Emmaus Iasi At the beginning of September, we celebrated the wedding of Ciprian and Monica, two companions from our community. The perfect reason to discover their journey and their meeting within Emmaüs. Meeting with Ciprian. Hello, can you introduce yourself? Hello, I’m Ciprian. I have been an Emmaus companion for 7-8 years now. Thanks to Emmaüs, I … Read more
The pickling is a technique to conserve food using salt and vinegar. Salt prevents the growth of bad microorganisms and allows the good ones to grow and to preserve the food. It also keeps the vegetables crunchy. Vinegar plays the same role. In the Romanian recipes of muraturi (pickled fruits and vegetables), we usually find … Read more
The pickling is a technique to conserve food using salt and vinegar. Salt prevents the growth of bad microorganisms and allows the good ones to grow and to preserve the food. It also keeps the vegetables crunchy. Vinegar plays the same role. In the Romanian recipes of muraturi (pickled fruits and vegetables), we usually find … Read more
The pickling is a technique to conserve food using salt and vinegar. Salt prevents the growth of bad microorganisms and allows the good ones to grow and to preserve the food. It also keeps the vegetables crunchy. Vinegar plays the same role. In the Romanian recipes of muraturi (pickled fruits and vegetables), we usually find … Read more
This month we received the visit of Teodora, first companion of the Emmaüs community of Iasi. She is today in charge of a shop in an Emmaüs community in France. Her visit is the perfect occasion for us to ask her about her journey and her experience as a companion during the first days of … Read more
The Foundation “Un Coup de Main d’Emmaüs” was launched in 2001, but the social work towards homeless people really started in 1997. Amongst the people involved, present since the beginning of the adventure, many are still involved in the association, as employees, members of the board or volunteers. This month, we are meeting Iustina, treasurer of the … Read more
In 2014, the Emmaüs community of Sion has partnered with the foundation “ Un Coup de Main d’Emmaüs Iasi”. Since then, every year, companions from Iasi leave to do an internship in Sion, in order to discover a language, a culture, other ways of living and doing… We receive as well trucks of donations … Read more
In 2017 we opened in our community of Popești a weaving workshop, following the lead of Anne-Lise, a volunteer from Switzerland (you can find her portrait from December 2017 here). With her help and her advices, the companions have been weaving fabrics to create bags, scarves, pillowcases and carpets. Since the opening of the workshop, … Read more
The city of Iași counts numerous universities. One of them is the university of dental medicine, attended by both Romanian and foreign students who are able to provide dental care beginning with the third year of studies. Since many years we are in touch with students from the third, the fourth and the fifth years … Read more
Thanks to the connections between the community of Iași and our partners in Switzerland, our companions can go live and work for a couple of months in Emmaüs Sion and Bern. Here is the recollection of our companion Vasile’s time in Bern. Hello! Can you introduce yourself? How did you get to know Emmaüs? Vasile … Read more
