++ LATEST NEWS UPDATE ++ Grosi Village Primary School ++ April 2006
Below are some images taken at a delivery of new desks to Grosi Village Primary School at the beginning of April 2006. The village is located just outside Baia Mare, Maramures County and this delivery was for one classroom. The Workshop will produce more desks for another classroom during April. The school covered 15% of the total cost of production, while the MYPT sponsored the remaining 75%.

More desks will be produced for this school and hopefully other poorer rural schools in Maramures County during 2006. Please check this page regulary for updates.

Below is an edited version of the most current Newsletter. It can be viewed in full, together with previous Newsletters, by clicking the links at the bottom of the page.

Newsletter No 11 - In Brief - March 2006

Existing Mechanic's Workshop at Vocational School No 1. MYPT offered to construct a new workshop but it was politely declined because, as a public body using public funds, the school was obliged to put all construction work out to competitive tender, which ruled out accepting 'free' labour for particular kinds of work.

Pictured: Mechanics teacher (left) and Atti.

Last year MYPT commissioned the Workshop to produce 90 desks for School Number One. Recently MYPT have investigated what further role the charity could be involved with at the school. The Headmaster, Mr Neagrean it would be great if MYPT could sponsor some of the furniture ie. beds, lockers, and wardrobes for those who will eventually board at the school. The good thing is that some of the young people that will stay in these rooms will end up at the Workshop for their work placement.

The Workshop's main client, Hope & Homes for Children still continue with their plans to transform childcare provision county by county in Romania and are busy preparing for 11 new homes in Alba county and then moving on later in the year to Hunedoara. As in the past, the Workshop will be providing all the furniture requirements at the new H&HC homes.

Also, the Workshop is looking to make new furniture for one or two rural schools in the Maramures county. As we have mentioned before, basic conditions in many villages in Romania can be far worse than in the towns.

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Supplying new classroom furniture to a village school is only a small contribution, but it might give the teachers and the parents a little more confidence about what they can do. It might be hard for some of these village schools to pay in as much as some of the town schools, but for us, the approach is important. It has been our experience so far that splitting costs is a good way to ensure that things are better looked after. It can also act as an incentive to encourage parents to work with the school to improve things.

Workshop Manager Atti (right) and MYPT Trustee Dil met during January with Mr Moanta, County Inspector for Special Needs (left) and Mr Neagrean, Headmaster of the Special Needs School (centre) to discuss MYPT projects for 2006.

WORKSHOP EMPLOYEE NEWS....

Gabi recently spent time in Germany working on a fram with his brother. He is now back at the Workshop...
Doinita, who joined the Workshop last year, has left on maternity leave...
Alin has finished his national service in the army and is now back at the Workshop...
Adi has been reunited with family members and has work with them. MYPT wishes him good luck!

THANKS
Thanks to all supporters of MYPT

The unedited version of Newsletter No 11 above, and previous issues are available to view on the links below.

Newsletter Issue 12 is due to be published during Autumn 2006.

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