The Bianca Project

  • £60.00
    raised of £150.00 goal goal
40% Funded
4 Donors
Raised offline: £206.00
Total: £266.00

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Hello, My name is Katie Osborne.

In July, I will be travelling to Sibiu in Romania, as a volunteer Occupational Therapist, as part of the Bianca Project for the charity SHARE. I will be working in a centre for children with complex health needs and learning disabilities. These centres replaced the orphanages of the past when Romania joined the EU. Although improvements have been made, these centres are still seriously under staffed and under resourced. Children with complex needs and learning disabilities are still institutionalised, the staff are untrained in caring for the children and there are no health care workers within the centres.

Each year, the charity SHARE send out a small number of Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language students, who have recently completed their training, to work with the children to help them gain more independence, and to develop opportunities for play.

I will have to take any therapy resources with me, and any donations, however small, would help me to do this. If donations are made beyond the cost of resources, these will go towards the charity.

Thank you for taking the time to read this and for any donations you are able to make.

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Donors

  • Guest
  • Donated on Jun 10, 2014
  • Good luck, you'll have a great time!

£20.00
  • Claire & John
  • Donated on Jun 07, 2014
  • Good luck Katie x

£20.00
  • deborah cox
  • Donated on Jun 06, 2014
  • A little something to help you buy some resources. What a wonderful adventure good luck. Xx

£10.00
Jun 20

Auction

Update posted by Katie Osborne at 12:14 pm

Last weekend I went to 'Festival in the Forest' with my parents, hoping to raise some money from the project. Instead of giving some money, one of the stall holders made me the most beautiful one-of-a-kind pendant to auction to raise some more money. Inspired by this, the next day. . . . .

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Jun 13

Bianca's Story

Update posted by Katie Osborne at 03:38 am

  When speaking to one of the founders of this project, I asked for Bianca’s story and the reason why this project began. This was the reply.   “I met Bianca when she was a day old.  Her mum was in the maternity hospital and I had gone there to. . . . .

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4 donors
  • Guest
  • Donated on Jun 10, 2014
  • Good luck, you'll have a great time!

£20.00
  • Claire & John
  • Donated on Jun 07, 2014
  • Good luck Katie x

£20.00
  • deborah cox
  • Donated on Jun 06, 2014
  • A little something to help you buy some resources. What a wonderful adventure good luck. Xx

£10.00
  • Kenworthy
  • Donated on Jun 05, 2014
  • All the best

£10.00

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£60.00
raised of £150.00 goal
40% Funded
4 Donors
Raised offline: £206.00
Total: £266.00

No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities