Thanks for your concerns. We have been dealing with UNICEF so all the issues raised are being dealt with at the moment.

Do you want original Branston or the ghastly smooth stuff they make to go on butties?

Think I confused you a bit really with my bad examples, it's hard to explain without going into all the technical terminology!! There isn't anything 'unclean' or 'used' and UNICEF are assisting us with what is needed.
Often we replace our suppliers as new products are available, creating an unwanted surplus of 'old-style' stuff. It's perfectly good but the boss would rather use newer stuff. We also get many trial samples of equipment we never use.

The message from Romania seems to be that now they are in EU the EU (us) is providing the money so they can afford to buy the overpriced new stuff that is produced in the EU , maybe you need to reassign your surplus to somewhere outside the EU eg africa whre it will still be warmly recieved
JMHO

Thanks for your thoughts, we are waiting for my medical contact within UNICEF to get back to us after speaking to particular neonatal units.
We are also taking lots of baby blankets and clothing that can be used for newborns.

You can visit the remote area of Romania, not those from touristic brochures. You can visit small villages in the Apuseni Mountains. You have a lot to see in Romania, to much for 3 weeks, but I can make a few suggestions for you

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LR Disco 1 200Tdi
www.race-to-bamako.com

Thanks RaceToBamako, that's exactly what we want. Please can you give me some more details? Thanks x

That depend of the region where you travel in Romania, where you want to distribute the "medical supplies and baby stuff". I can't help you with that!
What i can do, is to find nice places, interesting thinks to see or to do, near those regions.
What is you plan: do distribute the medical supplies and baby stuff and after that to see the country?

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Nicky
LR Disco 1 200Tdi
www.race-to-bamako.com

ORIGINAL!!! there's only 1 Branstons!

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1 for the road

Coming back to the trip ideas:
-if you planned to enter Ro from the NV border,from Hungary (Bors-border point) you can go to the Maramures area where is one of the traditional touristic area in the country with wooden churches and wellcoming people. Also there you can visit the Sapinta village, where the Merry Cemeterry is(wellknown for the happy epitaph and funny drawings on the people's grave).For the best ideas visit Romanian Monasteries - Bucovina, Maramures, Travel to Romania where you can find out more. After that you can go to the N-E of the country where are the monasteries that are 5-600 years old,area called Bucovina.You can also visit Sighisoara that is a middle-age city that is still populated ;down to Brasov you can see the Viscri village where Prince Charles is having a house and little farm, place visited very often by himself.Also near Brasov is Bran Castle, place wellknown as Dracula's Castle(even if there are very few things in common with Dracula here).

All these places are mainly in the mountain area, with supperb landscapes and views.
Also if any (unwanted!) mechanical problems with the Defender there are also 4x4 clubs here with many members happy to help with repairs.

Hope that this will help with your plans for the expedition!

Cheers,
Flavius.

Thats brilliant thanks Flavius! We will have a look at you route on the map and do a bit of research online.