At the invitation of the Green Revolution Association, we attended the Toy Fair that took place today in Herăstrău Park, Bucharest. In addition to the toys that the children exchanged or sold, over 100 children participated in the testing workshops of our soon to be launched branch – Tzuby Toys: therapeutic activities and toys for…
Author: Tzuby's Kids
Scopul Asociaţiei „Tzuby’s Kids” este ca fiecare copil să beneficieze de o familie fie prin prevenirea avortului şi a abandonului, fie prin sprijinirea reintegrării copiilor în familii biologice, a integrării în familia extinsă, a plasamentului familial, a asistenţei maternale şi a adopţiei.
Acolo unde nu există altă posibilitate de intervenţie, scopul nostru este dezvoltarea durabilă a copiilor instituţionalizaţi, aflaţi în risc sau dificultate, precum şi a tinerilor care ies din sistemul de protecţie sau care sunt în situaţie de risc şi dificultate prin oferirea de suport în vederea recuperării fizice şi psiho-emoţionale, a dezvoltării vocaţionale şi a integrării sociale.
We thought that the problem of abandoned children is somewhere in the past and the images of communist orphanages are no longer part of our present. It was only true in part…
At the end of 2013 we would learn that 50.000 children are still suffering the effects of abandonment, and institutional care in orphanages is still part of our present. Children need to belong to a family and this need is deeply rooted, as God placed it in our DNA, and the consequences of not having…
The year of the pandemic doubled the number of counselling sessions for adoption
The year of the pandemic (2020) meant for us the doubling of the number of counselling sessions we had for adoption. This year (2021), only during the first months, we have already exceeded the number of counselling sessions we had last year. The transition of our services online has opened us to beneficiaries from all over…
Mina & Bella’s Adoption Story
“It was February 2015 when my phone pinged with a message that was hard to dismiss. As I scrolled through a flood of pictures I experienced a state of cuteness-overload; all these children in need of a family. But none were babies.” – remembers Naty Tully, the adoptive mother. Read the full story here. We…
PR Gold Award distinction for the best lobby and advocacy campaign of the year
„Tzuby’s Kids” joined Romania Without Orphans Alliance (ARFO) 5 years ago specifically to contribute on changing legislation to better serve the needs of children in the Romanian protection system. We have good news: the efforts paid off! Recently, changes to the adoption law and the wins we had over the years provide an improved legislation to help…
Orphan Sunday’s read: Gaby’s adoption story
“ Our story starts like any other, at a summer camp back in 2014. My husband and I were leaders on a team, and one cute little boy especially stuck out to us because of his innocence. As he was supposed to be listening to the lesson, he was busily constructing a paper airplane and…
Everyone can do something! – ARFO 2020 Summit
Tzuby’s Kids is part of the Romania Without Orphans (ARFO) movement. Every year, we run a national Summit and this year we are doing it online with national and international speakers. The Summit aims to inspire, encourage, and train people in Romania who work or want to work with children at risk. Details at: https://www.romaniafaraorfani.ro/en/summit/
Circle of Security training – delivered online for the first time by Tzuby’s Kids Training Academy
Starting today, we started a new Circle of Security training session for parents and future parents, but, for the first time… online! The program focuses on parent-child interaction, based on the theory of attachment described by John Bowlby. It is developed by Kent Hoffman, Glen Copper and Bert Powell, three of the initiators of the internationally…
Attachment theory and practice
This webinar discusses how our first relationships impact our attachment style, which in turn shapes our relationship landscape for life. Participants can find about the basics of secure and insecure attachment, as well as how to encourage secure attachments or cure insecure attachments.
Three messages of encouragement
We started 5 years ago and, looking back, we have nothing to regret: over 1,000 people trained in trauma-informed caregiving, hundreds of adoptive and foster parents counselled and part of our support groups, dozens of children who are no longer in institutions but in families due to our direct support. While evaluating the effectiveness of the…
