Word Made Flesh Romania gives a better future for vulnerable children through personal development through partnering friends.
Mission Statement
Word Made Flesh Romania serves among children vulnerable to running away from home, vulnerable to dropping out of school, vulnerable to being trafficked, vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, and vulnerable to social marginalization and ethnic discrimination.
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Activities
“The Valley” Community Center in Galati – where over 40 children receive daily:
- A hot meal and personal care (like a hot shower)
- Support in the development of positive behavioral skills
- Developing their capacities and life-skills
- (Re) integration into school
- Help with homework and in catching up with their education
- Help with supplies and uniforms so they can regularly attend school
- First-aid
- Art, play and gardening therapies
- Counseling
- Spiritual and moral education
- Computer skills
- Support in job placement.
Summer Camp – a week long stay in the mountains for over 35 children
Adult Education – In order to best support the children, we organize activities for adults;
- Parenting courses;
- Health and hygiene courses;
- Courses on child development and discipline
Commuity Development – We visit vulnerable families in the neighborhood and on the margins of the city:
- Developing relationships with our neighbors;
- Learning about their situations and needs;
- Supporting them in accessing the systems of health and social care;
- Identifying the activities that we can do together to improve the neighborhood.
Romania Blog
Is It Worth It?
From the wisdom of Scripture to the teaching of modern psychology, one principle that is promoted for human development and that helps us to relate to one another is this: receiving and then giving to others, being helped and then helping others, receiving love and then loving others in turn. For us, this is what…
The Nine-Year-Old Girl Who Inspired A New Program
As the weather is turning cold and the daylight is getting shorter in Romania, we continue to develop relationships with vulnerable children. Let me tell you about one of our second-graders, a 9-year-old, who I will call Anca. We have known Anca since she was a baby. Over the past 14 years, we helped two of Anca’s older…
The Creative Way We’re Cutting Food Costs
At our Community Center and Day Center, we serve over 60 meals a day to vulnerable children. As you can imagine, after salaries and utilities, food is our biggest expense. In order to decrease our expenditures on food – especially vegetables – we plan to combine two technologies that promote the healthy stewardship of creation. The first is…