Link Romania
Background to Link Romania
Link Romania was established in 1991 in response to the devastating television pictures that came out of Romania of the appalling conditions in the orphanges in Romania. Volunteers from Worthing hired a truck, loaded it with aid and drove to Romania. They ended up in a town called Iasi in the NE of Romania and there the work began. Nicolae Ceauşescu’s brutal regime left the country impoverished and reeling from the effects of the totalitarian police state. Link Romania was established to help rebuild lives and communities. And that is what we having been doing for the past 20 years.
Link Romania: Changing the lives of the poor
Link Romania is a Christian organisation founded to help the poorest and most marginalised of Romania’s people. Link Romania is dedicated to poverty alleviation and humanitarian aid and working with groups that are rejected by society in Eastern Europe.
Life in Eastern Europe is very hard. The countries that have succeeded in entry to the EU many people, especially the young, have the opportunities that their parents could only dream of. For those of low or no literacy existing in poor housing they still struggle with poverty, illness, lack of money, unemployment etc. Tragically their children are born and raised to live in the same way and continue to exist in a circle of poverty they can never escape from.
Link Romania’s aim is to combat poverty and give humanitarian aid and has special concern for the most disadvantaged.
The poorest – especially people struggling to survive in the poor villages that lack basic amenities.
Most vulnerable – especially children and the most marginalised.
Most exploited – the families and individuals who are at the mercy of authorities and circumstances that they have no control over.
Education
We work with children and after school groups. We also work with homeless young adult men teaching them social skills, reading and skills as well as the Bible. Working with vunerable young adult both girls and boys, in villages where there is much poverty and little hope and also children with special needs.
Community development and social work
We work with families and their children some of whom live in the shanty towns. We go and meet with them regularly to extend help and advice to those that others would ignore. The team also helps with medical and dental bills, official paperwork, repairing of homes, helping with fuel in the winter etc.