At 18.00 on Friday 19th July it began to rain at Clit, a small village near Suceava in northeast Romania.

It only rained for 20 minutes, but in those 20 minutes so much rain fell that a wall of water 1.5m high swept through the middle of the village.

25 homes were either destroyed or so badly damaged that they need to be rebuilt. In all 200 people have been affected by this tragedy. Many of these people have lost everything - home, possessions, animals and crops.

10 days after the waters swept through the village, two Romania Care Trustees visited it. Two bridges have been destroyed, the bulldozers were in trying to clear away the rubble; most of the village wells had been destroyed.

A village bakery was making and donating 400 loaves of bread a day to the people affected.

The government had promised aid in terms of land and bricks.

Bethesda Foundation from Suceava, partner charity of Romania Care, has donated medicines.

On Saturday 3rd August, some of our summer team returned to the village taking clothes for those who had lost everything. These were distributed with the assistance of the Orthodox Priest in the village.

We have also committed to provide (initially) up to £600, to drill new wells or repair old ones. Finance is now being sought to cover the costs. Any help you can give would be gratefully received.