Following our lobbying efforts aligned with ARFO (Romanian Without Orphans Alliance), the Romanian President issued the Decree to enforce the modifications brought to Law 272/2004 on Children’s Rights and Protection. The modifications contain procedural aspects designed to reduce bureaucracy in the child welfare system and to offer greater chances for abandoned children to experience life in…
Tag: Human Rights
Help for Ukraine + services for children and families in Romania
The war in Ukraine has brought many changes in current operations of Romanian NGOs, with an impact on their (at least) short-term goals. However, we were pleasantly surprised by the level of involvement we see in Romania regarding all types of refugee support and we are convinced that you were not indifferent either. Tzuby’s Kids worked with…
From Romania, with love. Here is why we are fighting to re-open international adoptions.
Not more than a week ago, an initiative to modify the adoptions law has been submitted to Parliament for debate. We have been part of the working group for more than a year. One of the most argued proposals is re-opening international adoptions and this is because we do believe in providing all options possible…
We’re getting close to the most important event in the field of adoption in Romania
The Summit organised by the Romania Without Orphan Alliance will be held this year in Bucharest during 23-25 November 2017 at Crystal Palace Ballrooms. Starting from each child’s dream of growing up in a family, the theme of the ARFO 2017 Summit is “I have a dream,” a bold dream that we want to live…
UN Human Rights Council: “The family has the primary responsibility for the nurturing and protection of children”
Last week, by more than a 2-to-1 margin, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva voted to adopt a landmark resolution calling for the protection of the family. This resolution strongly reaffirms the family as the natural and fundamental group unit of society, and calls on governments to both implement family-sensitive policies and to take steps…
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