Smiles Nursing Home &
Centre for children with disabilities – Cihei
The Smiles
Foundation is recognised as a leading Charity in Romania with nearly
£1
million / $2 million invested in the work in 2008 and with 73 Romanian
nationals now employed within all the significant and varied projects,
effecting and impacting the entire community.
Since
2001, Smiles has established its cornerstone ‘Family Care Project’ which
now supports over 1,000 people, predominantly children living in very
poor conditions, through Food, Medical & Social support. Through this
cornerstone project, every other project within Smiles has been
established.
The family
situations we have come to know so well have made clear to the Smiles
leadership and supporters that there is a desperate need for some new
facilities.
Firstly, a Home for
the Elderly who are in need of daily care and an Assisted Living
facility for those needing less than 24/7 care but are otherwise living
alone and vulnerable to the dangers and limitations of life on their own
in Romania. 
Secondly, a Home
and Facility for Children with Disabilities who have
virtually
no help or support from the Romanian State.
There are many children, some with minor disabilities that
with proper care and
support could overcome the challenges of disability and have a much more
normal life than currently possible in Romania.
We
already have elderly people asking us each week we visit them, is the
Nursing Home ready yet? We don’t like to keep telling them we haven’t
started building yet! They are desperate and waiting.
Two such families
have been on our Family Care project for 6 years. Agneta Vasilescu who
at 74 cares for a mentally challenged younger girl, who’s parents died
some years back and Agneta offered to take in Enrika to avoid
institutional care.
Estira Domokosh at
82 lives in atrocious conditions with her mentally challenged daughter,
Katalin who also suffers epilepsy. Just four of so many people needing a
facility of a special nature. That is what Smiles plans for Cihei. A
Facility with very special features.
For the Nursing
Home, we plan single and twin rooms with special guest rooms for
visitors. We also plan a communal lounge, dining room, TV room, reading
room and elevator between floors.
For the Centre for Children with Disabilities, we plan single and twin rooms with special guest
rooms for visitors. A games room, Sensory room, physiotherapy suite and
hydrotherapy pool.
Both facilities will
have specialist care and medical staff to provide quality supervision to
the highest standard possible.
Initial
construction budgets are £493,500 / $789,600.
If this
project is to move forward with the speed and urgency the need suggests,
then we need some very special people to get involved who can help with
raising funds or accessing grants or corporate support for this urgently
needed facility.
If you have ideas or interest in helping, contact
our
Chief Executive - Kevin Hoy.
If you would like
to help with a donation, please use the following designations:
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