Letter from Russia
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 4:30 pm
So I got this email and apparently they want me to mail them an oven.......................... 
Dear Friend,
My name is Elena, I'm 32 years and I writing you from Russian province. I work in municipal library and I can use computer after work when possible. Our situation is terrible and I send you this message in despair and hope.
I have a daughter Anghelina, she have 8 years, her father leaved us and we live with my mother.
Due to financial crisis recently my mother lost job (shop where she used to work has been closed) and our situation became awful.
Gas and electricity is very expensive in our region and we cannot use it to heating our home anymore.
It is very cold already in our region and weather becomes colder each day. We are very worried and we do not know what to do.
Now we can use only one way to heat our home - it is to use portable wood burning oven which give heat with burning wood (fire). We have enough wood in our region and this oven will heat our sleeping room all winter for minimal charge.
Problem is that we can not buy this oven in our city because it cost 8145 roubles (equivalent of 191 Euro) and we don't have too much money.
In case if you have any old portable cast iron oven and if you do not use it anymore, we will be very happy if you can donate it to us and organize department of this oven to our adress (190 km from Moscow). This ovens can be different , they can be made from cast iron and weight 100 - 150kg.
I hope to hear from you back.
Elena and my family.
Russia
Dear Friend,
My name is Elena, I'm 32 years and I writing you from Russian province. I work in municipal library and I can use computer after work when possible. Our situation is terrible and I send you this message in despair and hope.
I have a daughter Anghelina, she have 8 years, her father leaved us and we live with my mother.
Due to financial crisis recently my mother lost job (shop where she used to work has been closed) and our situation became awful.
Gas and electricity is very expensive in our region and we cannot use it to heating our home anymore.
It is very cold already in our region and weather becomes colder each day. We are very worried and we do not know what to do.
Now we can use only one way to heat our home - it is to use portable wood burning oven which give heat with burning wood (fire). We have enough wood in our region and this oven will heat our sleeping room all winter for minimal charge.
Problem is that we can not buy this oven in our city because it cost 8145 roubles (equivalent of 191 Euro) and we don't have too much money.
In case if you have any old portable cast iron oven and if you do not use it anymore, we will be very happy if you can donate it to us and organize department of this oven to our adress (190 km from Moscow). This ovens can be different , they can be made from cast iron and weight 100 - 150kg.
I hope to hear from you back.
Elena and my family.
Russia