Brian Douglas
 Brian
Douglas is a British born citizen and voluntary director of St RCHF
in Eastern Europe, plus founder member of St RCHF. Brian has a vast
experience of humanitarian charity NGO workings in Eastern Europe.
He has lived for the last 20 years mainly in Romania.
Brian Douglas first travelled to Romania in early 1994,
delivering much needed aid, including medical supplies. He was so
distressed by the conditions in which so many lived that he decided
to make his life’s work doing what he can to improve the situation
and moved to live in Iasi in October 1994. For 20 years Brian has
dedicated his life to the welfare of those Romanians in greatest
need.
Brian worked hands on as a volunteer at an old
orphanage for children with difficulties. In 1997 he was invited to
help at a pediatric Tuberculosis hospital in Bucium near Iasi. In
the 5 years Brian worked there, with support from UK donors, he
created a playroom for the children and he modernised the deplorable
bathroom area and the ancient and inefficient laundry.
The hospital
was closed in 2002 and the children were moved to a new modern TB
unit in Iasi. This gave Brian the opportunity to devote more time to
TB awareness and prevention. Romania has the highest incidence rate
of TB throughout Europe and there is a lot of ignorance surrounding
this largely preventable disease so Brian started to design posters
and leaflets and took them out to schools and those living in rural
areas of Iasi county to help educate the children and general public
about TB. Word about Brian’s work quickly spread and for the past 12
years he has worked closely with the Public Health Office and the
University Clinic Hospital of Pneumology in Iasi in regard to
tuberculosis prevention.
Brian has worked on numerous other
projects. Such as was the case with Dorohoi in the Botosani county
where, one night in 2010, the town was hit with a wall of muddy
water. Brian was there within 4 hours helping people to safety. He
contacted friends in Hungary and within days two huge articulated
lorries arrived carrying bottled water, food, beds, mattresses, and
other vital items for the worst affected families. The Romanian
Children’s Humanitarian Foundation (RCHF) purchased 12 tents to
“house” families through the winter of 2010 and through 2011 until
new dwellings were constructed. Since then Brian has retained strong
links with the people of Dorohoi, and in 2013 he created a playroom
at the Municipal Hospital for children on the pediatric ward.
Brian has a good working relationship with the Romanian
Inspectorate of Police in Suceava county in projects that attempt to
address adolescent problems including the dangers of narcotics,
taking the view that “prevention is better than a cure”.
Brian’s latest initiative is a life saver! Brian became aware of the
loss of human and animal life caused by vehicles rear ending the
horse and carts used by so many, in the dark and in bad weather.
Brian came up with the idea of putting reflectors on the back of the
horse-carts. SPANA (The Society for the Protection of Animals
Abroad) in the UK provided initial funding and Brian managed to have
produced 4,250 reflectors at the cost of 1 GBP each from a firm in
Suceava. Those are being fitted by Police officers at a fast rate
and Brian himself is stopping and fitting reflectors to any cart he
sees while out on his travels! At least another £8,000 is needed to
complete every horse and cart in Suceava County.
Any contributions will be
gratefully accepted
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