NetWorks |

Welcome

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So what's it like to join our volunteer programme?

''I have recently spent around 4 months working with NetWorks on their volunteer programme. Coming out to Romania I wasn’t sure what I was letting myself in for but I can honestly say the last 4 months have been the best spent 4 months of my life. I was involved in helping to develop a micro-enterprise business, working with young men who live on the street, children’s clubs and loads more. During this time I was stretched and challenged in so many different ways but I came back not only having supported the work of NetWorks but also being changed by glimpsing into the lives of people living in extreme poverty that most people never get the opportunity to see, as well as learning so much about myself and God. It’s a cliché but I know I received far more than I gave. I would strongly recommend taking part in the NetWorks’ volunteer program to anyone, but be prepared, it will challenge you and shape you in ways you would never expect!"

Rick Buckley, Sheffield

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You can now send your donations using PayPal.

Or if you live in the UK, you can make your donation through a UK registered charity, the Partnership Trust

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Getting Involved

Help us to renovate the farm. Click here for more information.

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Romania is a beautful country with a rich history and culture of its own. In 2007, Romania became part of the European Union.

Yet there are still many people living in incredible poverty. Small mud houses with earth floors, no fresh water and no drainage.

There are children with no clothes, and there are homes with no doors and plastic sheeting for roofs.

Romania isn't a tropical country. Each winter temperatures drop to below minus 20 C.

Young people in these communities have little hope for their future as they see old people living on pensions that won't even buy bread.

Families fall apart, and children live and work on the streets.

Eighteen years after the revolution there are communities in Romania with massive needs. A lot has already been done, but there is a lot still to do...

Working Together to find a way forward

There are no simple solutions, yet there can be no ignoring the problem. No one person, or organisation can meet this range of needs. NetWorks is a Christian charity (registered and based in Romania) which has begun to collaborate locally, nationally and internationally to begin to meet these needs.