Ad Astra
Fundraising campaign by
Rusu Lia
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€4,839.00raised of €350,000.00 goal goal
Campaign Story
ABOUT US
About the applicant and his experience
"Casa
David și Daniel" association is an association established in
2021, its purpose is humanitarian, having among its objectives the
organization and carrying out of charity activities, the provision of
material and financial support to people in need; the integration
into society of people from placement centers, of children with
special needs, of children and young people at risk; the material and
cultural stimulation of different categories of children and young
people in order to continue and complete their studies, professional
training and personal development; the development of programs and
social services that respond to the real needs of the community,
especially of children at risk or other vulnerable categories;
supporting children and young people with exceptional academic
results and who do not have the financial means to continue/complete
their studies.
WHAT I HAVE ACHIEVED SO FAR
Relevant
experience in the field
From personal experience I
understood how important support, support and work is to overcome the
condition given by the circumstances of life: abandonment, having
special needs, living in conditions of poverty, being an
orphan.
During 2020-2022, informally, with the help of
donations from individuals, we carried out actions and programs for
children in foster care centers and family-type homes, elderly
people, single mothers and needy families, to help them to meet new
people with a big heart, who will bring a smile to them and help them
discover that the world can be a more beautiful, warmer, more
colorful and more alive place.
We met them with different
campaigns to collect food and other things of strict necessity, but
also with activities and campaigns through which we contributed to
their human development and training. The results of the campaigns
and programs carried out in recent months are reproduced
below:
"Adopt a child" campaign: 5,000 packages
offered in the 4 campaigns of the 2020/2022 school year to children
from orphanages and needy families (food, sweets, equipped backpacks,
clothing)
"I love you Mom" campaign: 200
packages per campaign to mothers from "Mother and Child"
Centers, abused women and mothers from needy families (hygiene
products, letter of encouragement and chocolate).
"Food
box" campaign: 70 packages offered to needy families in Cluj
county monthly (food, diapers and other necessary items)
"Warm
a soul" campaign: 10 families received firewood needed during
the winter.
"Send a Child to Summer Camp" campaign:
200 children from orphanages, disabled and needy families were
provided with transportation and meals to participate in a week-long
summer camp.
The "Alaturi De Tine" project, initiated
in February 2021: Within the project, we support, encourage and
support children from orphanages through various activities:
recreational outings, mentoring meetings, celebrating birthdays.
The
"Remarkat" scholarship: 20 students without opportunities
and with good academic results received meditations in preparation
for the Baccalaureate, and for 5 female graduates the banquet costs
were covered.
THE CHANGE WE WANT
About the project -
justification/problem/needs
As part of the "Ad astra"
project, we want to open a day center where we can carry out programs
and activities of the association for children from foster care
centers, from family homes, children with special needs and for those
at risk. We consider the number of day care centers and available
places to be insufficient compared to the number of institutionalized
children and young people
Currently, young people who leave
state child protection institutions at the age of majority are
insufficiently prepared for adult life.
Through the
proposed programs and activities, we aim for their integration into
society, their personal development, the development of the necessary
skills and professional training to be prepared to manage on their
own and understand the responsibilities of adult life once they leave
the institutionalized system of child protection the child upon
reaching the age of majority.
Ad astra ("to the
stars") is the vision we want to convey to the beneficiaries of
the project. We want to help children and young people strive for
more, reach their true potential, understand that they are not
defined by their circumstances and that they can fulfill the dreams
they have for their lives.
Young people will benefit from
a series of workshops on topics such as financial education,
responsibility, independence, as well as psychological and
educational counseling. They will also receive help to enter the
workforce through career guidance sessions and mediation from
competent people. All this is aimed at helping them to realize what
are the needs that will arise in adult life and to identify the ways
through which they can develop their adult life skills.
TARGET
GROUP AND BENEFICIARIES
The project is aimed at children and
young people from orphanages, those with disabilities and children
from disadvantaged backgrounds in Cluj County, aged up to 18
years.
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES
Through this project we
aim to create the day center where the programs and activities of the
Ad astra project can take place.
Project objectives:
•
Acquisition of the bulding of the day center
• The
integration into society of young people who come from the
institutionalized child protection system and those from
disadvantaged backgrounds within Cluj County.
• Preparing
the beneficiaries for an independent life with all that it implies
from an emotional, social and professional point of view, to reduce
the fear of young people to leave the institution, the feeling of
insecurity, of marginalization and for the development of autonomy.
• Facilitation of activities intended for people with
neuropsychic disabilities
• Creation of personal
development groups for center beneficiaries.
• Offering
volunteering opportunities from the center's beneficiaries in actions
aimed at disadvantaged people in Cluj county (other campaigns and
actions of the association).
EXPECTED RESULTS AND IMPACT
• Acquisition of a bulding of the Ad astra day center;
• A day center arranged and equipped with equipment necessary for
its use in optimal conditions;
• Do we estimate a number
of 50? participants / type of activity for the period of one year;
• 250 permanent beneficiaries annually in the project;
• 4 people will be employed full time to coordinate the center,
activities and volunteer staff:
• Beneficiaries of Ad
astra programs will voluntarily get involved in the actions and
campaigns of the Association to understand that the good received
must be given further;
• At least 50% of the beneficiaries
will integrate into society as independent and responsible
adults.
PLANNED ACTIVITIES – the ones below would
do well to be described in a little more detail
To achieve
the proposed objectives, we plan the following activities:
1.Bulding acquisition
We will identify a building, intended for
the Ad astra day center: in the Florești / Cluj-Napoca area, on an
area of at least 1,000 square meters land
3. Equipment of the
space
4. Identification and contracting
of specialized personnel for the implementation of the programs
(June-December 2023)
The staff contracted to coordinate and
carry out the activities will be both employed and volunteer.
5. Conclusion of partnerships (June-December 2023)
In order to
identify the beneficiaries of specific activities, partnerships will
be concluded with child protection institutions. There could also be
partnerships with school/academic institutions/NGOs to identify
volunteers.
6. Official opening of the center (April 2023)if
we rise monny for project
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7. Carrying
out the activities of the "Ad astra" center according to a
clearly established schedule (Jan-Dec 2023)
The programs and
activities will be oriented in 4 directions: vocational training
courses for young people over 16, specific activities for people with
disabilities, personal development groups and before and after school
activities.
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Organizer
- Rusu Lia
- Cluj Napoca, RO
Donors
- Handru Sergiu
- Donated on Mar 28, 2023
- Mihnea Anuta
- Donated on Mar 04, 2023
- Adrian Herea
- Donated on Feb 27, 2023
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Donors & Comments
- Handru Sergiu
- Donated on Mar 28, 2023
- Mihnea Anuta
- Donated on Mar 04, 2023
- Adrian Herea
- Donated on Feb 27, 2023
- Andreea Dumitrache
- Donated on Feb 27, 2023
- Anonymous
- Donated on Feb 27, 2023
- Crecan Sofia
- Donated on Feb 27, 2023
- Anonymous
- Donated on Feb 27, 2023
- Anonymous
- Donated on Feb 27, 2023
- David Stoica
- Donated on Feb 21, 2023
- Anonymous
- Donated on Feb 19, 2023