Dancu, Moldova
1,000+
£Ongoing

Since starting the Emmaus Club for children with special needs and backgrounds in Dancu, Moldova we have been keen to do more. Many children come from very difficult circumstances and we know that family dynamics, poverty, illiteracy, unemployment can detrimentally affect the future of the children. We have been really keen to employ a social worker to help the families and work with them to love and support them as well as help them with practical day to day issues. Welcome Lilia who now looks after the families with food parcels, medicine, documents and generally gives them as much support as she can. Read about just some of the families she is helping below.
Latest update – February 2025
‘We have been working with socially vulnerable families in our locality and neighbouring areas for 18 months now. We have 26 families with whom we keep in touch and visit 5 different families every month and bless them with a parcel of food and a parcel of personal hygiene products and chemical items. Also, 10 of these families have received wood pellets to help with heating for the winter time. From September 2023 to December 2024, we purchased 84 packages of food, hygiene products and chemical items and 6583 kg of wood pellets which were distributed to 10 families. We want to thank you very much on behalf of these families for this support which is enormously welcome and of great help to the families. Be sure and know that all your donations are a great blessing. We also want to bless those who donate in the name of Jesus Christ and thank you once again for the support you have given and we pray God will reward you for everything you do. Even though we cannot convey through words all the thanks and emotions experienced by each family when they receive these goods they need in their homes, we wanted to send you some photos we believe say more than our words.
Thank you once again and may God bless you’.
With love, Lilia.
Latest update – October 2024
‘We haven’t come with a message to you for a long time, but I want to tell you that this summer we had beautiful experiences with the families we worked with. Every time they were visited, they cried and laughed with joy and all of them sent a sincere thanks to all those who are part of these great ministry. It’s been a year since we started this project and during this time we had the opportunity to bless 30 families. We went to some families 6 times, to others maybe only 2 or 3 times, it depends on the situation that was there and the needs they faced. From our personal side and from the side of all the families visited, we want to send you a big thank and may God bless you in everything you do for the good of other people.
We are very glad that you accepted us to work together with you on this project. We are blessed to have this support and to be able to bless these families with very difficult living conditions, these families who have extraordinary children, but who do not have what they need. They also deserve a better life and thanks to you we can bring them a ray of hope, a smile on their face, a joy in their homes whenever we visit them. It makes us better and more grateful for all that we are and what God gives us every day.
We had such a beautiful experience on our last visit and we want to share it with you.’
The Condrașov family from the village of Cioara, a young family with two children, who managed to buy an old house and are slowly trying to repair it and bring it to better living conditions. Their older daughter was waiting for us at the door, with enormous joy, and the first question was: “Aunt Lilia, what did you bring us? Biscuits that I like? I waited for you to come to us. Thank you for coming to us.” And she began to take out the things from the bag and place them on the threshold of the house with enormous joy. I realized once again how important a package of products is for a family that lacks or can hardly afford to purchase it. What a blessing it is and how much contentment comes from their heart when they receive these goods. We want to mention once again that this is a great blessing and a great encouragement to many families we work with.
The Blanaru family also had to change their place of residence because someone bought the house where they were staying at the host in the village of Cioara. Now they live in the village of Dancu, also at the host, only that the 2 older children Arcadie and Adrian live with their grandfather also in the village of Dancu, and Natalia and the other 4 children live in another house. It is very sad that they are staying separately, but they said that for them it is ok, better than being on the street. They were very happy for all the goods they received. Now they are going through a more difficult period than before. The school year has started, more expenses, what he receives for raising the youngest child is very little for a family of 8 people. The package we gave them was a great blessing to them. Besides this, from the money we receive for these families, we paid for Arcadie and Adrian at the school canteen so that they could eat every day.
These are some experiences lived by us and by these families, on the one hand sad, but on the other hand beautiful. We cry with them, laugh, rejoice and share all the needs and difficulties that every family goes through. When we visit them, we have an extraordinary time. We thank you very much because with your help we can be closer to them and we can be an encouragement and we can give them hope for tomorrow. And these families confess that they are very happy and satisfied, and grateful that we are with them and think of their needs.
We want this to be an encouragement and a motivation for you too, and for you to know that even if we don’t always succeed in conveying to you the emotions we experience here with these families, every time we remember you and we pray for you and for the work we do together.
Thank you very much and we bless you in the name of Jesus Christ.
With much love, Veronica and Lilia.
Latest Update – July 2024
We have had a very busy time here with lots of things happening but praise God for you and all your supporters for the amazing work you are doing to give us such an incredible support. Words cannot describe how much we appreciate all your generous and kind support which brings so much encouragement, joy and hope to all those we are helping here.
Life has become even more difficult here since the war in Ukraine and we cannot imagine how the elderly people would have survived or how the children would feel without the special environment we have created and the education and motivation they have received through your support.
We recently visited one of the very poor families who receives support from your monthly giving we were overwhelmed by what we saw there. There is so much brokenness around us but how powerful to be able to help these families and remind them that they are not forgotten. Jesus is really using us to demonstrate His love and again we couldn’t do so much without your support. From the bottom of our hearts we would like to thank you for all you are doing in the Lord to bring tremendous encouragement and blessings to so many lives. Praying God’s blessings over you all, your families and all your amazing work.
Thank you for your commitment and confirming to us your support for 2024-2025 which is so encouraging and we praise God for this wonderful news. Below is some information from one of the families from Leuseni we visited recently. There are many similar stories that could be shared about how your support enables people on the ground in Moldova to reach out with God’s love to others and make a difference. Thank you again for being a part of so many people’s stories in Moldova.
Slavic and Veronica
In 2021 we met a young lady Ana in Leuseni village who had a broken life. Not very long after we met her, she very sadly died of HIV leaving 3 young daughters. The youngest, Dorinela, has physical and learning disabilities and it was overwhelming for Lidia, Ana’s mother, to take on the responsibility of raising her granddaughters, especially Dorinela, as well as dealing with her own grief. Thank God Lidia has been able to look after all 3 girls so they did not have to be split up. It hasn’t been easy, but with the practical and vital support provided by different people through our church, Lidia has had the strength she needed and you will see from the photos how successful she is being in raising the girls, and how happy they are.
LATEST UPDATE – March 2024
In the past 6 months Lilia and Veronica have visited 21 families with food and hygiene parcels. Some of the more vulnerable families have had several visits. They tell us that the help they receive from Link to Hope for the socially vulnerable families in their community is a great blessing.
They also had the opportunity to pay for food at the school canteen for children who come from these vulnerable families.
Veronica tells us ‘Together, know that we are doing great things and through these things we can bring people hope, courage and taste for a better life. We pray that they will understand how great our God is and how big His love is for them. We are very happy that we can do this together with you. May God reward you for everything you do, for your support in this wonderful work and for your encouragement and prayers for us. We wish you many blessings and we pray that this collaboration will continue for many years.
With much love, Veronica and Lilia.’
JUST SOME OF THE SUPPORTED FAMILIES
The M. family from the village of Dancu
Two children, I. 14 years old and N. 11 years old, grew up with a single mother, without a father. This summer their mother died of a serious illness and they were left in the care of their grandmother, who is retired but loves and cares for her grandchildren very much. Grandma Maria is optimistic and thinks she will manage. We were happy to visit them and they were very happy with all the things we gave them.


The P. family from Dancu village
Two boys: 13-year-old V. and 11-year-old N, are raised and educated by their mother L.. Their father passed away about 2 years ago. They don’t have their own house, someone from the village gave them an old house. All the people of the village who were willing helped her to repair the house and live with the children there. L. is sick and undergoing treatment. The situation is quite difficult for them, but they are very positive and optimistic.
The C. family from Dancu village
The C. family is a large family. Four children live only with the mother, because their father died about 8 years ago. This woman went through many sufferings and many trials, but despite this fact, she remained to be the mother of the children and to raise and educate them. It is very difficult, there are many problems and needs, but she believes and hopes that everything will be fine. She is very encouraged and thankful that we always try to be with her and her problems.
