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Change A Life Today

http://www.thepromisekept.co has been viewed nearly 6,600 times in over forty-five countries.  Add your name to the list and visit the website.  Click onto the menu in the top right-hand corner and get to know the trusted Children’s Charities in Romania making a better future for Romania’s 60,000 abandoned children. Add your voice to the global awareness movement and become involved in orphan advocacy issues; raise awareness globally. Start the New Year with a goal to change a life. It is a good feeling to volunteer, donate to a charity and give back to the community. Listed below are just ten of the countries who have visited the website in one day.

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Mechanical Magic

 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MS14KU3.

Mechanical Magic is a gentle, reassuring story about a boy who is visited at night by a helicopter.

The 1989 Communist Revolution in Romania, was my inspiration for the story.

During the revolution, the evil dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu and his horrid wife, Elena, tried to escape by helicopter.

They were captured and shot by firing squad on Christmas Day, 1989.

Springtime House in Romania

MISSION: Springtime House in Romania exists to rescue orphans and support God-centered family homes.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/180324277?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0

Warning; images in this video are very confronting.

Every child deserves a loving family, therefore Springtime House provides Romanian orphans a family-style home with godly foster parents.

Basic needs such as food and shelter combined with emotional healing and spiritual mentoring are provided. Youngsters are educated, tutored, taught life skills, social skills, and encouraged to be involved in community-based activities.

Transitional plans for independent living are in place through internal operations and partnerships with faith-based organizations and churches. The goal is to enable these orphans to grow in a healthy environment, preparing them to be productive members of society.

Joni and Alexandra; Hope for the Future

Love Light Romania; Winter Food Parcel Distribution

http://www.lovelightromania.com/?page_id=1647 The dedicated team at Love Light Romania have started this years winter food parcel distribution. Without these food parcels, the children and their families would starve or the children would have to go out into the streets and beg. They need your donations to be able to continue. 

Asociatia Catharsis; Registered Adoption Agency

Azota Popescu, Founder and Director of Asociatia Catharsis, has worked tirelessly over the last twenty years to provide day-respite services to the blind and visually impaired and to advocate for better services for the disabled people in her community. She has also worked tirelessly to advocate for the rights of Romania’s 60,000 abandoned, institutionalised children. In line with the governments recent policy changes to domestic adoptions and their campaign; ” A Family For Every Child” , which aims to have no children living in institutions in Romania by 2020, Asociatia Catharsis are now are Registered Adoption Agency and, in accordance with government legislation, are able to provide the following essential services.

Catharsis Association Brasov, Romania and private body public interest

Reautorizată is to carry out activities and services in the field of domestic adoption as follows:

Activities for families who want to adopt a baby:

– informing families / individuals expressing their intention to adopt, documentation required to, and the domestic adoption procedures;

– preparing for adopters informed parental role;

– information and counseling adopters on the necessary legal steps disclosure, under the law, natural identity baby’s parents and, where appropriate, necessary contact or biological relatives by child;

– family or adoptatorului assessment in order to obtain adoptatoare attestation / family person to adopt one or more children.

Activities for children who have been or will be adopted:

Specialist Nurse for that child has not been able to identify a suitable adoptatoare family, where the adoption of the child adoption failed or stopped;

– drawing material information addressed to children on procedures, and the effects of adoption;

– Adoptatului and preparation advice for achieving its contacts with parents and / or natural biological relatives;

Natural activities for parents and extended family of children who have been or will be adopted:

– insurance expert assistance the adoption termination;

– advising and training natural parents and / or biological relatives for achieving contacts with adopted.

Adoption: post activities

– information and advice for parents and children;

– organising courses for parental capacity development;

– formation of groups for parents and children;

– supporting adopters to inform the child about adoption;

– advice on revealing adoptatului parents identity / natural biological relatives;

– advice and preparation adoptatului / parents / natural biological relatives to contact.

Adoption services internal

– information and promote domestic adoption awareness in order to / beneficiaries and needs increased domestic adoption by organising meetings, conferences, communications, media campaigns, editing of publications.

Asociația Catharsis Braşov, organism privat român şi de utilitate publică,

este reautorizată pentru a desfăşura activități și servicii în domeniul adopției interne, după cum urmează:

Activităţi destinate familiilor care doresc să adopte un copil:

– informarea familiilor/persoanelor care își exprimă intenția de a adopta, cu privire la documentația necesară, la demersurile și la durata procedurilor adopției interne; 

– pregătirea adoptatorilor pentru asumarea în cunoștință de cauză a rolului de părinte;

– informarea si consilierea adoptatorilor cu privire la demersurile legale necesare dezvăluirii, în condițiile legii, a identități părinților firești ai copilului și, după caz, necesare contactării acestora sau a rudelor biologice de către copil;

– evaluarea adoptatorului sau familiei adoptatoare în vederea obținerii Atestatului de persoană/familie aptă să adopte unul sau mai mulți copii.

Activități destinate copiilor care au fost sau urmează să fie adoptați:

-asistenta de specialitate a copilului pentru care nu s-a putut identifica o familie adoptatoare potrivita, în cazul în care demersurile de adopție ale copilului au eșuat sau adopția a încetat;

-întocmirea unor materiale de informare adresate copiilor cu privire la procedurile, demersurile și efectele adopției;

-consilierea și pregătirea adoptatului pentru realizarea contactelor acestuia cu părinții firești și/sau rudele biologice;

Activități destinate părinților firești și familiei extinse a copiilor care au fost sau urmează să fie adoptați:

– asigurarea de asistență de specialitate în situația încetării adopției;

– consilierea și pregătirea părinților firești și/sau a rudelor biologice pentru realizarea contactelor cu adoptatul.

Activități post adopție:

– informare și consiliere pentru părinți și copii;

-organizarea unor cursuri pentru dezvoltarea capacităților parentale;

– constituirea de grupuri de suport pentru părinți și copii;

– sprijinirea adoptatorilor în vederea informării copilului cu privire la adopția sa;

– consilierea adoptatului în vederea dezvăluirii identității părinților firești/rudelor biologice;

– consilierea și pregătirea adoptatului/părinților firești/rudelor biologice în vederea contactării.

Servicii în domeniul adopției interne

– informarea si promovarea adopției interne, în scopul conștientizării problematicii/nevoilor beneficiarilor și creșterii numărului adopțiilor interne, prin organizarea unor întâlniri, conferințe, comunicări, campanii de mediatizare, editare de publicații.

See Translation

Azota Popescu; Founder and President of Association Catharsis, Brasov, Romania.

http://www.catharsis.org.ro

e-mail: office.catharsis@yahoo.com

azotapopescu@yahoo.com

Phone/Fax: 0040 268 324888

Mobile: +40.722.295.282

Address: Braşov, 16th Toamnei St.,

Romania, Postal code: 500223

Building A Family; Needing Support

This article, which I wrote for the ”Adoption Today” magazine appeared in their July 2016 issue. I can highly recommend the magazine as a resource for anyone whose life has been touched by adoption in some way and for prospective adoptive parents. 

Help the Children Play

Please support Ileana’s efforts to fundraise for a children’s playground.

A simple playground, something we all take for granted, can make a huge difference to the quality of life of impoverished families in Romania.

Ileana Cunniffe Băiescu

October 25 at 6:13am · Galway, Ireland ·

We are building a small PLAYGROUND in Scutelnici, County Buzău, România – my very own birth place.

After reuniting close to 150 families voluntarily (100% free of charge) we decided to FUNDRAISE to build a small outdoor play facility in the small and poor community, where 20 years ago, I used to call it, HOME.

I would like to invite all our REUNIONS, SEARCHES and all our FRIENDS and FOLLOWERS to join me on another, yet amazing journey.

Over 300 young children will benefit from this project. Many of these children, are the children of my childhood friends. What a beautiful gift this could make to these families and it’s community!!!

We are now taking donations towards this project. We will like to ask anyone that will like to help us with either organizing a small fundraising event locally or just make a small personal donation towards it.

For all the bank information, please message me in private or on our community Facebook page, The never forgotten Romanian children – Copiii niciodată uitați ai României https://m.facebook.com/theneverforgottonromanianchildren

Will like to take this opportunity to send massive THANKS to our friends in NORWAY: to our young ladies reunited with their families from Romania, that had raised for the playground, so far €2015 but also to Steinarskogen Kindergarden in Veavågen, Norway for raising €1400, we greatly appreciate this!!

https://www.facebook.com/Steinarskogen-FUS-barnehage-71475…/ an amazing start, YOU have put on the map the foundations of this project!!

Many, many THANKS to you all and to your wonderful small community for coming together and playing such a massive part!!

Construirea unui mic LOC DE JOACĂ în Scutelnici, judeţul Buzău, România – locul meu de naştere.

După ce am reunit aproape 150 de familii în mod voluntar (gratuit 100%), ne-am decis să facem o STRÂNGERE DE FONDURI pentru a construi un mic loc de joacă în aer liber în mica şi săraca comunitate, unde acum 20 de ani, obişnuiam să o numesc ACASĂ.

Toate persoanele implicate cu noi in REUNIUNI, CĂUTĂRI de FAMILII toți PRIETENII şi MEMBRII paginei noastre de comunitate, alăturaține într-o altă călătorie uimitoare, construirea acestui parc de copii.

Peste 300 de copilaşi vor beneficia de pe urma acestui proiect. Mulţi dintre aceşti copii, sunt copiii prietenilor mei din copilărie. Ce cadou frumos se poate face pentru aceste familii şi această comunitate !!!

Acum acceptăm donaţii pentru acest proiect. Dorim să vă rugăm pe toţi cei care vor dori să ne ajute cu organizarea unui eveniment de strângere de fonduri, fie mic la nivel local, sau pur şi simplu prin a face o mică donaţie personală.

Pentru toate informaţiile bancare, vă rog să-mi scrieţi un mesaj în privat sau pe Facebook pe pagina comunităţii noastre: The never forgotten Romanian children – Copiii niciodată uitaţi aiRomâniei https://m.facebook.com/theneverforgottonromanianchildren

Aş dori să profit de această ocazie pentru a trimite mii de MULŢUMIRI prietenilor noştrii din NORVEGIA: tinerelor adoptate din România şi reunite cu familiile lor, care au strâns pentru locul de joacă €2015 dar şi grădiniței lor locale Steinarskogen Kindergarden in Veavågen, Norway, pentru frumoasa sumă de €1400

https://www.facebook.com/Steinarskogen-FUS-barnehage-71475…/

Un început uimitor, voi cu toții aţi pus pe harta bazele acestui proiect. Multe, multe MULŢUMIRI vouă şi micii voastre comunităţii minunate pentru că împreună aţi jucat un rol enorm!!

Springtime House In Romania

Contact Us: info@springtimehouse.org

Our story began in the loving heart of an English teacher and day care provider in 1990. Springtime in Romania was founded by Barbara Waldron.






In 1989, Romania had a Revolution and won their independence from communist Russia. After that time, however, the factories and businesses operated by the former government were shut down, people were without jobs and over 95,000 orphans were added to the overcrowded orphanages. The government had trouble feeding and clothing so many children.

In 1990 a small group from Great Britain, led by Barbara Waldron, became a beacon of hope to orphans as they made several trips by van taking clothes, fruit, toys, etc. to Romania orphanages. 1991 Mrs. Waldron and Peter Tat of Cluj, Romania partnered to form Spring Christian Foundation of Charity in Romania (Fundatia Crestina De Caritate Primavara in Romania).

In 1997 the UK Charity was registered in England and Wales by Barbara Waldron, Founder and President with her Board of Directors. This UK Charity was named Casa Primavara. Until the founding of the US foundation, the UK charity was the sole means of support.

Land was purchased in 2000 to build a group home for orphans. Mrs. Waldron and Peter Tat, Executive Director and Builder of Casa Primavara, worked together with local Child Protective Services (CPS) and other local Romanian government authorities to comply with laws and operating a group home for orphans and trained house (foster) parents.

In 2003 the dream of Mrs. Barbara Waldron became reality and five (5) children from 18 months to eight years old, all siblings were chosen and welcomed to be the first to live in a natural family setting at Springtime House in Romania under the supervision of two house Parents named Mr. & Mrs. Vasile and Elena Rus. All Board members in UK, USA and Romania are volunteers. This family continues to live and thrive together at Casa Primavara. The Romanian CPS officials continue to monitor the well-being of the children and quality of care given.

In September of 2009 Richard (Rick) and Sandra (Sandy) Scott traveled to Cluj-Napoca, Romania to visit close friends, Peter and Lidia Tat. Peter had written letters and email saying he needed help with Springtime House due to his congestive heart failure and was not expected to live much longer. They visited the home and met the House Parents and the children. They were amazed with the facility. Although in need of some repair, the house represented Godly values, love, and lots of potential.

The House is three-story facility with a basement and a carport. The property is completely fenced with a security gates in the front. There is a very small play yard with fruit trees and grape vines producing much fruit. The rest of the narrow, elongated property was entirely vegetable and fruit garden. The house parents plant, sow and harvest fruit and vegetables annually and maintain a root cellar and homemade canned goods to feed the family through the harsh winter. Beautiful roses and flowers were planted in the front area around the house. The meals Elena Rus prepared for us were healthy and delicious, even including fresh-squeezed fruit juice from the trees. The hard work of the parents and loving family environment gave us such a confidence in this ministry to children who had been abused, abandoned and then orphaned.

The Springtime House family was deeply saddened by the death of Peter Tat in 2010. Rick and Sandy Scott and Barbara Waldron joined many hundreds of local friends and family for Peterâ’s funeral in Romania. Afterwards, the Romanian Board was reorganized and Barbara Waldron elected to remove herself from this board on which she had formerly sat with Peter Tat and Rick was appointed in her place.

That Spring, Springtime House in Romania-USA, Inc. was formed and a Board of Directors was appointed and By-Laws were drafted.

In 2011, Springtime House in Romania launched their website at http://www.SpringtimeHouse.com. The Board of Directors continued to quickly establish Springtime House in Romania a viable charity in support of Romanian Orphans by filing a Certificate of Formation as a charitable organization with the State of Texas as well as filing for the 501(c)(3) with the Internal Revenue Service in August of the same year.

In April of 2012, Springtime House in Romania received designation from the US IRS as an official 501(c)(3) charitable organization

The Springtime House Board of Directors continues to invest countless hours towards the mission of rescuing children. As of January 1 of 2014, the foundation provides food, shelter, financial and/or educational support support to nearly 60 children in and around the Cluj Napoaca, Romania region. The need is tremendous but so is our God. We welcome you to join us in our quest to DO MORE to rescue the orphans and widows of Romania.

Love Light Romania- Winter Footwear for the Children

It is getting cold in Romania with snow on the ground. If the children do not have suitable footwear, they cannot attend school. Their education is vital to break the cycle of poverty. Please help by donating to the winter footwear appeal.