Registered UK Charity No. 1095801

Certificat de Inregistrare Growing Care S.R.L.
Registered No. 16891822

Growing Care is a charitable organisation run by the founders, Lewis and Jacquie Aubry. This particular project started in 2002 with the purchase of land in Siminoc, Southern Romania. The land is gradually being turned into a smallholding, which will be used to teach animal husbandry and cultivation skills to Romanian youngsters in the hope that it will enable them to break out of the poverty cycle.

This smallholding project in Siminoc will also help to give a small but essential boost to the local community. When livestock is slaughtered and butchered some of the meat is distributed to local poor families and the rest is frozen for future use. Minced pork is used in many Romanian dishes.

To make regular monthly donations please click on the link above, print and complete the form and send to Growing Care. They will complete their part and forward to you bank for payments to commence. Should you wish to stop these regular payments you need to instruct your bank accordingly.

The form is a PDF document, which will require Adobe Reader to open. If your computer does not already have this software installed, you can download a copy FREE from the Adobe web site.

The small touring caravan in which they arrived in Siminoc is still the main part of their home. The awning section blew away during a storm, the temporary block built area that replaced it, has become the kitchen and a link to the dry storeroom.

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Just days after the funeral of the father of this family the authorities told the mother they would be splitting up her six children and sending them to orphanages or putting them up for adoption. >>>Read more

Funding is our biggest problem as we rely entirely on the generosity of people like yourselves. The charity is fortunate to be one of those benefiting from the annual Solent Coasts Cycling Challenge. An even that has steadily grown in popularity over recent years.

Isle of Wight Rotary Clubs have been very generous by sending over lorries loaded with warm clothing and many other items that have enabled Growing Care to help the poor of the area.

Solent Coasts Cycling Challenge
The next cycling challenge will take place on Saturday 21st June 2008.
Growing Care would like to thank the organisers for all their hard work and assure them that the funds they have raised for us will be put to good use. We would also like to thank all the cyclists who take part and hope they raise lots of sponsorship money for all three benefiting charities. >>>More

When in the UK, Lew and Jacquie attend a church that is local to their home at Chandlers Ford in the south of England. Members of the congregation help the charity by sending donations of money.