IMPACT for children with disabilities deinstitutionalized

With the help of the IMPACT Alliance, of two USAID-World Learning grants in 2002-2005 and with funds from international donors (including the European Commission, the Timken Foundation, Co-operating Netherlands Foundations, Vodafone Romania Foundation, United Way Romania, and others) the project led to:

• Transfer of 37 children with severe disabilities from Tâncăbești Placement Center to community settings (group homes, foster families, natural families);
• Creating a vocational workshop that provides our young adults learning opportunities and jobs in gardening, carpentry, pottery, decorative objects and painting;
• Access to mainstream and special education;
• Personalized physiotherapy program, medical services and mobility equipment, according to needs;
• Participation in Special Olympics events, social activities and summer camps;
• Training programs for childcare specialists working in placement centers, child protection departments and non-governmental organizations.