/2011

Stupini Kids Christmas Party 2011

One of the highlights of the year is our Christmas Party and this year we had on the Wednesday 21st of December.

Let the Party Begin!!

The party started off with a few ice breaker games which Nicu had organised. Then the kids with great delight and pride presented their sketches and presentations. The kids had be practising for weeks and now their time had come.

The sketches ranged from drama, songs and dancing and it was great to see the talent coming out of the kids.

One of the Ice Breaker Games

At the end their was great excitement as we gave out the shoe boxes to the kids

We were delighted to have Heather Playfoot and her nephew from Horsham, UK who has for years organised Christmas Shoe boxes and without her hard work and vision and the sacrifices of the folks from Horsham a lot of this would never have happened.

Was great having Heather and James with us

As the year comes to a close we want to take this opportunity to wish everyone associated with Stupinikids a Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for your support.

Love from the Stupinkids

xxx

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Posted by: aburne | 21/12/2011

Enjoying the new minibus

Recently Stupinikids was donated a minibus by RSA in the UK. The minibus arrived in November however we only started the registration process last week. This involves registering the minibus temporary using red number plates which you must renew once a month upto a maximum of 3 months before you permanently register it.

Getting ready to leave for Zizin with our shoeboxes

The first job we had to do was to purchase winter tyres which are now a legal requirement in Romania.

The minibus was registered just at the right moment as the last week it has been an amazing tool to transport people and christmas shoe boxes into various roma villages.

The first transport day was on the Sunday where we transported christmas shoe boxes and some of the stupinikids to Zizin where the shoeboxes were distributes to roma children.

Shoeboxes at Zizin

The next job was to pick up Heather Playfoot from Bucharest airport who was over with her nephew to see the Horsham showboxes distributed.

Time to upload the minibus again with the Christmas shoe boxes

The next day we went a roma school on the outskirts of Sacele to watch the pupils of the school do an amazing nativity play for us and afterwards we distributed the Horsham shoeboxes. We were deeply touched by the fantastic play these young kids and the hard work and love the teachers showed.

Loading the shoeboxes onto the horse and cart

The next day we went to a roma nursery on the outskirts of Brasov to distribute more of the Horsham shoeboxes. The area was very remote and unfortunately even with our brand new winter tyres on our RSA minibus were not enough to take us through the snow up the mountain pass so we had to unload all the shoeboxes onto a horse and cart and travel with horse and cart through the deep snow to our destination…… yes a great adventure, where we distributed the shoeboxes to very excited kids.

Heading up the mountain pass with the shoeboxes

Some grateful kids with their Christmas shoeboxes

Then we had to hurry back to Brasov for the start of the Stupinikids Christmas Party.

Tomorrow head back to drop Heather Playfoot back to Bucharest airport.

We have had an extremely but very fruitful week and we are so appreciative or RSA for donating this minibus. Without this minibus most of this week wouldn’t have happened.

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Posted by: aburne | 09/12/2011

December Newsletter

Posted by: aburne | 14/11/2011

Isle of Wight Visit October 2011

In the beginning of October a Team from the Isle of Wight came out with 2 vans packed with aid for Stupinikids.

Some of the kids helping to unload the vans

The aid consisted of bags of disposable nappies, baby equipment, clothes, stable food products, toys and many many more items.

Some great jackets were donated

A team from the Isle of Wight have been driving out for several years now with aid for Brasov and the last few years the team had consisted of Dave Edwards, Steve Marsh, Tony Delannoy and Paul Cray. These guys have faithfully driven out every year with their vans loaded with practical items, and we are extremely grateful for the compassion they have shown to the people of this area.

We are also extremely grateful for the kindness many people and businesses from the Isle of Wight have shown in sacrifices time and money to support this project.

Many thanks and love from the Stupinikids

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Posted by: aburne | 09/11/2011

Carl Watts Golf Day

On Tuesday 4th October Carl Watts a former European Tour Professional organised a Golf Day to raise funds for the Stupinikids golf club.

Teeing off for the Golf Day!!

Carl and his amazing wife Jackie spend months organising this event and we are blessed that this amazing couple came across the Stupinikids homework club.

The Golf Day was followed up by formal meal in the evening

We are extremely grateful for Carl and Jackie and everyone who sacrificed time and made significant donations to support this work.

Items were donated for the auction

Approximately 100 people turned up for the golf day and in the end they raised an incredible amount of money and not to mention a mini bus donated by RSA.

WOW!! Special thanks to RSA

So a special thanks to all who took part in this Golf Day, the sponsors including Bedford Insurance the title sponsor, also RSA our minibus sponsor, Mannings Heath GC and the staff for all their support, to the many volunteers from Kings Church Horsham, to the prize & raffle sponsors.

The Couple who made it all happen!!

But last and not least to Carl and Jackie Watts who made this event possible.

For more information on Carl Watts please check out his website

Carl Watts Golf Day - 1 Game of Golf can make a world of difference

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Posted by: aburne | 14/09/2011

September Newsletter 2011

Posted by: aburne | 06/09/2011

One Game of Golf Can Make All the Difference

On Tuesday 4th of October Carl Watts a Professional Golfer and a PGA member is organising a Golf Day to raise funds for the Stupini Kids Homework Club.

One Game of Golf Can Make All the Difference

Just supporting this golf day will make a significant difference in many of the kids lives and we encourage you to support this Golf Day.

Please visit Carl Watts website for more information.

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Posted by: aburne | 23/07/2011

Stupinikids Camp 2011

Posted by: aburne | 28/05/2011

May 2011 Newsletter

It’s now coming to the end of May, the winter is now long behind us and the spring is slowly closing its door, now as we enter the summer I can’t believe that this is our first newsletter for 2011. I have had a serious writers block over the last few months!!

It’s not that nothing has happened I think that we all have been so busy that the newsletter was put on the back burner.

The start of 2011 brought us significant financial challenges where we seriously wondered what how we would get through. But with an amazing donation coming through from a church in Germany which allowed us to carry on the project.

In the beginning of May Andy Robinson from Kings Church Horsham and Carl Watts from Horsham visited the centre. Carl is a professional golfer and he is planning a golf day in Horsham in October to raise funds for the Stupini kids centre. You can find more details about Carl Watts and his golf day here http://carlwattsgolf.co.uk/golf-day/

We are always so encouraged and blessed with the interest and support we get from so many people and as always it was so encouraging having Andy & Carl here.

Although we are challenged financially we are still blessed with the amount of kids coming. Currently we have approximately 25 kids coming to the centre.

We are now preparing for the Stupinikids camp which is happening in mid June. This is going to such great fun and especially with team from Kings Church Horsham who will be coming out to serve.

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Posted in Charity Update, Newsletter | Tags: Car Watts Golf Day, Car Watts Golfer, Charity Golf Day, Homework club, Stupini Kids, Stupini kids summer camp, Stupinikids camp, Stupinikids project

Posted by: aburne | 21/10/2010

October 2010 Newsletter

We are now in our 2^nd month of the new school and the long summer holidays are now a distant memory.

So far this term we are seeing approximately 25 to 30 kids coming on a daily basis coming for help with their homework and for meal.

On Saturday we kicked off the kids home group which saw 15 kids turning up.

Serving such a large amount of kids is a great blessing but also brings great challenges and responsibility and it’s our hearts desire to see this generation of kids being blessed.

Unloading the pasta from the van

We are also very blessed and really appreciate the support we get from overseas. This October without exception saw the Isle of Wight team driving out with 2 vans loaded with donations such as blankets, clothes, kids toys, medicine, dried stable food such as pasta and rice plus other items. The team for the last few years has consisted of Dave Edwards, Steve Marsh, Tony Delannoy and Paul Cray who have faithfully driven out every year with their vans loaded with practical items.

A Happy New Bike Owner

These journeys the team makes have their own risks and this year unfortunately Dave Edwards van on the way back broke down in a Germany and it took him, at considerable cost and time, to limp back home to the Isle of Wight.

Enjoying the Cuddly Toys

So we really want to thank these guys, the businesses and families on the Isle of Wight who make such a great sacrifice every year to donate to Brasov.

Thanks guys for your support!!

On other news Gabi and Ioana have successfully completed their first year at university and are now in their second year. Gabi is also working part-time in administration in an office in Brasov and Ioana is currently working in the mornings in a children’s nursery situated is a gypsy village outside Brasov.

Congratulations to both girls in successfully completing their first year at university.