Extreme Winters!!!!!

January 2008

Trying to keep warm when it is cold everywhere

This past winter was the most extreme in the region for 30 years with temperatures below -25, no central heating, little and sometimes for days no electric, frozen water pipes and sewage for weeks. The winter took its toll on many areas of the society however one way or another the work we do kept going and sometimes kept us going too.

One of the clubs having fun even though it is soooo cold!


Strengthen our own infrastructure
After this winter we could see that we needed to make our infrastructure stronger so if we need to we can have our own electric and heating systems not relying on the central infrastructure. Tear Fund helped Youth Life to purchase a good generator and to repair the heating system that exploded due to the extreme low temperatures, so if such a winter should happen again Youth Life will be better prepared.