INOCENTI FOUNDATIONOur mission
WHAT WE DOConnected and invested in our mission to help every child
Fundatia Inocenti – Romanian Children’s Relief is a non-profit organization that helps children reach their full potential. We support children, young people and their families through structured programs run by specialists in the field to prevent and alleviate at risk situations.
We have been operating in Romania for more than 30 years, helping children from disadvantaged backgrounds to go beyond their limits. We work in hospitals, schools, family homes, at the beneficiaries’ homes or in the community, providing professional and personalized support to both children and their families. Since 2018, a new component has been added to our mission, namely prevention and education on mental health.
We are committed to professional development and consider our most valuable asset to be our team of more than 40 employees, together with more than 100 volunteers, all of them helping annually more than 2000 children at risk in Bistrita-Nasaud, Bucharest, Ilfov and Cluj-Napoca. Our teams and volunteers provide psychological support, recovery activities, formal and non-formal education, training and financial help when needed.
“It takes a village to raise a child “ is a quote that we are all familiar with. Our staff, our wonderful colleagues and supporters and our numerous volunteers, are all citizens of that village. After more than 30 years of continuous innovation and hard work, we see every day the fruits of our labor reflected in the eyes of the children and families we serve.
Michael Carroll
Inocenti Foundation & RCR Founder
Our vision
We believe that all children have the right to a healthy and happy childhood. That is why we work towards a day when no child’s future will be limited by their background or disability and that their parents, community and authorities will work together to support this ideal.
PROGRAMS
Together we are stronger!
Fundatia Inocenti runs six main types of programs in Romania:
Short history
In 1990, a photo-documentary for the Boston Globe newspaper by photographer Michael Carroll and Dr. Bill Griffo of New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center revealed the plight of Romanian orphans and the pediatric AIDS epidemic in Romania. This footage attracted significant attention and support in the United States, inspiring Carroll and Griffo to establish Romanian Children’s Relief that same year. This is a US-based, non-profit, charitable organization whose goal is to help Romanian children in need. Eight years later, in 1998, Fundația Inocenți was officially registered in Romania, based in Bistrita, Bistrita-Nasaud county.
Programs that have ended:
2012 – 2017 – Playroom in the Pediatric Ward of the “George Trifon” City Hospital, Năsăud, Bistrita-Nasaud county
2012 – 2017 – Playroom in the Pediatric Ward, Beclean City Hospital, Bistrita-Nasaud county
2014 – 2020 – Educational Support Program Slătinița, Bistrita-Nasaud county
2016 – 2020 – “Child Life” Program at the Clinical Hospital of Recovery Cluj-Napoca
RCR – Fundatia Inocenti
Address:
3347 SE 17th Place
Cape Coral, FL 33904, US
Contact: eileenmchenry@rcr.org
5083036299
© RCR – Fundatia Inocenti
Working in Romania since 1990, Romanian Children’s Relief is a US-based 501c3 Charity. Contributions may be tax deductible.
Fundatia Inocenti is RCR’s Romanian partner charity which is nationally accredited. Inocenti serves more than 4,000 children and families in need in schools, hospitals, foster families and communities in Bucharest, Cluj and Bistrita, Romania.
