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Gifts for the children from Arad from the St. Anthony Church from Vienna

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The Romanian St. Anthony Church from Vienna carries out a rich social charity activity during this winter holiday season. The Romanian community was involved, under the guidance of Father Paroh Ioan Moga, in the “shoebox” project of collecting gifts (new articles) for Christmas for the less fortunate children in the country.

The “shoebox” project, which has gradually become international, represents a volunteer attitude to bring a smile on the faces of those children who do not always have the opportunity to enjoy Christmas, as children do in general. The beneficiaries of these heartfelt gifts were the children from several regions in Arad County. The gifts were given between December 23-24, 2016.

About Romanian orphans

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Source: Dilema Veche

One sunny Sunday morning I kept watching the trees and I could touch them with my mind, I was looking at the leaves that were regaining the greenery that has been lost two seasons ago It crossed my mind a feeling of resurrection. Seeking through the papers that I have thrown all over the room, I found some pages of notes, I decided to close my eyes, let myself carried away by the wave of the Universe and stop at a page that would inspire me for the rest of the day. In my searches I found a quote that always inspired my fear of the past. I told myself that I must be Zoe man and frontly attack the subject of the quote.

The quote is an extract from a conversation between Mrs Maylie and Oliver Twist: “Oliver, my child,” said Mrs. Maylie, “where have you been, and why do you look so sad? There are tears stealing your face at this moment. What is the matter? “” It is a world of disappointment: often to the hopes we most cherish, and we hope that our nature is the greatest honor. “(Oliver Twist, pp. 622-623). It is a moment from the end of Oliver Twist’s realistic novel by Charles Dickens (published between 1837 and 1839), a moment when Oliver reveals Mrs. Maylie the sadness with which his hopes have been broken by the disappointments in his life.

Plecînd de la aceste gînduri ale lui Twist, m-am gîndit că ar fi bine să aduc în faţa cititorilor un text al unui subiect sensibil, subiect care are strînsă legătură cu citatul redescoperit: despre o pagină din ceea ce înseamnă să fii orfan (instituţionalizat) în România. Este un text pe care vreau să-l trataţi, dragi cititori, cu mare atenţie şi care vreau să fie înţeles întru deplinătatea entităţilor sale empirice. Să fie privit cu sufletul, cu mintea deschisă, fără prejudecăţi, fără stereotipuri, fără rasism, fără mentalităţi greşite sau segregare socială.

Starting from Twist’s thoughts I thought it would be good to bring to my readers a text of a sensitive subject, a subject closely related to the rediscovered quotation: a page of what it means to be an orphan (institutionalized) in Romania. It is a text that I want you to treat, dear readers, with great care and which I want to be understood in the fullness of its empirical entities. May this text be seen with the soul, with an open mind, without prejudices, without stereotypes, without racism, with no wrong mentality or social segregation.

 

Brief historical context

Many contemporary citizens imagine that an orphan’s life means being transposed into one of the outstanding characters in the universal literature, that it also means living under the conditions of English or French realism in the nineteenth century and, in particular, Be the little Rémi, Cuore, Marius or Cosette, Pip, Twist or Copperfield. Many do not know, they can not know and should not be blamed for moments they have not lived or will not live with.

 

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A successful story about the eradication of strabismus

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“Eradication of Strabism” is a medical project through which we support children and adolescents in daycare centers, family-type social apartments or socially disadvantaged families who have this condition.
In most European countries, strabismus is no longer a medical problem, and children with these ophthalmological disorders are correctly diagnosed at an early age and treated properly, which contributes to a considerable increase in the chances of correction.
In Romania, however, especially among children and adolescents in socially vulnerable environments, strabismus is a serious problem not only with medical implications, but with social and educational implications.
This fact led us to launch in 2008 this project “Eradication of Strabism”.

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Institute for Mother and Child’s Protection

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The Institute for Mother and Child Protection “Prof. Dr. Al Rusescu” (IMCP) was established over half a century ago with the mission to provide medical and specialized care to women and children. IMCP also has a role in methodological guidance, scientific research and education, in line with rules and requirements of prophylaxis and curative medicine.

IMCP currently bears the name of one of the greatest Romanian pediatric physicians, Prof.dr. Al. Rusescu, and is structured on several units with complementary roles and functions:

–  “Polizu” Maternity;

–  Pediatric Hospital (former “Emilia Irza” Hospital);

–  External units: center for genital and breast cancer diagnosis, center for recovery of children with neural, psychological and physical disabilities, research and methodology think-tanks.

The IMCP staff is made of around 750 people, of which 150-160 are highly qualified professionals: university teaching staff (professors, lecturers, university assistants), general practitioners, many with double specialty, biologists, biochemists, speech therapists, psychologists, physiotherapists etc.

The services provided by IMCP target intervention areas such as:

–  Day and night medical care in hospitals and ambulatory units;

–  Superior medical education (obstetrics, gynecology, neonatology and pediatrics), postgraduate training and qualification, training for undergraduate staff.

–  Scientific research (in the field of mother and child health) which is a primary objective for IMCP;

–  Is the technical and methodological structure of the Ministry of Health in the two areas (mother and child health);

–  Education for health (health promotion);

–  Coordination of national programs for mother and child health;

Playroom, Fundeni Clinical Institute

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Within Fundeni Hospital, the Foundation has developed a partnership which provides children with severe disabilities with one teacher, one social assistant and one psychologist to help them and counseling their families to overcome the impact of the critical situation they are in. Also, the counter value of the Easter cards and the Easter ING donations were redirected to this project to refurbish the children playroom. We also collected and redirected to them the dispensable toys and clothes donated by ING employees and other friends.