Orphanage Initiative Romania

            Join our efforts in creating a better future for the children !

In Romania there are over 70.000 institutionalized children. These institutions can be considered insufficient prepared to assure a proper environment for child development in accordance with the principles of social reintegration. Because of the low number of the employees, some children might not get the full attention of a grown up throughout the day. That is why our mission is to fill the emotional gap of the children living in orphanages and to turn them into socially adapted members of the community.

Our goals are to develop the relational capacity of the children, to develop the team spirit and the fair-play, to stimulate the children’s creativity and to give the children a proper hygiene and healthy alimentation education. We think that through a constant interaction with medical students, these children can gain confidence in themselves by having new friends that are supportive and committed.

The Orphanage Exchange Program takes place during the summer holiday for three weeks. In this period,  medical students from all over the world are invited to volunteer in the project and help the Romanian volunteers, in actions consisting in playing games with the children, helping with homework, paint, draw, play sports, dance and any other activity that will be fun and stimulating for the kids.  This is a very important part of  our project as  foreign volunteers bring more stimulation and incitement for the children, due to the new culture they meet and also due to the language barriers they will have to cross upon. This is also a very good opportunity for the children to learn to speak English, but it is also a challenge of finding new ways of communication, other than the usual one.

It is important for the children that they feel like a part of the community and they have results which they can be proud of. For that reason, for every activity that we make we give out diplomas and certificates of participation. We always encourage them in learning and enhancing their performance at school and in different activities. We hope that through our efforts we can build a better future for them or at least give them a better start in life, like all the children should have.