Tudor Bradatanage: 21, from Botosani, studies European Studies, wants to become a film director.
All the people we talked to, knew about Rosia Montana project;All of them were conscious of the risks implied. I was impressed by the people who showed us supprt.
Roxana Pencea, age: 21, from Ramnicu Valcea,
studies European Studies
Ioana Tisca, age 22, from Moeciu, student at European Studies
Alexandru Moldovan, Age: 25, from Tg. Mures, program coordinator at PATRIR
For me, the new experience of talking to people was a great success.I spoke with lots of people, although the discussions were short.The majority of them were old people who
didn’t agree under no circumstances with the mining project. Agriculture is the main income source for them, and if the environment gets more polluted than it is, production will
decrease.
Nae Chiper, age 30, from
Focsani, jurist
Inspite of the unfavorable weather, the contacts with the people we met on our way to Turda showed their interest regarding Rosia Montana problem and their opposition to the project.
Sorana Olaru Zainescu, age 25, from Cluj-Napoca, assisting teacher at Faculty of Political Science, department of Journalism
I spoke to the lady who had just moved to Mihai Viteazu. She was from Gura Cornei (village near Rosia Montana). She was against the project, but the compny put great pressure on her.She sold her house and land for 700 million lei. This is the typical scenario used by the company: They measure over and over again the lands, they make new and new offers, meanwhile the preassure on people gets higher and higher and eventually they decide to sell their houses, as being near the road they think that they are the first affected.
Katrin Nicke, age 23,from Germany, EVS volunteer at
PATRIR
Stefania Irescu, age 20, from Bucharest, studies Economics The people we were passing by were surprised by what we were doing, but meanwhile you could also see the happiness and solidarity on their
faces
Laura Sandu, age 20, from Bacau, studies Gender and European Studies
Mircea Belu, age 6o, retired, ex military pilot from Bucharest
Doru Maries, age 45, president of the Association
of Revolutionaries
“22nd of December 1989”, from Bucharest
Sabin Muresan, age 26, from Tg. Mures, program
coordinator, PATRIR
Ionut Ruscea , age 19, from Bucharest, studies Geology
Jo Wood, grandmother, age 65, from Canada, volunteer at
PATRIR
Andrei Seitan, age 26, volunteer from Constanta
Youngsters, by age and soul (look at the Canadian woman of 65), reached our first destination standing against bad weather and appropriating the group’s principles. Our girls were describing the tiredness they felt, but it was nothing compared to the joy we felt when we saw that nobody abandoned and that no major problem interfered. So here is what I was thinking: “the desire sustained by will shows its effect!”
Ioana Prunean, age 24, from Cluj, operator at
the Institute of Statistics in Cluj
Elena Ramboi, age 49, housewife mother of 5, from
Negru Voda, Constanta
Crina Resteman, age 24, from Satu-Mare, program coordinator PATRIRPeople are not being listened to when great decisions regarding their community are made. And as well they didn’t get used to the implication in the process of taking decisions, and I’m referring here to the fingertips left by the communist regime when you couldn’t express yourself, you only had to do what you were ordered. In my opinion, what they mostly need now is a leader to mobilize them efficiently, to get them off this indifference mood.
Ioan Felea, age 85, from Carpinis, volunteer in Save Rosia Montana Campaign
Ina Curic, age 23, from Suceava, studies Gender and
Inequalities
Ioana Lucaciu, age 24, from Oradea, “Be prepared”
organization
Bryan Stanke, age 28, volunteer from USA
Many people are supporting us on the valley. That’s why I believe it is important to tell them that the power consists of unity and that the people can be more powerful if they
stick together.
Ionela Rosu, age 23, from Suceava , secretary
Elena Serbu, age 50, from Bucharest,
expert in Art History
Mihaela Branza, age 23, from Suceava, studies
Resources Management at a master level
Paul Iacobas, age 27, from Oradea, Regional Center for
Environment
Costel Inoe, age 40, engineer, from Bucharest
Filip Serbu, age 19, studies Geography, from Bucharest
Florin Gherasim, age 42, ethnologist, from Cluj-Napoca
Lucian, age 18, from Abrud, volunteer
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