Daily meals, mentoring, and a future for children in Romania

In some of the communities we work in across Romania, children grow up without reliable access to food, schooling or support at home, and in parts of the region, without protection from trafficking and exploitation. We support a number of centres in Romania in partnership with Outstretched Hands, who run them day to day, but our giving is primarily focused on two: Doi Moldoveni and Oltenita. It's a partnership nearly 13 years in the making. In Doi Moldoveni, over 50 children come each day for food and education, alongside support for the staff who mentor and guide them.

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We work across two neighbourhoods in Oltenita and Vlad Tepes, offering lessons, crafts, and help with homework, reading and maths. Many of the children we see have little support with schoolwork at home. Through monthly giving, we help resource teachers on the ground, and consistent giving, team trips and our team's presence there are showing up in better attendance and better results.

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As children grow older, we're building a way for them to stay connected. In 2022 we launched a hairdressing course to give young people a real skill and a route to independence, and we're now working with UK businesses and community groups to grow that training further.

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