Annual Report from 2008

ROMANIAN CHILDREN'S RELIEF/ Inocenti Foundation Annual ActivityReport - 2008 Table of Contents Foreword ...............................................................................................................................2 AnnualActivity Report of 2008 Introduction............................................................................................................................4 1. Bucharest Child life Program .............................................................................................6 2. Bistrita Child life Program ................................................................................................10 3. Me and My Family Program .............................................................................................14 4. Early Literature and Education (Literacy) Program ..........................................................19 5. The Early Intervention for the Deficient Little Child Program ..........................................23 6. Pilot program for social and school integration of 10 Rroma children ...............................28 OtherActivities ....................................................................................................................31 I. Special Events ...................................................................................................................38 II. Professional Trainings .....................................................................................................38 III Groups of Visitors and Volunteers....................................................................................39 IV.Breakdown of the Staff Hired During 2008 .....................................................................39 V.Financial Bearings ...........................................................................................................40 Organization Chart ..............................................................................................................47 Map of the Inocenti Foundation's Services in Romania in 2008 ............................................48 Map of the Inocenti Foundation's Services in the Bistrita-Năsăud County in 2008 ...............49 Table of Content page 1 Inocenti Foundation Dear Friends, It takes a community to raise a child. In Romania, where community values were destroyed by years of communist dictatorship, we like to say it takes an NGO* like Romanian Children's Relief to help re-build a community. Re-building community was the theme of much of our work in Romania in 2008. This report details the many ways in which our staff has helped 1.457 Romanian children and families in the year 2008. It also tells you about the hundreds of volunteers who have joined us in our efforts. What is harder to report on, is the impact that help has had on each child, each family – and how coming together to help those families in need, has helped to build community. How do we measure it when one of our staff accompanies an abandoned child for two weeks in a far away hospital so that child can have life saving surgery? Is it even possible to gauge the way a city's residents view someone with handicaps after an all-day celebration like the Bistrita Olympics of the Inocents? As a professional photographer, I have come to understand that messages which are difficult to put into words can sometimes be more easily conveyed by photos. I hope as you read this report, you will look for the ways our staff and many volunteers are making life better for children and families, as together they also help re-build their communities with generosity, trust and hope. Sincerely, Michael Carroll President Romanian Children's Relief and Fundatia Inocenti *NGO - Non-Governmental Organization page 2 Foreword Annual ActivityReport - 2008 Dear Friends, Here we are at the end of another wonderful year that passed too fast. It was sometimes a difficult year, as we felt the financial crisis long before other people. But still, it was a year filled with achievements for Fundatia Inocenti. The best measurement of our achievements is the smile and hope that we see on the faces of hundreds of children and parents who benefit from the services of our staff and volunteers. Among the most important achievements for 2008 was the successful start of a new program run with the cooperation of the Town Hall Bistrita, the pilot program for the social and educational integration for Roma children. This program brought 11 Roma children to attend school, who otherwise may never have attended school. Another very important achievement was the extension of the Inocenti Literacy program into the third area of our county, Beclean. This National Authority „Best Practice” program was begun in 2002 in Bistrita, and extended to Nasaud in 2007. A very important development for us in Bucharest is the arrival of our new colleague, Valentina Maghirescu, M.Ed, who is in charge of development of the organization there, as well as gathering resources from the community. From the long-term perspecitve, the most important achievement of our organization this year, is the more profound integration of our organization into the community where we work. Thanks to our wonderful colleagues, the local media and government, our work and our organization is more and more seen as an active and important member of our community, as a vital wheel in a mechanisim. This Activity Report for 2008 tries to capture this perspective. On behalf of the Board of Directors of Fundatia Inocenti, we want to thank all of the partners, collaborators, volunteers, beneficiaries and sponsors who supported us during this year, particularly to Romanian Children's Relief, who created us and support and finance us with a lot of generosity. Last but not least I want to thank all of my collegues from Bucharest and Bistrita for their unconditional support and huge effort that they have done throughout this busy year filled with good works for children and families in need. Thank you for supporting them, and all of us at Fundatia Inocenti. With Friendship, Marin MIC Executive Director Inocenti Foundation Str.Mihai Eminescu nr.2, Bl. 16, Sc. D, Etj. 4,Ap. 70, 420076, Bistrita, Bistrita –Nasaud Tel/fax:0263-236368, cell: 0744-866806, e-mail: [email protected], Web: www.INOCENTI.org Lei Donations: RO03 BTRL0060 1205 2418 83XX USD Donations: RO83 BTRL0060 2205 2418 83X Euro Donations: RO49 BTRL0060 4205 2418 83XX Foreword page 3 Inocenti Foundation ANNUAL ACTIVITYREPORT OF 2008 The Inocenti Foundation is a non-Governmental, non-profit, philanthropic organization without political or religious affiliations, whose mission is to support needy children and their families in order to have a better life. The beneficiaries of our programs are institutionalized or the post institutionalized children, handicapped children, and Roma children. The mission of the Inocenti Foundation is to offer help to needy children and their families in order to have a better life. The Foundation values the principles taken from the International Convention Relative on Children's Rights. INTRODUCTION The Inocenti Foundation carries out programs: In Bistrita, Bucharest, Beclean, Năsăud and Nimigea The beneficiaries of the programs are children from: · Foster care, Bistrita-Nasaud County ·Bistrita-Năsăud County Hospital – Pediatric Departm ent · BucharestAlfred Rusescu Pediatric Hospital Beclean Orphanage/Placement Center Bistrita Orphanage/Placement Center Brief History of the Most Important Programs and Projects Carried Out Between 1991-2008 : 1991 – Child Life program was initiated in Bucharest – IOMCAlfred Rusescu Hospital 1998 - Child Life program was extended in Bistrita – The County Hospital 2000 - Me and My Family program was initiated in Bistrita in a co-operation with the General Division for Protecting Children's Rights 2002 - The Me and My Family program was extended in Beclean and Năsăud as well 2002 - a new program was furthered, the Early Literature / Education one, in Bistrita and Bucharest 2004 – Me and My Family program oriented its services towards children with special needs 2005 – Child Sponsorship program was initiated 2006 – Early Intervention for the Deficiency Child program began, financed by French Ministry of ExternalAffairs 2006 – the beginning of The Way we live around – The Labyrinth of the Corporate Social Responsibility project with reference to the furtherance of the corporate social responsibility concept, as main partners of the Bistrita-Năsăud Chamber of Commerce, Industry andAgriculture 2007 – arranging the first edition of the Innocents Olympics - Bistrita, May 2007 2007 – participation at the Strengthening the OrganizationalAbility program arranged by the Partners for Local Development Foundation 2007 – the opening of Day care Centers in Nimigea and Rebrisoara page 4 Annual ActivityReport - 2008 Annual ActivityReport - 2008 2007 – the completion of The Way we live around – The Labyrinth of the Corporate Social Responsibility project with reference to the furtherance of the corporate social responsibility concept, as main partners of the Bistrita-Năsăud Chamber of Commerce, Industry andAgriculture 2007 – First edition of Saint Nicholas for Deficiency Children' gala - December The fight for helping people who 2008 - Pilot program for social and school integration of 10 Rroma children suffer can't be understood without loving people in the moment when they need this. Fundatia Inocenti Programs and Projects Being Carried Out in 2008 from Bistrita is doing this with

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