History

MWB has worked openly in Romania since 1990. Based in the central Romanian city of Sibiu, employing only Romanian nationals, MWB has established various humanitarian aid and Christian outreach programmes, aimed to meet the needs of Romania’s most vulnerable people. Ceausescu’s enforced population programme resulted in over 100,000 orphaned or abandoned children living in hundreds of dilapidated state orphanages throughout Romania. The desperate plight of these children motivated MWB to establish the child sponsorship programme: Child Rescue International.

Today

With the experience we have gained over the years, our continued work with the Romanian Government has brought about the closure of many of the large orphanages. To achieve this, many children have been given foster homes, or re-united with their own families and many are living in much smaller units. The work with these children still continues. They often have severe problems having known nothing but the fight of institutional life. The stigma and the lack of social skills through having been in an orphanage then make it very difficult to find work. We have therefore introduced Vocational and Educational training courses. The impoverished families’ needs are being met through our Family to Family sponsorship and Family Care schemes. We are working together to bring about self-sufficiency and hope for a better future.

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