Who we help

 

Link Romania: Changing the lives of the poor

Link Romania is a Christian organisation founded in 1991 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 and the Bible.  Also working with vunerable young adult both girls and boys, in villages where there is much poverty and little hope.   

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.   

In 2010 Link Romania will support the following projects in Romania & Moldova and needs your help.

 

 

WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN THE PAST?

Many things have been achieved. A Life Skills Centre,  4 community centres -  all running, houses have been bought for families in the ShantyTown, and some moved out from that area. We have built houses for families, many wells and about 10 animal barns, We have renovated 2 floors including wards of the local main children's hospital, worked with orphans, sick or very poor children on a daily base every year since we were established. Employed over 50 homeless over the years and helped them into jobs and accommodation and many others projects over the years. 

We have funded a number of Aid for Trade projects based in Albania to help people to start their own businesses and soup kitchens and kindergartens in Moldova that are supported.

We aim to help the poor and disadvantaged in Eastern Europe.  As our name suggests the majority of our work takes place in Romania but we also help projects in the Republic of Moldova and Albania.