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June 2012 brought the closure of our project Social

Economy a chance for people with intellectual dis-

abilities, implemented by Foundation Pentru Voi,

Romania, in partnership with Stichting Vrienden vanSperanta, the Netherlands.

The project, with a budget of 4 203 196 RON was

implemented over a period of 3 years and was co

financed by the European Social Fund through the

Operational Sectorial Programme Human Re-

sources Development 2007-2013 Invest in people!.

The most important results of the project are: build-

ing of a new day centre New Horizons for 30 peo-ple with intellectual disabilities, establishing a new in

home service for 23 adults with intellectual disabili-

ties, developing 45 partnerships between compa-

nies/institutions and the social enterprise Pentru

Voi, employing 16 people with intellectual disabili-

ties on the open labor market and 20 people with

intellectual disabilities in our social enterprise, train-

ing 357 specialist through seminars, courses and

study visits.

Moreover 141 people attended 3 national confer-

ences for people with intellectual disabilities, 201

specialists in intellectual disability attended 2 inter-

national conferences on social economy, 600 manu-

als published by Pentru Voi on social services for

persons with intellectual disabilities were printed and

distributed, 1000 posters and 5000 flyers were dis-

tributed in public transportation from 9 counties in

the West and South-West region, continuous lobby

and advocacy activities were carried on to improve

the Romanian legislation in the filed of social econ-

omy and social inclusion of persons with intellectual

disabilities.

End of project: Social Economy a chancefor people with intellectual disabilities

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2012 began with good news for our social enterprise we started a new partnership with Carpatsticks for which

adults with intellectual disabilities sort and pack thousands of sticks per month. In winter a special merit had our

snow mobile team, who worked hard every day to assure road accessibility. Each of them received as reward a

pair of winter boots.

We also continued internal contests to motivate employees of the social enterprise, including Worker of the

Week, where most industrious were a role model for the other employees.Spring has brought us, as we have already got used to, many orders of trinkets (martisoare). In addition to

these traditional products, we developed a new product - brooches made from dried plants. These products have

been promoted through our Seasonal Catalogue and at local fairs - two organized at Contitech and one in part-

nership with United Way Romania.

Soon, the enterprise will extend its copy centre activity in the building of "New Horizons", a day centre built within

the project Social Economy - a chance for people with intellectual disabilities. You are welcome to visit us at our

new headquarter!

The social Enterprise Pentru Voi and the Supported Employment Service

The Dutch Ambassador in Romania, Mr. H.E. Johannes

Hendrik Mattheus (Matthijs) van Bonzel visited Pentru Voi for

the first time. The Ambassador and his wife, accompanied by

the Honorary Consul of the Netherlands, Mr. Marius Popa,

admired and appreciated the work of our service users, talked

with them and with the support staff. In one of the groups they

were greeted with the song "A ship in Amsterdam", played at

the accordion by Adi - one of our service users with autism.

We were honored to receive the visit and grateful for the con-

stant support we have received for more than 20 years now

from Dutch organizations and the Dutch government.

His Excellency is the fourth Ambassador who visits us and we

were very glad to have had him with us.

The Dutch Ambassador visited the Foundation "Pentru Voi"

Three Romanians with intellectual disabilities spoke at Brusselsabout their life in social institutions from Romania

3 specialists and 3 self advocates, people with intellectual disabili-

ties from "Pentru Voi", attended the international conferenceEurope in Action -- organized between May 29 - June 2 in Brus-

sels by Inclusion Europe -- where they talked about life in institu-

tions and community life.

Ghizela, Nicoleta and Luminita spent the first twenty years of their

life in inhuman conditions in various state institutions

(orphanages, home-hospitals) deprived of basic human rights.

The three girls have been living in the past few years in protected

homes LAURA, DORA, RESPIRO, where they have their own

room, they all have a job, have friends and participate in variousactivities in the community, as speakers or self advocates at na-

tional and international events to tell about their life before and

after deinstitutionalization.


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Pentru Voi Band at the Euro Song Festfor persons disabilities in Ireland

Ghizela, Olivia, Alexandra and Tavi participated on

June 29 at the European Song Contest for people

with intellectual disabilities in Cork, Ireland, along with

16 other bands from 12 countries, with the song "Who

does not like love?"

The Romanian delegation has received a participation

trophy, which was presented by the Mayor of Cork,

Mr. John Buttimer. He praised the band forperformance and their authentic costumes old for

nearly 100 years. The event was organized under the

patronage of the President of Ireland, Mr Michael D.

Higgins, who attended the event, and at the end of the

competition he congratulated the band for their per-

formance.

Gianina Gendelon, Lenuta Gherbasina, Dana Mihut,

Maria Botez, Daniel Patrascu and Gheorghe Martinec

coordinated by Radu Sudrijan won first place in the

competition EuropAffiche. Award winning presentation

was held on 21 June in the European Parliament in

Brussels at the invitation of Mr. Cristian Busoi, mem-

ber of the European Parliament. The competition con-

sisted of a poster presentation on European traditional

holidays and was in the presence of over 100 peopleand an outstanding panel.

The project EuropAffiche was organized this year for

the first time in Romania, by the Association ALTER-

NATIVA 2003 in partnership with DGASPC Sector 1,

French Embassy, Foundation Jerome Lejeune of

France and TVR1.

6 persons with intellectual disabilitiesat Brussels

The National Week of Volunteers 2012

20 people with intellectual disabilities and their volun-teers from the mentoring program "A Friend for You"

participated on May 18 at a football match dedicated

to volunteering and social inclusion.

The event was organized within the National Week of

Volunteers 2012, with the support of Mr. Valentin

Bota, which provided for the third year in row one of

the football fields of the Sport Club Helios.

Flash Mobs for Autism Awareness

On April 1, "Pentru Voi" in collaboration with ZumbaFitness organized for the first time in Timisoara two

flash mobs with over 200 people to draw attention on

autism. On the same day, over 100 people dressed in

blue have participated in a march of autism and the

Romanian opera house was illuminated in blue to

mark the World Day of Autism Awareness.

The initiative was part of a broad international action -

Light It Up Blue - which means blue lighting of major

buildings around the world. In Romania 11 cities

celebrated Autism Day by organizing several eventsdesigned to inform and raise autism awareness.

We thank to over 200 volunteers involved in the action

and our partners: City Hall of Timisoara, Timisoara

Zumba Fitness, Elba Timisoara, Iulius Mall, HDV

Studio, Hit Sound.

The video clips can be accesed at:

www.youtube.com/hdvstudio and www.pentruvoi.ro.

SUMMER SCHOOLS PENTRU VOI 2012 | This year we organized three summer schools, two at Moneasa(Arad County) and one at Dubova (Mehedinti County) for 194 people with intellectual disabilities. All summer

schools are aimed at developing social and communication skills intended for social inclusion of participants. The

event included games, contests, sports competitions, hiking, team building activities to strengthen their confidence

and to form friendships, and traditional campfire.

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