Who is Romanian Childrens Relief?
The Mission of Romanian Children’s Relief is to support Romanian children and families in order to prevent child abandonment. Along with our Romanian parenters, Fundatia Inocenti, we support 22 Romanian professional staff and more than 100 volunteers working in several programs helping hundreds of abandoned and at-risk children. We were founded in 1990, when a group of concerned New Englanders responded to a Boston Globe article by photographer Mike Carroll and Dr. Bill Griffo, New York Hospital – Cornell Medical Center , about the pediatric AIDS crisis in Romania . In 1994 we were incorporated as a Romanian Foundation, Fundatia Inocenti . Our Funders include: USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development); World Learning; LIFT THE CHILDREN Foundation; Fidelity Cares; Atria Corporation; Jaech-Breneman Foundation; The Dusky Foundation; Rotary International Foundation; Boston, MA Rotary; Mercer Island, WA Rotary; Paoli, PA Rotary; Worcester Rotary; Salt Lake City, Utah Rotary; Interna
