Helping people in need matters. Recently, I had the chance to do my part—just a small contribution, but meaningful. Hilfe & Hoffnung (H&H), a Vienna-based organization, has a simple yet powerful mission: to support disadvantaged communities in Eastern Europe. They’ve already done incredible work in Romania, where there’s no state system to care for families and individuals in crisis. When… Read more →
At the beginning of the new year, we – Hannu, Anne and Andrei Roth – made a long trip to Romania. The main goal of this trip was to meet friends we had not seen for years, but also to take relief supplies and personal gifts. We crossed the northern part of Romania from west to east – from Satu… Read more →
In mid-October, Eeva Virolainen and Ilona Turunen brought relief supplies to the Ukrainian border in Radauti. Eeva and Ilona report: 10/12/2024 We set off from Budapest towards Romania. The car had already been almost completely loaded with relief supplies in Vienna and Anne then brought the car to Budapest. The load included clothes, food, mattresses, two beds, diapers, washing powder,… Read more →
As many relief goods were donated, we decided to make a relief trip to the Ukrainian border. We only had three days, but we thought that would be enough, as we had no other appointments than the delivery of the goods at the Ukrainian border in Radauti. This time the cargo included food, washing powder, clothes, baby food, diapers, mattresses,… Read more →
In March we (Anne and Elfi) set off on the long journey to the Ukrainian border. This time we took around 600 kilos of relief supplies, including toilet paper, 80 kilos of washing powder, clothes, socks, around 70 kilos of cat and dog food, 100 kilos of food, dishes, a stroller and a baby carrier. In addition to the cash… Read more →
Long before Hanukkah in December, we and a friend prepared about a hundred Hanukkah gift packages that we wanted to take with us on our trip to Ukraine at the end of October. The packages consisted of hand-knitted Finnish wool socks and a large bar of chocolate. On October 25th we set off from Vienna for the first stage to… Read more →
Just in time for the start of the school year, Samuel Huber-Huber, Noah Huber-Huber and I successfully transported a number of necessary items such as school bags, toys, school supplies and hygiene products to Chernivtsi in Ukraine. On site we received valuable support from the organization “New Family”, where we were warmly welcomed by Tanya Berezhnaya, the leader. Tanya kindly… Read more →
It was a pleasure to meet many friends at the garden party and charity concert in Hämeenlinna. Eeva and Jarmo had again organized a wonderful party with lots of friends. “Thank you for allowing us to enjoy great music, togetherness and a coffee table in your beautiful orchard again. For all of us – about 60 guests – it was… Read more →
INVITATION to a charity concert in Hämeenlinna Sanna Matinniemi – Soprano Jenna Ristilä – Piano Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 6:00 p.m Church of Hämeenlinna, Finland The concert offers a varied program of spirituals & gospels, songs and Viennese operetta melodies. With the proceeds of the concert we would like to support the Jewish community of Chernivtsi, which in turn… Read more →
The rapeseed fields were blooming in the glorious sunshine and the colors made us think of Ukraine, to whose border we were on our way in mid-May 2023 to deliver a load of relief supplies. The day before we left, our new van was only half full, but thanks to donations from our Viennese friends, we were finally able to… Read more →
