News About Work with FARA FARA Romania Search website FARA UK Why we are here Who we help Support our work SHOP DONATE Why we are here The word “fara” means “without” in Romanian and the charity was created to provide a family for those without. In this section Tackling Poverty, Transforming Lives Our success and impact Our mission, vision and values Today Romania is home to almost 4 million children and poverty, inadequate education and a lack of medical services still affects too many of them. As the economy grows in the country the gap between the rich and poor expands and more people are struggling to make ends meet. Half of all children in Romania are at risk of childhood poverty and social exclusion and nearly 1 in 4 suffer from severe material deprivation. (Eurostat 2017) 400,000 children are out of school, drastically limiting their chances to get employment when they grow up. (2017 UNICEF study) 60,000 are separated from their families, mostly as a consequence of poverty, violence or abandonment. (UNICEF Romania) Every year, 10,000 children are separated from their parents and taken into the care system. (UNICEF Romania) FARA Foundation is a UK registered charity. The work we do Who we help FARA is today one of the largest and most experienced care providers in Romania, giving support to vulnerable children and adults, youth at risk, those with learning disabilities, as well as families and their communities. Tackling Poverty, Transforming Lives Our services include care for vulnerable children and adults with learning disabilities, youth at risk and community-based programmes tackling poverty through education. Help us make a difference Find out all the ways in which you can become part of the FARA family, and help us care for children and adults in need. DISCOVER HOW TO SUPPORT OUR WORK Meet our founder Jane Nicholson first visited Romania in 1991 after watching appalling television images which exposed the cruelty inflicted within state run orphanages during the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu. She co-founded the charity FARA that same year. All the services she has created and developed match her initial idea that abandoned people shouldn’t live in institutions but in places that resemble families, with homes and access to therapy, education and special care. MEET OUR FOUNDER Find out more about FARA About FARA transforms the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children, young people, and families in Romania, giving them a sense of “family”. 30 years of FARA 30 years of transforming the lives of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged living in Romania’s poorest communities by offering a family-centred model of care. Our success and impact FARA Charity fulfils its mission in Romania with funds raised predominantly in the UK, we advocate towards the Romanian government to support its people and help fund our work and to change policies to make a real impact of the lives of its citizens. FARA Newsletter Keep in touch to receive updates about FARA’s work SUBSCRIBE CHARITY Twitter twitter Facebook facebook Linkedin linkedin Instagram instagram SHOP Twitter twitter Facebook facebook Instagram instagram Cart2 cart2 MAKE A DONATION FARA Charity 2020 Annual Review 30 years of FARA Media centre Gift aid Contact FARA charity FARA Romania Sitemap FARA Shops Shop online Find a shop Donate goods to our shops Shop jobs Contact FARA shops Policies All policies Accessibility policy FARA Charity Safeguarding policy FARA Shops Safeguarding policy GDPR, Privacy and Cookies Shop returns policy BACK TO THE TOP Copyright © 2021 FARA Registered Charity No. 1139349 and a Company limited by guarantee in England and Wales No. 7432706 Charity web design by Fat Beehive Cookie Control