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Within the new Smiles 400 Faith Club,
the projects are all brought together under the ‘miraculous’ vision of
the Tileagd Community Complex. A one million pound/2 million dollar investment providing
School, Kindergarten, Medical Clinic for GP, Dentist and Optometrist
and Church with Pastor and outreach programmes year round. The
ministry was established in 2001 through meeting the Tileagd (Gara)
Gypsy community and still to this day, the Community is at the heart
of the work in Tileagd.
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The
Tileagd Community Complex |
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Every aspect of the Tileagd Community
Complex is critical to the local people. For The Smiles Foundation,
the three departments of the Complex are fundamental to fulfil God’s
plan and purpose for His people.
Education –
to develop the MIND
Medical – to ensure a healthy BODY
Spiritual – to feed the SOUL
After 5 years in the planning and 3 years in construction – The Dream
became Reality and the Complex stands as a great testimony to God’s
Miraculous Power. Now our strongest desire is to see ‘Transformed
Lives’.
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The Tileagd (Gara)
Gypsy Community |
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 From a 'chance' encounter
with a young boy begging on the streets of Oradea (Romania) in 2001
has come the life-changing opportunity for an entire Gypsy Community
through support firstly in essential humanitarian aid and then with a
strategy for infrastructure development through education and
employment. That ‘chance’ encounter in 2001 has lead to some mighty
changes in Tileagd which by focusing on Medical, Education, Social and
Spiritual development – is changing the future of an entire community
for the good.
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The Tileagd Community
School |
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The first school building
opened in September 2003, having converted the former Pentecostal
Church and fully renovated it to good standards. 68 children attended
the first day – all from the Gypsy community who had never attended
school before. The facility was full on day one, so immediately plans
were instigated for a larger school that could
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a place of excellence in education. Now, fully approved and accredited
by the Romanian Ministry of Education – more than 100 children,
integrated from Gypsy and Romanian homes, attend school every day and
love the experience and opportunity to learn. The School gymnasium
also provides the facility for our Sports project to operate,
including the highly successful Wheelchair Tennis programme.
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The Tileagd Children's
Centre - Nursery & Kindergarten |
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 Discovering the
difficulties that face Gypsy children when attending school encouraged
Smiles to open the Nursery just 12 months after the school in
September 2004. Majority of the children couldn’t speak the Romanian,
instead all spoke the Rromi language which the school staff couldn’t
speak! Nursery education was needed to prepare the children for
school and now more than 60 children aged 3-6 attend daily, enjoying
as the main school does, breakfast and lunch each day plus a full
hygiene programme of baths or showers.
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The Medical Clinic |
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 Working with extremely
poor communities always presents an extra measure of Medical problems.
Having began our medical support simply through the Family Care
project, building the Complex gave the opportunity for a bigger
vision. In addition to a doctor visiting families, now we could
provide full professional facilities of a clinic for GP, Dental and
Optometry services. Every child in our school and nursery, every
family in our Family Care project has access to the Medical facilities
and as budget allows, the services can be extended to the wider
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The Tileagd Community
Church |
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 With
all the tremendous work Smiles does through its projects, opening the
Tileagd Community Church brought the greatest emotion and joy. The
Gospel teaches us to ‘Care for widows and orphans’... ‘to Love our
neighbour’ … ‘to do unto the least of these …’ The Gospel also teaches
to ‘Go and make Disciples … teaching them to obey everything He as
commanded.’ Finally, The Smiles Foundation was in a position to
fulfil the Great Commission.
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