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Romania
Demographics
•Population-22 million
•Poverty- 44.5% of the Romanian population below
poverty line (2000)
•Children - 125,000 children in orphanages - 3-5000 living in the streets in the capital - child abandonment has increased by 20% since 1989
Romania
Pro-Vita ‘Orphanage’
• 1994 – started by Father Tanase to help orphans and homeless children, and single mothers• Presently more than 200 children are being helped through this association
Romania
Sample Itinerary
8:30am Breakfast9:00 Romanian Lesson10:00Start working in flower garden 1:00pm Lunch2:00 Activities with babies / Continue
working in flower garden4:00 English homework lab with older
children6:00 Dinner7:00 Free or play cards with older
children
Romania
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For more information•See website: www.unitedplanet.org/2006/quest/romania.html
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