Who are the children available for sponsorship and how does RCR select them?
The 30 children in this Child Sponsorship Program all live in Bistrita-Nasaud County , where RCR has operated award winning foster care support programs for more than 5 years. All 30 children in the program have severe to profound special needs. Most are abandoned children who were moved out of the Camin Spital (Hospital for children with Special Needs) in 2004. Fourteen of the children were moved into foster families, and another 12 were moved into small group homes in the community. Another 4 children are living with their biological families. For the past year, (the first year of their de-institutionalization), these children received special needs services provided by RCR/FI staff supported through a grant from USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) administered through World Learning. The funding for this grant will run out October 1, 2005 . Because we feel that all of the children in this program still need these extra support services, we are seeking to continue most
