AURORA cHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION

Malcolm and Christine Ford started travelling to Romania in 1983. Following the revolution in 1989, a charity called Aurora Christian Association (or ACA for short) was formed, both in the UK and in Romania.

The work of ACA is mainly run in the village of Vulcan, which is approx. 18 km from Brasov. We have many projects underway in Vulcan. Regular activities include 2 Kindergarten classes, homework club, canteen, boys and girls clubs, building projects etc. The canteen feeds 100 poor children and old people 1 meal a day, 5 days a week.

We have a sponsorship programme for children in the canteen.
(sponsor leaflet available from the ACA website - see link below).

Aid, which is sent from the UK, is sorted and distributed to those in need. ACA currently have 2 properties next door to each other which are used for all the projects and hospitality, Casa Betania and Casa Betel.

There are currently 8 Romanian workers committed to ACA, most of whom are sponsored from the UK.
We send collected items and funds to ACA to help the people in Vulcan
You can see details of completed Projects we have helped with using the button below

"They also will answer,'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?'
​He will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these you did not do for me'.”

- Matthew 25:44-45

Most of the towns and villages in Romania have a gypsy village attached.

​There is a gypsy village at Vulcan where the ACA help a number of poorer families in many different situations
Aurora Christian Association also run a canteen where they feed up to 100 children a day during the week as well as 30 elderly people who come to collect a meal each day. 
For some this will be their only meal of the day.
​Along with this there are after school clubs for help with homework and learning English. 
The children are not allowed to go to school unless they have school uniform, books pencils

We would welcome donations of any of these items.

The boys have white shirts and black or dark grey trousers with a black blazer, some also wear black bow ties.  

For the girls a blue check dress with a blue pinafore. 
The white collars are separate and some of the girls have quite lacy ones. 
Here are the ACA store rooms of Clothes and shoes for distribution to needy families

Also the food store from which they make the meals each day to feed approximately 100 children and 30 elderly people
They also take food parcels to families and the elderly in the village

The last picture is of bedding packed up and ready to go to families in need