The dementia created by digital media is not limited to children: “Even when we do not use the smartphone, when we keep it quiet next to us, our brain is connected to a virtual world and we think at that very moment what mail or message we could receive or what news we could see on…

The Romania Without Orphans Alliance (ARFO), represented by the Law Firm of Rațiu & Rațiu, obtained a definitive judgment of the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) that cancelled certain restrictive provisions in the law governing the placement of children in family based foster care within the child protection system. Back in 2015, the Ministry…

If we were to summarize what 2019 meant for Tzuby’s Kids, we could summarize it as follows: 326 trained persons (thus exceeding 1,000 trained persons since we activate), we’ve had 48 children in the therapeutic intervention program, 50 people were counseled for adoption, 57 adoptive and placement parents participated in the support groups throughout the…

BursaBinelui (GoodEchange) awards the first four projects, which will attract the largest amount of donations on the platform during December 2019. You can help us climb the rankings by donating to this link Why donate? Through our therapeutic intervention program we support psycho-social development of children who have suffered abuse, neglect, abandonment. Children entering the…

When you have such a special occasion as Christmas approaching, the last support group of the year turns into a very special day: we sang carols, the children prepared presents for the parents, they built sweet cake houses and we thought together for what can we be thankful for this year. Children have drawn their…

At the last session of the “Circle of Security” training, we offered scholarships for the beneficiaries of the Maternal Center “Casa Agar” within Touched Romania Association, one of the associations that do an extraordinary job in preventing the abandonment of children. The program helped young mothers understand themselves and be more aware of their own…

During 2019 we aimed to organize therapeutic camps for children in the protection system and for children who need support for integration into foster or adoptive families. Through this program, we aimed to address specific symptoms for children with a history of trauma such as: provocative opposition disorder, aggression, separation anxiety, reactive attachment disorder. In this…

It is difficult for us today to celebrate the International Day of Children Rights when children are held in the protection system for 7.5 years (on average) . If one child leaves the system (by reintegration or adoption) in 2-3 years, another has no chance of leaving the system until aging out. It is difficult for us today…

Romania Without Orphans Alliance is organising the #ARFO2019 Summit in Bucharest, Romania during November 7-9, 2019 at Crystal Palace Ballrooms. “A family for home” is the menu that more than 50,000 children in Romania would like to order if they could. Children for whom the concepts of “family” or “home” are just beautiful dreams. The summit is a journey…

3 years ago we started support groups for adoptive and foster parents at Tzuby’s Kids. We shortly realized that we need to work in parallel with the adopted children, so Paul Dîrmon, our psychologist, assessed their symptomatology and prepared therapeutic interventions in parallel with the parent support group. During these 3 years, we had the pleasure…