The Alesd orphanage was started in 1997 by the Hungarian Reformed Church. 25 children now call the orphanage home. The director of the Alesd Home is Annamaria Gonczi, a retired children's doctor. ... [show more info]
Reverend Irma Molnar and her husband, Professor Molnar, once dreamt of a refuge for the lost children who lived in the remote regions west of the Carpathian Mountains in Romania, a region commonly kno... [show more info]
In 1926 several pastors in a southwestern Romanian region decided to open an orphanage to care for orphaned children. The orphanage grew over the years as more and more children found a home there. ... [show more info]
The Casa Filip is a small orphanage tucked away in the foothills of Romania's Carpathian Mountains. About a decade ago, after the fall of communism, Mihai, the owner of a trucking company in Romania,... [show more info]
After viewing heart-wrenching media coverage of Romanian orphanages, a lady from Britain left part of her estate for the purpose of caring for Romanian orphans. Thus, in 1994, the Casa Ioana came into... [show more info]
The Casa Otniel orphanage was built with the help of two Dutch organizations. All the children who live in the orphanage come from hard backgrounds. At the orphanage though, they receive the care th... [show more info]
Romania's transition from communism and the social policies of former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu have left countless numbers of Romanian children either living in extreme poverty or homeless. Seeing ... [show more info]
The Casa Tabita is a small, Christian orphanage located in the city of Bocsa in Western Romania. Several years before it started a man named Daniel, and his wife Rodica, periodically took orphans int... [show more info]
The Cernatul de Sus orphanage is located near the city of Brasov in south-central Romania. The construction of the orphanage building was funded by the European Union and upon completion the building ... [show more info]
The Emmaus Home is a small, Christian orphanage located near the city of Tirgu Mures, in Northwestern Romania. A group of ladies, after visiting children in state orphanages, had the vision of beginn... [show more info]
The Lupeni Children's Home, tucked away in a small city in the Carpathian Mountains, is a haven of stability and hope for 22 children. Once a thriving coal mining region, this area recently reported ... [show more info]
Lupeni Children's Home
The Lupeni Children's Home, tucked away in a small city in the Carpathian Mountains, is a haven of stability and hope for 22 children. Once a thriving coal mining region, this area recently reported a 45% unemployment rate and widespread poverty. After the fall of communism in 1989 local Christians began to help their suffering neighbors by reaching out to the elderly, feeding meals to the needy, assisting the very poorest of families, placing children in foster homes, and founding an orphanage. Through funding from an organization in the United Kingdom the Lupeni Children's Home was completed in 1999. Immediately four children were brought in and others soon followed. The orphanage leadership, realizing that Christ is the most important gift that can be given, have organized daily prayer times for the children and encourage them to attend church on Sunday. Integrating the children into the community is important, and families in the church help accomplish this by taking children into their homes during school holidays. Social workers, who run the orphanage on a day by day basis, work on developing individualized plans for each child in order to help them re-integrate back into society. The children are taught skills which will help them in the 'real' world. Once the children leave the orphanage, the leaders try to find them a job and a place to live. Due to a decreasing support base from the UK, it is an urgent need for the orphanage to find funding from another source. Kidstown is honored to partner with this fine orphanage in caring for 22 abandoned children. You also can be part of a team which, through Kidstown, gives vitally-needed help to the children in the Lupeni home. Will you consider sponsoring a child? For a little more than $1 a day, you can make a difference in the life of a child for a very long time.
