School Supplies for Children in Ogra
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October 03, 2018
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By Eunice Tinca
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“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” Nelson Mandela When we started our programs in Ogra years ago, one of the things we noticed needs change is education. So many children did not go to school and most of the adults were illiterate. We believe that if the…
Read MoreEnjoying the sun!
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April 27, 2018
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By Livada Orphan Care
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“Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury; the time spent engaged in it is not time that could be better spent in more formal educational pursuits. Play is a necessity.” - Kay Redfield Jamieson Every year in the spring time schools in Romania have a week called “Scoala altfel”…
Read MoreBoots for Children in Need from Mures County
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February 05, 2018
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By Livada Orphan Care
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Winters in Romania are cold and for the children that come from poor conditions the situation is even worse. For the past year we received a winter boots donation from Metro Ministries Romania. We were so blessed this year that we were able to give to the children from the gypsy community in Ogra who…
Read MoreSuccessful Christmas Project „Give From the Heart”
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December 21, 2017
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By Livada Orphan Care
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„Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others.” Thomas S. Monson About two months ago, after coming home from one of our programs in Ogra one evening, I was talking to my niece…
Read MoreSupport Group for the Preteens in Ogra
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December 05, 2017
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By Livada Orphan Care
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„In my world there are no bad kids, just impressionable, conflicted young people wrestling with emotions and impulses, trying to communicate their feelings and needs the only way they know how.” …
Read MoreHappy Smiles!
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October 24, 2017
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By Livada Orphan Care
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One of the greatest struggles in our work at Ogra is teaching the importance of hygiene to a community that wasn’t taught for generations, a community that also doesn’t have the financial situation to buy all the products necessary for a good hygiene. We realized that we can’t ask the children to wash their own…
Read MoreStichting Livada-Netherlands, September Visit
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September 25, 2017
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By Livada Orphan Care
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Without the help of our sponsors, we could never be the life changing, productive and creative foundation we are. For the past four years, one of our biggest projects for the month of September was to help the kids involved in the Prevention of Abandonment program in Ogra to start the school. So, last week,…
Read MoreSummer Activities in Ogra
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August 09, 2017
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By Livada Orphan Care
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It has been a wonderful summer in Ogra. We had sun and we had rain, but most of all we had the Lord’s blessing and protection through it all. We were able to use the school in Ogra for four weeks to run our activities. Every day from 10am to 12pm we had a program…
Read MoreStep by Step
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November 01, 2016
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By Livada Orphan Care
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“It doesn't matter how slow you go as long as you don't stop” Confucius Sometimes in our work in Ogra it feels like we are taking small steps, but we are reminded everyday seeing these kids that the important thing is to keep going and not to stop. Three years ago we started enrolling the…
Read MoreChristmas Parties Bring Great Joy
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December 21, 2015
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By Livada Orphan Care
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We are in the final stretch of joy-filled Christmas parties for all of the hundreds of orphans and at risk Roma kids we serve in Mures County Romania. We partner with Samaritan's Purse AND supplement the gifts with age appropriate aid, a feast, singing Christmas carols and worship songs, and reading and explaining of…
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