In the city of Isaccea in Tulcea county, a mother and father are carefully raising their two children, a girl and a boy. The oldest son, Ștefan, is just nine. They live from one day to the next, with few resources but a lot of love.
When Stefan's mother Elena looks at her son, her heart is full and heavy at the same time. He doesn't utter a word, and his silence weighs heavily on her mother's heart. Elena recalls:
‘‘When he was three, I realized he was different. He didn't talk, didn't play with the other children. He was so quiet, too quiet’
They hoped it was just a delay that he would easily recover. But the diagnosis fell like a stone: nonverbal autism.
Since then, there have followed years of expensive therapies, long journeys, and moving from city to city in search of the best specialists. Today, a therapist manages to come to the village once a week with the support of the social worker.
Stefan and other children like him have a right to dignity. They need the warm, discreet and life-saving help that a social worker can bring into their lives and the lives of their families, a social worker to guide the family and help Stefan access the specialized services he needs: speech therapy, physiotherapy, counselling, medical services. Today you can touch their lives.
The support provided by social workers is essential to help vulnerable families have a better life.
Donate now and support vulnerable children in Romania. Together we can give them a chance to a better life. Thank you.
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