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The Fiți Buni Association

Every year

Vidin and the Timok Valley

The Easter and Christmas gifts taken to children and old people around Vidin, in Bulgaria, and to the Romanians of the Timok Valley, together with the Romanian Cultural Centre in Vidin.

Vidin și Valea Timocului — ianuarie 2026

The story of the campaign

At Easter and over the winter holidays, parcels made up by families in Caracal reach the kindergartens around Vidin, the children’s ward of the Vidin hospital, community centres, the villages nearby and an old people’s home; each box carries the name of the family that gives it.

For the Romanians of the Timok Valley, the campaigns bring holiday gifts, books in Romanian and activities that keep their cultural identity, history and traditions alive.

In Bulgaria the Fiți Buni Association is known as “Бъди добър” (“Be good”).

Sources: chitalishta.com, radiooltenia.ro, adevarul.ro, realitateaoltului.ro, globalorthodoxy.com, realitateaoltului.ro, bta.bg, episcopiaslatinei.ro, ziarullumina.ro, episcopiaslatinei.ro.

The editions

4 editions

  1. 2026

    In January, parcels of sweets, cosmetics and hygiene products for children up to eight in kindergartens and schools in the Vidin region and for the old people of a care home in the Bregovo municipality, given by the association together with the Romanian Cultural Centre in Vidin. The association’s president, Nicoleta Iagăru, and Father Ion were there.

    Result160 parcels.

  2. 2025

    In January, parcels of sweets, toothbrushes and toothpaste, notebooks and pens for the children in the children’s ward of the Vidin hospital, at the Tsvyat community centre and in the villages of Major Uzunovo, Kapitanovtsi and Negovanovtsi.

  3. 2023

    In early January, hundreds of parcels of sweets for the children’s ward of the Vidin hospital, kindergartens and community centres. On 24 January, the Day of Romanian Culture, a delegation of the association, led by its president, was in Vidin; Nicoleta Iagăru’s painting exhibition was for charity, for the children of the Vidin region. In the last days of December the association’s representatives handed out Christmas gifts in Belogradchik, at the Iglika kindergarten and in the town square.

  4. 2020

    From the money of the “Mărțișorul speranței” fair, 12 inhalers and two contactless thermometers for the children’s ward of the Vidin hospital. In April, during the pandemic, reusable protective masks from Caracal, on Father Ion’s initiative: 250 for Vidin town hall, the rest for organisations and institutions.

These are the association’s years, from 2020. The campaign’s whole history, from its first edition, with its photographs and press, is on the site of Father Ion Iagăru, whom the association calls the initiator of its projects.

The campaign’s whole history, on ion.iagaru.ro (opens in a new tab)

Photographs

23 photographs

In the press

13 articles and reports

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How you can help

Give any amount to the Fiți Buni Association’s accounts at Banca Transilvania.

  1. Bank transfer

    Accounts in RON, EUR and GBP, at Banca Transilvania.
  2. 3.5% of your income tax

    You can direct 3.5% of your income tax to the association with Form 230.