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.

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
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.
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.
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.
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
- Румънска организация дари 160 празнични пакета във Видинско (opens in a new tab)
БНР – Радио Видин
in Bulgarian - Подаръци зарадваха деца в Белоградчик (opens in a new tab)
БНР – Радио Видин
Show the other 5 articles
- Румънска асоциация дари стотици пакети за деца във Видинско (opens in a new tab)
БНР – Радио Видин
Radioin Bulgarian - 300 предпазни маски дари Румънският културен център във Видин (opens in a new tab)
БНР – Радио Видин
Radioin Bulgarian - Как мартеници стават инхалатори… (opens in a new tab)
Danube Bridges
in BulgarianArchived copy (opens in a new tab)
How you can help
Give any amount to the Fiți Buni Association’s accounts at Banca Transilvania.
Bank transfer
Accounts in RON, EUR and GBP, at Banca Transilvania.3.5% of your income tax
You can direct 3.5% of your income tax to the association with Form 230.