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21 Years
PROJEKT TAUSENDFÜSSLER – PROJECT CENTIPEDE
Report 49 from May 5 - 8, 2011
This 49th report gives information about the spring 2011 trip and about the notable development of
Projekt Tausendfüssler – Project Centipede in the past 21 years that was reached with your help.
We hope that this report can reach many people with open hearts -
those prepared to give children love.
Elementary school Sinmartin: Nadia is so happy about the gifts You prepared for her
Our heartfelt thanks for the great and generous support of our Project goes to:
The firm MÜLLER IN KRITZENDORF for the many gifts for the orphans in the home in Olteni and in the
mountain village of Csinod; members of the Reformed Church, Vienna 1; members of the Vienna
Community Church; the Reformed Church Oberwart; the Fa. BAUMAX; the Protestant Church.
Klosterneuburg; employees of Bank Austria-Creditanstalt; the CONFISERIE WALTER HEINDL; the
American Protestant Church Den Haag, Netherlands; the UNITED NATIONS WOMEN'S GUILD OF
VIENNA; Baby Centipede Scotland; the Maxa Danesi, family and friends; the students of the DANUBE
INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL and the VIENNA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL; Utta Nehonsky and friends;
the “Naturfreunde Family Team", Vienna; the Woman’s Club, 1160 Vienna; Employees of UNITED
NATIONS ORGANISATIONS; the firm Ludwig Reiter; dental office Dr. Müllschitzky; Vienna Babies Club;
Centipede South and the Tiefbrunner Family; FILMSTUDIO JONAS, Vienna; the Sulzer Family and
friends, 1160 Vienna; the firm DEMMER 1230 Vienna; the friends and the SPÖ section Ottakring; the
United Church, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; the First Baptist Church, Mason City, Iowa, USA; the Carmichael
Presbyterian Church, California, USA; the employees of Coca Cola Computer Service Ges.m.b.H.; the
students of the elementary schools in Unterrohr and in Obersaifen, Steiermark, the elementary school
Windhabergasse in Sievering, 1190 Wien and the Sebastian Kneippgasse school in Perchtoldsdorf,
Lower Austria. Many thanks to Andreas Köhler, our computer expert, for his help.
A heartfelt “Thank you” to the members of the Austrian Army
for their great help in loading our bus.
The Team supported by the Austrian Army
Heartfelt thanks to Erika Janiga and Dr.Engelbert Schmutzer.
The members of the 52nd International Teams who took all your gifts safely to their destinations
and who personally gave them to the children and their caregivers were:
Team 52
BETTLE Juliane, A BRUKIC Dragisa, Y CHIKOVANI
Lisa, GE; COBZARU Eduard, RO; DUSCHET Simon,
A; FATENA Lukas, A; GEISSLER Wolfgang, A;
Antonia GSCHWANTNER , A; HARTL Walter, A;
JANIGA Erika, A; KATALINIC Pia, A; KATTINGER
Gerhard, A; PICKART LOUISE, USA; PICKART Heinz,
A; POTYKA Elfriede, A; REICHEL-FELBERMAYR
Chaia, A; RICAURLE Cristhian, EC;
SCHMIDT-REINDL Karl, D; SCHMUTZER Engelbert,
A; SEYDL CHRISTINE, A; STEINER Melina, A;
STCKINGER Bruno, A; Gerhard TIEFBRUNNER, A;
VOHRYZKA Georg, A WALNER Christoph, A;
WIEGERT Sinead, D; WILFINGER Karl, A;
About 6 Tons of food, hygiene articles and toys
have to be packed in banana boxes and labelled in our storeroom and made ready for transport for each
trip. Also, the filled banana boxes and “colorful boxes” prepared by generous donors, as well as gifts
from various firms, have to be picked up and taken to our storeroom and packed for transport.
The trip always begins on a Wednesday
At 6:00 p.m. hours we left the central Badnerbahn train station in Eichenstrasse for Hegyshalom.
We arrived at the Hungarian border - No passport control - we continued on our way at 19:15 and
stopped shortly thereafter for a short coffee break at a motorway restaurant. We reached the Hungarian-
Romanian border at about 2:30 a.m. and the border formalities required about an hour.
Underway in Romania
After the passport control, we continued our trip east via Oradea, Cluj Napoca. We stopped for a picnic
breakfast after Cluj and then continued on via Turda, Tirgu Mures to Sighisoara.
There was very little traffic so we were in Sighisoara - “Dracula City” - mid-morning and had plenty of
time to explore this interesting town before driving on with a stop to have a picnic lunch and relax in a
meadow on the high plateau before arriving in Csiksereda.
Invitation to breakfast in Cluj Napoca / Klausenburg
While having breakfast at a parking place near Cluj, we were visited by a mother and her children who
were hungry. We shared our breakfast with them and afterwards gave the children some clothes and
toys.
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Near Klausenburg / Cluj Napoca Roma famiy from Cluj Napoca
In Csikszereda again
In May 6, 2011, we arrived without problems at 3:30 pm. After our long trip, we were very glad to have
arrived at our destination safely. We went to our lodgings, the motel “Csillag”. At 6 p.m. we had supper
in the boarding school restaurant at Sinmartin.
Our friends welcomed us warmly. We exchanged news. The main topic was the terrible increase in
prices since Romania had become a member of the EU in January 2007.
They had a delicious warm meal prepared for us. Even though we were very tired, we sacked sweets for
the children and for the “Easter egg hunt” before going to our motel for the night,
Spring or fall – it is Friday
Breakfast was at 7:00 a.m. Our first stop of the day was at 8:30 a.m. at the elementary school in
Csiksomlyo – and we didn’t want to be late. We were met at the door by a group of children, who led us
into the schoolyard - into their festively decorated schoolroom. They always had a program of songs and
poems prepared for us. We played games with them in their playground outside in the fresh air. The
high point of the festivities for the children is always when each child receives one of the colorful boxes
you made for them. We had to say good-bye all too soon.
Our Projects in Romania – thanks to YOUR generous help – are very successful.
Your help arrives at the right time.
The next stop was Sinmartin. There were many preparations for the reception for the foster parents.
After Heinz gave a few words of greeting from the Team and sponsors, the Team members introduced
themselves while the food for the buffet was being prepared,
Outside, George and the “strong women and men” unloaded the banana boxes, family sacks and the
colored boxes so that they could be given to the children and their caregivers in an orderly manner. At
10:00 all the preparations were finished and we could begin the festivities with the foster mothers and
the children in their care.
After enjoying bread, cheese, lunch meat, pickles, nut and poppy seed cake as well as juice and coffee,
the Team members personally delivered the gifts that YOU had provided to the orphans and their foster
families. We were asked to pass on to you their thanks for these greatly needed food boxes.
Sinmartin Heinz paying the milk bill Reception for the foster parents
Simply magnificent!
It is admirable to see how understanding the people in Sinmartin are and that they are prepared to care
for children whose parents gave them away. These children would not be accepted by society but the
foster parents often raise them under difficult personal circumstances.
Again this time we heard from the foster mothers how difficult is it to provide their families with the basic
necessities. The country is still experiencing a difficult economic situation. The little money that the
people earn – the government voted to reduce incomes – is barely enough to live on. The retired people
have been hit very hard by the high prices. In many cases, they receive a minimum pension of only 35
to 48 Euros monthly while the food prices are almost the same as here in Austria. Unemployment is
high. Over 1 million unemployed have next to no chance of finding a job. A nurse earns 120 Euro
monthly. How should things function? Romania is badly in debt. The state has hardly enough to pay
pensions and salaries.
I think that you, ladies and gentlemen, can give them hope in this bleak situation with your personal
assistance.
Before saying “good-bye”, we paid the milk bill for the past 6 months and took care of other necessary
business.
Milk project
In Sinmartin the112 orphans are cared for in foster families. A pediatrician and 5 nurses ensure that the
children receive proper care. Projekt Tausendfüssler – Project Centipede provides, with YOUR help, a
sufficient amount of fresh milk so that each child receives ½ liter milk every day.
In addition, twice a year each child receives a “Banana box“ with baby food und hygiene products
needed for daily care that YOU put together with love. Naturally the little ones also receive a colourful
box with toys.
As a “thank you” for the job they are doing, the foster mothers receive from us a carrier bag filled with
special items.
At 3:00 p.m. we arrived at the elementary school in Erdöalja.
The children know what to expect when we visit them. The teacher greeted us with the words “They
have learned songs and poems for you”. The little ones performed at their best as they sang songs and
recited the poems they had learned. They gave us pictures they had drawn and flowers. They danced
for us and invited us to dance with them. Then “Uncle” Heinz explained the proper way to brush their
teeth and with the help of the children, demonstrated how to do it using a large set of teeth and
toothbrush. At the end of our visit, we gave each of them one of the colorful boxes containing chocolate,
wafer cookies, “gummi-bear”, soap, tooth brush and tooth paste, coloring book and colored pencils, that
YOU had prepared for them and other gifts.
We were filled with happiness seeing these youngsters leave the school with beaming faces, carrying
YOUR gifts to hurry home and tell their families about the big festival in the school.
Yes, it would be wonderful if you could experience the beaming children's faces
The elementary school in Csinód
is still not reachable. The road was partially washed out by heavy rains and it has not yet been possible to
repair it. One of the school teachers, who has a 4-wheel-drive car, accepted the gifts for the children and
transported them to the village that lies up the mountain at an altitude of 1500 m.
Elementary school Erdöalja
Elementary school Csiksomyo
Special school Olteni
Saturday
The weather was beautiful as we left at 8:00 a.m. for Olteni. After a 1½ hours’ drive, we arrived at the
special school. Immediately after arriving, we unloaded our bus. Then during a small breakfast – coffee,
tea and “Kürtös- Kalács”, a kind of donut – we discussed the situation in their home. We learned what
has happened since our last visit and that due to the agriculture project we had started 18 years ago, the
orphanage is now nearly self sufficient for its food needs. At the present time, 105 children live in this
home and they receive training as gardeners, agricultural workers or hand workers in addition to their
school studies. After our “sweet breakfast” we had the opportunity to see the renovated children’s rooms
and had the impression that the children live in harmony with their caregivers. Some of the Team had
hidden sacks of sweets in the orchard for the “Easter egg hunt”. They had been looking forward to this
event. The sweets were collected in boxes so that each would get his/her share, even those who were
not there. Afterwards, the young adult Team members demonstrated and then taught them how to do a
line dance to country western music. The active program was ended and we started distributing YOUR
colorful boxes to the children and young people.
Tug -o`- war
Green house Olteni
Rosa made her new moccasins
Our “Perseverance Project” is going well. Some of the young people are very adept and thanks to the
material provided by the firm Reiter, have become “profis” in working with leather.
Dinner is planned for 6:00 p.m.
Usually, after our dinner we spoke with the head nurse Rege about the current social and economic
situation in Romania. We learned that the problems the people had just to survive were becoming
greater.
By “night bus” to Vienna
We bid farewell to our friends and headed for the Romanian-Hungarian border. 16 hours later we arrived
safely back in Vienna.
Heartfelt Thanks
Dear Contributors, ladies and gentlemen, friends of our Projects, a heartfelt thanks for your generous
support for the children! During the past 21 years you have, with great involvement and with much love,
not only helped to make it possible for over 5700 children to have food and all the things children need to
grow up, but also, very importantly, you made their faces beam.
For the Centipede Team
Heinz Werner Pickart
Basis
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