Summer Clothes Drive 2021
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May 28, 2021
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By Livada Orphan Care
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We currently are working with 556 children/teens in orphan group homes and in our prevention of abandonment ministry. ALL of them need new athletic shoes, socks, and underwear. For the abandoned kids in state-care and the LOC kids in our private full-time care, we also need 267 complete summer outfits. Please consider joining with us to…
Read MoreSchool Supplies From Stichting Livada
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September 30, 2020
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By Livada Orphan Care
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Pavel, Nina and Adelin happy for their new supplies It’s September again, which normally would mean school is back, even though this year we were nervous things would change, we were happy to know we will start school again in person, in September. Things did change, hugs and kisses were replaced by fist bumps and…
Read MoreOgra High School Students Preparing for Winter
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November 21, 2019
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By Eunice Tinca
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Children, after all, are not just adults-in-the-making. They are people whose current needs and rights and experiences must be taken seriously. — Alfie Kohn A few years back we strated our continuing educational program in Ogra, by supporting the teens that graduated 8th grade to be able to attend high school or vocational school in…
Read MoreSchool Supplies for the Children in Ogra
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September 18, 2019
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By Eunice Tinca
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“Education is not to reform students or amuse them or to make them expert technicians. It is to unsettle their minds, widen their horizons, inflame their intellects, teach them to think straight, if possible.” -- Robert M. Hutchins This quote represents best what we are trying to do with the children from the school in…
Read MoreThe Fruit of Our Work!
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June 03, 2019
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By Eunice Tinca
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LOC Kids, Ogra Kids, Orphan Outreach, Prevention, Romanian Staff
This end of spring has been very celebratory for us, as we had so many of our children from different departments graduating High- School and also the university. I remember for years ago, the first week of school in 9th grade for Elemer, Larisa and Denisa, as they walked in the school yard nervous of…
Read MoreMeet Our Staff -Nicole Triff
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May 10, 2019
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By Eunice Tinca
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In 2012 I moved to Romania to work with the LOC Foundation in a Roma community in the Prevention of Abandonment Department in Ogra. I originally planned to stay 5 years - 5 years in which I wanted to invest in these people; families, children, adolescents. At first we had different programs with children, where…
Read MoreSpringing into Programs at Ogra
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March 29, 2019
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By Eunice Tinca
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For the second semester of this school year, we’ve been able to expand our afterschool programs at Ogra in order to give the kids more consistency. This semester, we’re working with around 20 kids from 1st-3rd grade. Each class comes for an hour of homework help, math practice, and reading exercises three days a week.…
Read MoreWarm Boots for Children in Ogra
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February 06, 2019
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By Eunice Tinca
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„Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being” Kevin Kruse This quote always reminds me that no matter how much I have, I will not be trully fulfilled unless I invest my time and energy into helping others that are less fortunate than me. I believe this is what our volunteers and…
Read MoreChristmas Lights and Happy Faces – Ogra Ministry
Romania has been covered in white, which is perfect to get in the right mood to celebrate Christmas with the children and teens in Ogra. For the past 7 years we organized big Christmas celebrations at the school in Ogra with all our children. This year in April we had to reorganize our programs due…
Read MoreMeet Our Staff – Emil Moldovan
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October 23, 2018
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By Eunice Tinca
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Ministries, Ogra Kids, Orphan Outreach, Prevention, Romanian Staff
Nearly 20 years ago, when I decided to become a volunteer in a social project, most of the people around me gave me funny looks and told me that being a volunteer in an NGO doesn’t help me. On the contrary, for me, working in an NGO provided me with that informal environment in which…
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