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 and “The Butterfly” Day Center in Tudor Vladimirescu – where over 50 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.
“Hidden Treasures” kids club – on Saturdays, over 40 children participate in games, singing, lessons, and art.
Summer Camp – a week long stay in the mountains for over 45 children
Adult Education – In order to best support the children, we organize activities for adults;
- Adult literacy 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
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…
November 2010
This is my first prayer letter ever. This is the first month I have served as a full time worker with Word Made Flesh Romania. If you haven’t already read about me joining in from other people’s prayer letters, I am now letting you know that I have recently become a member of this amazing…