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Our Story

For over 30 years, we’ve ensured that every child, young person, and adult has the chance to live independently, despite the social or medical challenges they face. Our projects are designed for the long term, some becoming national policies and models adopted by the state, and tirelessly we look at problems, solutions, and ways they can be implemented sustainably.

Our foundation is built on three important pillars – education, health, and social activities, whether in the community or for youth.

We are pioneers in our fields of activity, and at the core of our interventions are multi-disciplinary approaches, where we equally support specialists, organize training courses, and conduct research projects, campaigns, and advocacy programs in collaboration with governmental authorities, non-governmental organizations, and companies, or develop service networks for different categories.

We were born as a humanitarian organization

Hundreds of English volunteers set off for Romania in the summer of 1991 to support children in Romanian orphanages. Doctors, sociologists, and social workers assisted the founders and the international community in transforming the reality of children in orphanages. They were the heart of the Foundation, which today remains just as alive and active, serving the children, youth, and adults of Romania.

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Beginnings

The story of change began over 30 years ago, with the plight of children in Romanian orphanages and Olivia Harrison, the wife of one of the legendary Beatles. Quickly, Olivia’s desire to help turned into a fantastic mobilization of the international community, funds, and volunteers, in support of sick and institutionalized children in Romania.

“The issue of children affected by AIDS in Romania has always been so overwhelming that the only way to address it was to think that if we could improve the life of just one child, our efforts would be rewarded.” – Olivia Harrison, 1993

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We set out to do more

Beyond the walls of orphanages renovated with financial support from the United Kingdom and the United States, we discovered an entire community of people in distress, children and young people affected by chronic diseases, for whom we wanted to do more.

We wrote projects, forged partnerships, and continued to raise funds, directing our work and attention to those at risk of social exclusion – whether due to HIV, Tuberculosis, chronic diseases, or humanitarian situations.

And in everything we’ve done, we’ve aimed for our intervention to be sustainable. Therefore, we convinced strategic partners to join us: ministries, local public authorities, national and international organizations.

A piece of the team’s heart lies in the improved lives of disadvantaged children and young people.

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