Aurora Christian Association

Large house for sale in Brasov, Romania.

ACA is selling Casa Aurora, located on the outskirts of the city of Brasov, as we need our base to be located nearer to the majority of our projects in the village of Vulcan (about 18km outside Brasov).

Casa Aurora has been used for holding small conferences, and as a hospitality house for visitors to Romania. It has 8 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2 kitchens, 2 lounge areas, 1 office and a large conference room, plus storage rooms and a double garage.

Casa Aurora has recently undergone some refurbishment including new insulation and rendering, new front wall, security gate and block paved drive and courtyard . It has gas central heating, with a new boiler, and has all utilities.

It is currently on the market at 400,000 Euros.

For more information, please contact either Iosif Mich (in Romania - English speaker) on iosifmich@yahoo.com
or 0040 744 894 464, or Anna Ovens on anna.ovens@agathos.co.uk or 07973 916966.

About ACA...

Malcolm & Christine Ford have been travelling to Romania since 1983. Following the revolution in 1989 they purchased a house in the city of Brasov, which was named Casa Aurora. This house is now a place of hospitality for Romanian and Western visitors. A charity was formed, both in the UK and in Romania.
The work of A.C.A. is now mainly run in the village of Vulcan, which is approx. 18 km from Brasov. Two further properties have been purchased there, Casa Betania and Casa Salom. A kindergarten is held in Casa Salom 3 mornings a week and currently there are 26 children, both Romanian and Gypsy. Casa Betania is now Malcolm & Christine’s main base in Romania. Here, aid, which is sent from the UK, is sorted and distributed to those in need. There is also a canteen which feeds 185 poor children 1 meal a day, 5 days a week.
In the past year A.C.A. has purchased two plots of land, one for a campsite for local churches to use for children’s camps, the second to enable produce to be grown for the feeding programme. There are currently 22 workers committed to A.C.A., most of whom are sponsored from the UK. If you would like more information regarding sponsorship, please let us know.

The Vision of A.C.A.

Casa Aurora

To provide hospitality, as cheaply as possible for Romanian and Western Christians working for the Lord in Romania.
To provide a meeting place for day seminars for Christians.
To house the main office of the Association.
To provide a meeting room for Bible teaching conferences.
All these functions are working well, and it is our hope that Casa Aurora will in time become self financing with gifts received for accommodation.
Iosif and Ani Mich, and Zica Stef are full time workers at Aurora.

Casa Betania

To provide a home for ourselves, and for any of our team from UK who come to stay and work with us.
To house the branch office in Vulcan for A.C.A.
To store aid received from the West, and to use premises as a distribution centre. [We only work with proven contacts, and give aid on a ‘one to one‘ basis]
To provide a simple medical service for those needing first aid and simple medical care.
To provide a base for a visitation programme for the elderly and infirm in the village.
To use the land in the orchard to grow vegetables for the canteen.
To house the carpenters workshop [Nelu’s private business]
The House Next Door
This house is Gary and Nicoleta’s home.
It also houses the canteen which feeds 185 children one meal a day.
Upper Room - meeting room which seats 80. Used for English classes, computer classes, homework club, youth club, conference / teaching ministry.

Casa Salom

To house the kindergarten [play group]. We currently have 26 children coming three mornings a week.
We hope in the future to be able to build a purpose built room for this kindergarten, and a small apartment to house visitors or groups staying and working in Romania.

Canaan

This is land, just outside Vulcan in a beautiful location, purchased for a campsite. It has a fresh water spring, and is flat meadow land set at the base of the foothills of the mountains surrounded by forest. It already has the foundations of a building on it so there is the possibility to build in the future. This land will provide a place for poor churches to use for camps, barbecues, and day excursions into the country. A.C.A. will provide all facilities for each group on a loan basis.

Agricultural Land

Land has been purchased for agriculture, and will be tilled in the spring of 2003.
Tractor, trailer and implements have been bought to till the land.

Future plans

1 To build at Salom
2. To buy a small house to start a work with the elderly and possibly house some of the children who cannot live at home. These are pressing needs in Romania, and there is very little work being done in these fields.

FINANCE

Aurora Christian Association [UK] / Asociatia Crestina Aurora [ROM] is financed solely through gifts given specifically for the work in Romania.
Very little is used for administration costs, both in the UK and in Romania, as all staff are voluntary, and live either by nominated sponsorships, or personal gifts.

OPERATION re - AID

Malcolm and Christine Ford head up the work, and have been travelling in Romania since 1983. Since the Romanian revolution in December 1989, they have spent up to 5 months a year in Romania, supervising the work personally. This is done in 3 trips per year, of between 1 and 2 months duration.
All aid is packed carefully and given on a one to one basis, either to individuals, or to churches, social services, orphanages, hospitals, doctors and dentists surgeries, schools, police, council offices, just to name a few. In fact, wherever there is a genuine need, and a trustworthy contact. Everything, according to Romanian law, is signed for, and listed, both on entering the country and as it is given away. The biggest problem, and greatest cost is transport to Romania.

A.C.A. is a registered charity: (Number 1073190) both in Romania and in the UK.

Aurora Christian Association Bank Details:

National Westminster Bank, Newton Abbot Branch
Account Number: 10665749
Sort Code: 54-10-39
Account Name: Aurora Christian Association

Sponsorship Bank Details:

National Westminster Bank, Newton Abbot Branch
Account Number:  25207962
Sort Code:  54-10-39
Account Name:  Aurora Christian Association  — Sponsor

Contact Details:

Rora House
Halford
Liverton
Newton Abbot
Devon
TQ12 6HZ
Tel: (01626) 821746
Fax: (01626) 821586
Email: roraaca@lineone.net

Casa Aurora
Str Fanionului No 7
Brasov 2200
Romania
Tel: (0040) 268 324 841
Email: acauroraro@yahoo.com

Casa Betania
Str Laterala No 374
Vulcan 2219
Brasov
Romania
Tel: (0040) 268 256 592
Email: betania@aca-vulcan.org

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