By Lauren Fishbach | U.S. Board President, The Delia Foundation
Dear Friends,
In just two and half weeks our CEO, Laura Larkin, and I will be back in Barlad with the children and our amazing team. We couldn't be more excited as our first volunteers will be joining us! While Laura and I will be in Romania for nearly two weeks, our volunteers with be with us for the first week. Our two volunteers will have an immersive experience engaging with everyone at Delia's Center for Special Needs Kids as well as in projects within the community including at the orphanage/Placement Center and at a primary school in a rural village where one of our children with autism attends school. They will have an opportunity to also spend time with two of our board members who grew up in Barlad and gain a sense of history and culture.
With the start of the new year, we have accepted additional children in need, most of whom are in the 5-8 year-old age range. Currently, we have 46 children. While our focus continues to be on orphaned children in foster care, we have opened our doors to families in need who have been referred to us by doctors, social workers, and government officials in Barlad, it's surrounding villages and as far as an hour away! With no special education teachers here and few resources, families struggle with caring for special needs children and the risk of child abandonment is high. Keeping families together, especially those living in poverty, is becoming (thankfully) a priority in Vaslui County. The alternative is more children placed in institutions or the foster care system. We are grateful to be able to assist some of these children, thereby preventing future child abandonment and institutionalization. We hope you will continue to join us helping disabled children in Vaslui County and will consider making an additional donation so that we can help these kids too!
Included here are some photos to share with you! As always, if you have any questions, please reach out via email to lauren@deliafoundation.org.
More photos are always available on our social media.
Instagram: @ the_delia_foundation
Facebook: facebook.com/deliafoundation
All Best,
Lauren Fishbach
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