Work among Street Children

Some historical facts
In December 1989, the people of Romania revolted against the dictatorship and over 40 years of communist rule. After the revolution, it became known to the rest of the world, the dreadful condition many tens of thousands of abandoned children and young people were living in. Most of the orphanages were overcrowded, neglected, and lacked adequate health care to maintain the simplest quality of life. There was an urgent need to provide Romania with a new standard for the care of abandoned children.

Now, after more than 30 years, much has of course changed. Romania has adopted a new standard caring for the abandoned children. Most of the state owned orphanages are now closed, the few that remains have adopted a new standard for the acre of abandoned or neglected children.

Still today Romania feels the effects of this trauma. The number of children that are abandoned has dropped to a much smaller amount. But still, much due to poverty and corruption, infants and young children are abandoned by their parents. There is still a great need to care for the children of Romania.

Breadgate Int’l and Caminul Felix Family Villages
Since 1995, PTPI have supported the work at Caminul Felix, saving the neglected and abandoned children from a life on the street. The Caminul Felix Family Villages, located in Oradea, in northwestern part Romania. During the years PTPI have through its donors made it possible for Caminul Felix to expand and develop its ministry. We have, to mention a few projects, been able to purchase the land that the second village was built. We have also donated a large house, that today house 28 young adults. More on that project below.