Horizons Unlimited - The HUBB - The Orphanage in Calarasi, Moldova

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- - The Orphanage in Calarasi, Moldova (https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/make-a-difference/the-orphanage-in-calarasi-moldova-35550)

Great work, looks like they really need the support. Congrats on selling out.

I am so glad to hear that you did this, Ghost Rider! The Moldovan orphans really need our help. The statistics concerning what happens to these kids is heartbreaking. After they are released from the orphanage, many commit suicide. Of those that don't, some 80 or 90 percent of the girls go into prostitution and a similar percentage of the boys go into organized crime. Without some assistance and support, their futures are absolutely bleak at best.

We have been sponsoring a little girl named Felicia in Falesti for the last 3 years, and are planning to visit her next fall while we are on a six month tour of Moldova. We were thinking of leaving the bike in Romania, worried about the crime levels in Moldova, but I am encouraged to reconsider riding in after hearing that you had a good experience, Ghost Rider.

I would love to have bought one of the books, but I am very glad that you sold out and were able to raise so much for the orphanage. Any chance of a second printing? If not, I was wondering if I could pay you to send me the content electronically?

Thanks for helping the children of Moldova!

-Adam

p.s. If any one is interested in sponsoring an orphan in Moldova, please contact me and I can put you in touch with an organization that is doing fantastic work there. (Sweet Sleep)Felicia recently wrote us and said that one of her good friends, Sophia, does not have a sponsor.

Hi Adam,

I've just ordered a small (20 copies) extra print run. I'll let you know when I have stock.

Cheers:thumbup1:

The Orphanage in Calarasi, Moldova

Hi Ghost Rider
Only just joined this site so late to the thread, congratulations on selling out and raising the money. I would love to buy and read the book and help make a difference, so save one of the 20 for me. Let me know when they are ready.

Hi Adam, Hi Jaydub,

I now have a small stock of books if you're still interested. The orphanage donation fund is now officially closed - with all of our local actions, we managed to raise €42,800 in total. This means I'll sell the remainder of the books at a reduced price - basically my cost price and nothing else.

Hi Ghost rider, congratulations on total raised. Yes am still interested in your book, I will PM you.
Jaydub

Wow!! well done Ghost Rider, that is an awesome amount.
Im planning in Mid June-July to do a trip from UK-Russia passing through Romania + Moldova. I would really like to volunteer for a few days /a week somewhere.
Your cause sounds as good as any and i would particaulry like to work with children. Could you send me please some details if it is possible to volunteer at the orphanage??
Cheers,
Rob

Hi Rob,

You have a PM... :thumbup1:

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Originally Posted by Ghost Rider (Post 191926)

Last year I rode from my home in Southwest Germany to the Black Sea. On the way, I visited the orphanage and school for mentally handicapped children in Calarasi, Moldova - an experience which prompted me to do something to help the poor kids there. To be able to raise some money for them, I decided to write a book about motorcycling in Eastern Europe, which of course includes the ride from Bühl to Calarasi and back.

The book was officially launched at the first Horizons Unlimited Germany Meeting, but I still have a lot of books to sell in order to raise enough money to renovate the remaining 7 toilets there, which urgently need some attention - see the attached photos for an idea of the current condition.

Hopefully, you’ll support my chosen cause by buying a book. Actually, don't think of it as buying a book, but giving money to a poor orphanage and getting the book for free! I am paying all of the printing costs myself, so that every single penny/cent earned from the €15 (approx. GBP 12) cover price can go directly to the orphanage.

The main book data is as follows:

126 pages, printed on high quality art paper
82 colour photographs
11 maps
English language
Every single cent of the €15,00 cover price goes to the orphanage in Calarasi

For more information on the book and a couple of extracts, please go to http://www.jeder-kilometer-zaehlt.de/EN.html and click on “News”.

Please PM me if you would like to contribute and thank you in advance for your kind support!

Dave

hi my name is eli, from the uk, been 18 years since from that orphanage. I am adopted from that orphanage in May20th 1995 do you have a contact number as I need to ask them a few questions, I have pics of the orphanage, my name is Marian Olariu, please can you help me get the number for that place thanks.