ARCHWAY ROMANIA ACTIVITIES!!!! · Archway Romania | Archway, Inc. | Please donate to help the abandoned children of Romania

You may have noticed that there’s been a few changes to Archway – not terribly big ones- but subtle and, we hope, to your liking, I have turned the operation over to Gica- with whom I’ve worked for the past 25 years. People come and go but, if one is lucky enough to find someone as capable, honest, and caring as he, then one has a chance to achieve the goals that one has set for him/herself. Our goal has always been and still is “To improve the quality of life of kids living in the streets and sewers of Bucharest, Romania”. In the beginning it did not seem like such a daunting task. My ignorance and naivety on that first trip to Bucharest was stunning but I was lucky enough to meet someone I could trust along the way who believed in the crazy goals I had set for myself. That person was Gica. Were it not for nation with its war-torn history and corrupt government had no time for kids who had been left on the street corners by mothers who could not afford to feed them. But, rest assured, Gica and I will be there fighting the good fight for the sake of innocents and hoping you will be with us in spirit and love.

A collage of people walking and standing around.

The Plan

Over the years, our roles have become more solid and defined with Gica on the ground in Romania and me back in the States speaking to people about the conditions in which our kids are forced to live. We’ve, unfortunately, seen the population of homeless grow and the government in all its splendid bureaucracy continue to turn a blind eye. We thought, with the poverty we found, that surely big corporations and foundations would rush to our cause. Unfortunately, we had to take our place in line and our turn hasn’t come up yet. A friend asked if we were communicating with people who had initially expressed an interest in the abandoned children of Bucharest. The first newsletter brought in questions, encouragement, and donations and we were up and running. After initial grants from McDonalds, the Chatlos Foundation, some local charities and YOU, we’ve managed all these years later to continue to function, respond to the most critical needs of the children, and get support from everyday people on the ground and working folk who are beginning to see the children for the precious gifts they are.

A series of photos showing people in different stages of life.

On a recent walk-about in Bucharest we came across a young man sleeping in a three-sided shack. When I asked him what we could do to help him he said “Show me the way to a better life.” He was not asking for a handout and there wasn’t a trace of self-pity in his voice. He just wanted a door for his shack. We assured him we were trying.

This Winter

No one knows what this winter will bring. When we talked last week, they had not had rain in three months. The little patches of ground on which the regular citizens grow their vegetables were arid and barren. Gica has identified ten separate encampments of people whom the police allow to squat in abandoned buildings for the winter. These buildings are made of concrete so every year we by huge sheets of plastic to cover the windows and holes in the walls and roof. Gica and the gang then provide groceries on a rotating basis and they cook right in the buildings on the concrete floors. The fires also serve to keep the kids warm. This year there will be fewer vegetables to distribute for CHORBA but with flour, cooking oil, some mystery meat, and bread they will be able to make due.

A collage of children and adults in different locations.

Another shortage for which we’ll have to account is blankets. We always had enough with the shipments coming from Iron Mountain, Utah, and other donors. Gica is scrambling but with the war next door in the Ukraine supplies have become harder to come by. We’ll keep hustling but as always suggestions are always welcome.

A group of people standing next to each other.

Global warming aside, we are hoping for a not-too-severe winter like some we’ve seen in the past. We’ll keep you posted and please keep the kids in your prayers.

Together with your help and trough God’s blessing we can accomplish this mission every year, to help kids who live on the streets and disadvantaged families to overcome these difficult moments from their lives.

If you want to get involved in the mission of helping needy children, you can make donations via PayPal, Bank Transfer (payment order from your bank to First Bank, Archway account) and Post Office box, and you can visit us on:

-Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087582820414

-YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ArchwayRomania

-TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@archwayromania?lang=en

-Post Office Box:

Archway

P.O. Box 73

46 Water Street

Guilford, CT 06437

(if you can’t donate via PayPal or bank transfer, you can send checks to the Archway P.O. Box address)

ARCHWAY ROMANIA FOUNDATION

FIRST BANK ROMANIA

BIC CODE: PIRBROBU

Account: RO14 PIRB 4237 7470 5700 2000 ; Currency: USD

(payment order from your bank to First Bank Romania, Archway Romania Foundation account)

Love, Sue

Donate Save a Child

56% funded

With the funds raised, Archway Romania will have resources to help children, especially those from vulnerable families, benefit from integrated community services: benefit from the treatments they need, grow up with their families, grow harmoniously without violence and enjoy childhood. According to Eurostat data in 2013, more than 40% of Romania’s population, or more than 49% of the Romanian children’s population, were at risk of living in poverty. Approximately 300,000 children in Romania are outside the education system, over 60,000 children are separated from their families, and about 10% of pregnancies are recorded in adolescents. The reasons are complex, interdependent and continue to be passed on from one generation to the next. Low access to health, social and education services, plus limited knowledge of rights and opportunities, lead to social exclusion of vulnerable families and their children. The economic crisis has affected vulnerable families through job losses and reduced incomes from work in the country or abroad. The crisis has also affected the capacity of social protection, health and education systems to meet the multiple needs of vulnerable children and families. The most vulnerable children are those in poor families, Roma communities, and children with disabilities.

General Fund

ARCHWAY Romania needs donations to keep our organization viable and to help these abandoned children of Romania, Rest in peace, Radu.

Every day, children of every age become orphaned or abandoned due to violence, natural disasters, poverty or disease. Without the support of a family, the outlook for these children is bleak.

Your gift to Archway Romania today provides children with:

Warm clean clothes;
Healthy meals and medical care
Identity Papers
Preschool, primary and secondary education counseling and training
School supplies
Emergency relief help in crisis situations

Established in 1999, Archway Romania is the one of the largest organization based in Bucharest devoted to the care of orphaned and abandoned children living on the streets of Bucharest.

Donate Help a Child to Go to School

100% funded

Archway Romania foundation provides the necessary material and financial support for the education of the children who come from poor families, disadvantaged families, foster care , with disabilities and difficult health problems who need a warm meal, a sandwich, an education and a help for their integration in school system.

In Romania, 1 in 5 children are facing major deficiencies, the parents of these children have lost their jobs( most of the time temporary or seasonal jobs), and who ended up in the situation of not having food, hygiene products, medicine, basic foodstuffs to survive, lack of a home and the discrimination due to poverty.

The pandemic has deeply affected the education and has worsened the existing social inequalities.

Any of your contribution will be invested for the benefit of street children, to prevent school leaving, discrimination and juvenile delinquency, together with you we can give necessary equipment to be able to carry out their online classes( tablets, internet access), educational materials( backpacks, notebooks, pens, markers, crayons, geometric kits, pencil cases , etc), clothes and shoes, food and personal hygiene products to help them not to drop out of school because of poverty and poor living conditions.

Thanks for your interest in this critical step forward for our kids.

Please Help Us to Replace the Old and Broken Car

14% funded

Please help us raise urgently the amount of 20.000$ in order to buy a new car to continue helping street children and disadvantaged families that we help together for 23 years .

Our car is old, it was manufactured in 2006.We fixed several defects that the car developed over time, and recently in order to be able to help children from the street, we had to repair the water pump for cooling the engine and the oil leaks that the car has, shortly after that we had to change the clutch kit with the pressure plate.

Another more expensive repair was the removal of the rust that appeared aggressively in the car body because the car is 16 years old since it was manufactured and we had to repair it in order to get a license from the Romanian Auto Registry to be able to continue to drive it safely on the streets.

Now we have very serious problems with the engine, the car starts very hard and it is possible that the car will stop working and we won’t be able to help street children, we will have to raise money together so we can buy a new car because it would be very expensive to repair the engine.

Please help us raise urgently the amount of 20.000$ in order to buy a new car to continue helping street children and disadvantaged families that we help together for 23 years .

It is necessary to buy another car to ensure the transport of food, clothing, thick blankets and medicine to poor and needy children who live on the streets, to be able to drive in all sectors of Bucharest where street children live in abandoned buildings, heating sewers or shacks made of cardboard or plastic material.

We can make this mission possible if we join forces to raise the necessary money to replace the old car in order to continue helping poor and needy children and to be able to ensure that they live in a cleaner and more decent life.

Together with you we can make this mission possible, to continue our tradition of 23 years and to help further poor children living on the street. God bless us all to overcome this problem too and to continue this mission together with you. Thank you very, very much for your help!!!