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Freundeskreis Osteuropa e.V.


The Cluj Foundation
The „Fundatia de Caritate Transilvania“ in Cluj, is a foundation which supports those with special needs and is led by Dr. Dana Vasilescu on an unpaid basis. A school for mentally and physically handicapped children was built near Cluj step by step under her direction. Fifty-five children attend this school which offers different kinds of therapy such as riding therapy, music therapy as well as therapy with different kinds of animals. As the parents have to pay for the therapy we support them because most of them are not able to bear these costs. We support this annually with a sum of 2,000 €.

Recreation Holiday Centre Porumbacu
Martha Samartinean works with children in Medias. She regularly organises summer camps with her husband and grown up children. Every year 120 children who come from particularly poor families from different regions in Rumania are invited. Their nationality or religion play no role. Apart form that there is a camp for the elderly and children from families with many children are invited to a weekend away in school time. A suitable holiday home was bought with our support which has been especially converted for this purpose. We cant to continue to support this project by financing necessary materials, transport costs as well as food supplies. Our association currently supports this project with 8,200 Euros annually.

‘Blue Cross’ Sura Mica
The house ‘Nazareth’ was opened in 1993 by the ‘Association for the Helpers for Alcoholic Addicts’. The new therapy centre has been completed and has been in use since 2014. Now thirty male addicts can be admitted. The old building is now no longer in use and is in need of repair. The rehabilitation centre has made a name for itself and now works under the aegis of the ‘Blue Cross in Rumania’. The running costs are covered by:
• 70 % Co- payment by those concerned
• 10 % the institution through money earned from agriculture, a cycle repair workshop and apple pressing.
• 20 % Donations mainly from Germany and Switzerland
The institution has good therapeutic results and keeps in touch with those who were once there. It is the first of its kind in Rumania. We really hope that it can continue its work even though there are financial problems. Our association currently supports this project with 5,000 Euros annually.

The association is recognised as being benevolent and charitable and is entitled to issue charitable donation receipts. We are also very happy to receive commodity donations which can handed in every first Thursday in the month from 4.30 to 5.30 p.m.

Freundeskreis Osteuropa e.V.
Kontaktperson: Dorothee Kellermann
+49(0) 387 428 954
Dorothee.Kellermann@t-online.de