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Care for and Teach Children

An enchanting and picturesque land where past and present rub shoulders, Romania is a nation of medieval cities, painted monasteries and towering mountains. Her people are likewise captivating, having survived a tumultuous history and a recent revolution with grace and fierce pride. You're needed now to care for needy and abandoned babies, and teach English to middle- school and high-school students in Barlad. No matter the circumstances of their birth, infants, toddlers and teens understand the nurturing touch and kind words of a caring adult. You can contribute to their life-long development! No special skills are required to provide essential services to children of all ages.

We work through three local institutions striving to improve young Romanians' lives. St. Nicholas Childrens' Hospital cares for for underweight, disabled and abandoned babies. Child Protective Services manages many different facilities providing providing safe and stimulating environments for at-risk children throughout Vaslui County. Additionally, we work through Vaslui Department of Education to assist primary and secondary school teachers and students as opportunities arise to teach conversational English in classrooms and small groups.


Essential Services in Romania

Global Volunteers works with social services and educational community partners to greatly expand impoverished, disabled and orphaned childrens' security, nutritional, health, educational and social resources. Since our Romanian development partnership began in 2004, our community projects have focused on at-risk and disabled children. As an essential link in a long chain of volunteers, you can help deliver essential services to children in these ways:

  • nurturing and stimulating under-developed and disabled children
  • helping establish and maintain community gardens
  • demonstrating effective hand washing
  • teaching English to elementary and middle school students
  • promoting girls' education
  • maintaining and repairing living facilities for disabled youth