For 10 days, 20 Irish and 16 Scottish volunteers work side by side with Romanians to build homes together with low-income families from Oradea.
Oradea, 5th June 2014. Habitat for Humanity Beius is hosting 36 volunteers from Ireland and Scotland from Thursday 5th June until Saturday 14th June. They are students accompanied by teachers from two important schools: Wesley College from Dublin, Ireland and the Royal High School from Edinburgh, Scotland, one of the oldest schools in the country founded in 1128. It’s the third time that the Scots are volunteering with Habitat for Humanity and each time they have promised to come back again. The Irish are for the 11th time in Romania, last year they celebrated their 10th year in partnership with Habitat for Humanity Beius by building 10 homes in 5 days with the help of hundreds of volunteers from Wesley College.
“We’re in a great recession in Dublin, but we strongly believe that our youth should understand that there doesn’t exist a recession with regards to generosity, giving, compassion, and time which they can give to others”, said Revd. Nigel Mackey, the team co-ordinator from Wesley College.
Volunteers from the two schools will work on two projects that Habitat for Humanity is running in Oradea: “Homes for a secure future” in Episcopia in partnership with the Oradea local council where the Scots will work on many houses in different stages of construction and “Caminul Habitat” in partnership with the charity Caminul Felix, where the Irish will build a home for a family with three children.
“We want to have more stability and a safer place for our children. It’s a dream of 20 years that with God’s help and that of Habitat for Humanity Beius, that this could become a reality”, declares Beniamin Roşu, the beneficiary of one of the homes.
From the beginning of the year up until now, Habitat for Humanity Beiuş has hosted over 500 volunteers, of which many have been Romanians and the majority being youth.
