A convoy of three lady truck drivers are getting ready to bring a cargo of aid to Romania on behalf of the CrossCause charity.
Among them is Ciara Tinnelly who drives for James Quinn Transport. She will be travelling across Europe in convoy with Joanne Laverty of Graffin Transport and Martina McNally at A&M Commercials to the poverty stricken village of Nicoresti in Romania.
While there have been a number of aid convoys to Nicoresti in the past, this is the first time that a group of lady truckers have undertaken it.
The trip will see them travelling to England and then getting a ferry before driving down through Europe.
Ciara, who hails from Rostrevor, has been driving for Quinns since March 2017 and is well used to long distance driving so the trip holds no fears for her.
My father is a lorry driver and my granddad used to own trucks,' she says. 'A lot of my family drive for a living and ever since I was young it was always what I wanted to do.'
The drivers are appealing for aid supplies to bring out to Nicoresti, which has a small population of roughly 6,000 people, many of whom are living in impoverished conditions.
They are now looking for donations of clothing, footwear, medical supplies,non-perishable food, cleaning and hygiene products, bedding and household supplies, farm machinery, building materials and plumbing fittings.
The aid will be given to the special needs residents, the Day Centre children and around 1,000 villagers who are supported by CrossCause.
They also have a JustGiving page for donations which will be used to help with the expences of getting the convoy to Romania, with remaining money going to CrossCause.
On Friday our children helped load up one of the vans. For the last 3 weeks we have been collecting goods & bringing them into school as part of our Christmas appeal. All of our children gave generously - with Primary 6 being the class that won a night off homework! Very proud of our community. Thank you all for your support & for making Christmas a better time for the lives of many, many others less fortunate than ourselves.
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