The “House of Hope” Appeal
The Round Table Family has been providing much needed humanitarian aid to the people of the Ukraine since the war started, directed through the Round Table Family Foundation Germany (Stiftung Round Table Family Deutschland) and in particular their Convoys of Hope. Thank you for your support as 41 Clubs and as individual 41ers for all you have done so far. The Convoys of Hope are continuing but there is also a new specific project which offers another way to help – this is “House of Hope” in Moldova. Barry Durman, President of 41 INTERNATIONAL, has made House of Hope his nominated charity, and you can assist it by: –

1. Making a donation as an individual.
2. Making a donation as a Club.
3. Simply by buying 1 or more pin badges (where all profits go to the appeal) for £5 per badge plus postage.
   To order badges just email ralph.preston99@gmail.com with your address and how many badges you want.
   You can make a donation by transferring money to London Old Tablers’ Society [“LOTS”] at 40-26-07 a/c # 01378384 with the reference “HOPE __” followed by your surname or Club name.
   LOTS will pay the monies over to Stiftung Round Table Family Deutschland in the name of Barry’s appeal.
   SO, WHAT EXACTLY IS THE “HOUSE OF HOPE”?
   Following the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Cyril, (Kirill), a pastor from Odessa, fled with his family to Ciobalaccia, a town in the south of Moldova about 120 kms from the capital Chisinau. He discovered a derelict hospital, now the “House of Hope” a non-profit making organisation, and is turning it into a home for refugees from Ukraine. Longer term, he wants to make it a refuge for the elderly and orphans not only from Ukraine but Moldova as well.
   Major help has also come from the Round Table Family in Moldova and Germany together with 41 International. The help has been both financial and practical – including a “working week” in July this year when members of the Round Table Family in Germany spent a week refurbishing the House. Now, from being a derelict building a year ago, the “House of Hope” can accommodate around 350 refugees in 35 Rooms.
   To date almost 3,000 refugees have registered at the House, with some moving directly on to German permanent quarters after their arrival. Cyril himself has made most of the trips back to Ukraine to collect refugees in his two minibuses and has also been back many times delivering Help Packets to people in Odessa, Kherson and Nilolai, all near the Moldovian border. The immediate requirement is €17,000 to pay off a loan for the now completed electrical installation and € 46,000 to replace the leaking roof before Winter.
   Buying a “House of Hope” pin will go a small way to help fund the “House of Hope” refuge in Moldova!
   Bob Parton (Germany Old Tablers 46 Karlsruhe) and Ralph Preston (Market Harborough 41 Club)