Link Romania

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.

Link Romania’s vision is that one day every person in Eastern Europe will have a safe environment to live in and access to basic healthcare, human rights, employment and education.

Link Romania is working towards its vision by supporting two particular areas of need:-

Education
Our aim is to combat poverty through education. We work with children and young people through our Little Rainbows Kindergarten in Iasi, Romania and the Emmaus Club in Dancu, Moldova. Both projects aim to target marginalised and poor children who struggle with normal schooling or because of their background or ethnic origin are marginalised and drop out. The Little Rainbows Kindergarten teaches children from Dallas Shanty Town between 4-7 years and the Emmaus Club targets children with special needs who need extra help to keep them in schools.

Community development and social work
Our aim is to promote family cohesion and the inclusion of the most vulnerable and marginalised groups into society. In Romania we work with families and their children some of whom live in Dallas Shanty town. 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. Our projects in Moldova include the Inn of Love, a ‘meals on wheels’ service to the very poorest and elderly in Dancu to provide food and friendship. In addition to this, the building of a Soup Kitchen in the village of Cosnita, Moldova enables the feeding of between 50 -100 of the poorest residents.