ADRA Romania represents the hope of tomorrow, being on the ground in the 29th week of implementation of the project "Humanitarian Support COVID-19" that support and provide the necessary help to disadvantaged families affected by the pandemic. Jesus Christ, our unseen Partner, always watches over our work.
In the 29th week of implementation of the project "Humanitarian Support COVID-19", the ADRA team reached 1,461 people, of which 546 are single elderly people with acute subsistence needs; 534 are children from disadvantaged backgrounds, but who have exceptional academic results; 362 are adults fighting to ensure decent living conditions; 14 are immigrants; and 5 are victims of domestic violence.
Therefore, in the week of 20.09 – 26.09.2020 alone, the ADRA project “Humanitarian Support COVID-19” implemented the specialized services adapted to the specific needs generated or accentuated by the COVID-19 context for 1,461 beneficiaries, as follows: 1,131 people received basic food for decent living and to be able to get through these days of crisis more easily, of which 75 received a hot meal at home every day; 300 newborns received baby kits and help at the beginning of their journey, according to needs; 19 people received help through shelter provided; and 10 people benefited from social assistance and psychological counseling for the crisis.
“The main problems we faced during this period, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, concern the measures to limit the activities taken during the state of emergency and alert, which suspended different terms of work within ADRA projects,” said Dan Constantinescu, project manager of “Start entrepreneurship” for ADRA România.
“Within the ‘Start to Entrepreneurship’ project, the number of monitoring visits was reduced, giving up ad-hoc monitoring visits, and during the sustainability period, we decided to reduce the in-person visits to a maximum of two. [We also] replaced the visits/meetings mediated using distance communication. We hope in God that He will continue to work for us,” concluded Constantinescu.
“Every week, ADRA Romania bravely rushes to help disadvantaged people affected by the pandemic, by providing food and hygiene packages, by physical and moral support. Every day, we are with our beneficiaries and we see how Jesus Christ works for our good, always,” said Delia Fărâmiță, assistant manager for emergency situations and head of Marketing and Communication for ADRA Romania.
Within the project, “Humanitarian support COVID-19”, specially created for the current situation and implemented from March 8 (2020), ADRA Romania aims to reduce the risks generated by the COVID-19 virus among the population. The objective is achieved by promoting prevention and socio-economic adaptability measures and by ensuring the provision of needed commodities to maintain safety.
Since 1990, ADRA Romania has been involved in special projects to provide care for beneficiaries in the whole country. Leading its project under the motto “Justice. Compassion. Love.”, through which a better value and human dignity are promoted for the future, ADRA Romania brings joy and hope to elderly beneficiaries. As the provider of accredited social services, ADRA Romania is a part of the ADRA International network, the global humanitarian organization of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, one of the most wide-spread non-governmental organizations in the world. The network is active in more than 130 countries and projects are implemented under the philosophy that caring combines compassion with the practical spirit by addressing people in need, without them being of a particular race, ethnicity, political orientation, or religion, just to provide a human service so that the world can coexist as planned.
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