Did you know ? If you are taxed on your income in Romania, you can ask the Romanian tax authorities to pay 2% of the amount of your tax on your behalf to the NGO of your choice. Since the amount is directly deduced from your taxes due to the state, this generous act would cost you nothing at all! For […]
The Valentina Association is essentially focused on providing scholastic support to children, however we also aim to improve the lives of the families of those children in need, specifically in cases of emergency. During one of my visits together with our social assistant in the Ferentari neighborhood, shortly before Christmas, we witnessed the condition of extreme distress in which a […]
MIA (Mama In Actiune) is a subsidiary organization of the Valentina association created to support marginalized families of Bucharest’s Ferentari neighborhood. MIA has in its aims to effectively achieve social and professional reinsertion through sewing training at the Casa Valentina for mothers of the Ferentari neighborhood. Their children are also integrated into the scholastic support program at Valentina in order […]
Already! It’s been a year that I spend half a day per week with the children of the “Casa Valentina”. Perhaps it does not seem like so much time, in fact just a few hours, yet a few hours that fill my heart with joy and help me face the rest of the week with a different spirit. Together we […]
Now for the second consecutive year, the Christmas market held at the French school took place last December 21st for the benefit of our association. The children of the kindergarten created some fantastic Christmas goodies which were then sold to the French school parents – this after a stunning rendition of carols performed under the winter cold. The creativity of the […]
The Valentina Association spurred a full house on Sunday, the 14th of January 2018 while the stunning documentary “Les Pépites” directed by Xavier Lauzanne was shown. It was a great occasion for our association to wish a happy new year via the voices of the 6 childen from the Casa present at the event and collect donations from Bucharest’s francophone […]
On this past December 17th up to sixty different families were present, together with their children, at the Valentina association’s Christmas celebration organized by its volunteers. From 9:00 am two mothers, Vasilica and Camelia, both volunteers and members of the Valentina team are already busy creating the Christmas atmosphere at the sport hall of school 114, found nearby Valentina’s day […]
On this Universal Children’s Day of 2017 ( November 20) the Ambassador for France in Romania, Mrs. Michèle Ramis unveiled the exhibition of photographs made by the children of the “Casa Valentina” at the French Institute of Bucharest. Now for a second consecutive year, thirteen children from the Valentina Association took part in a photography workshop led by two […]
According to Romanian tax law, any company can direct 20% of its tax to the benefit of an association rather than to the state. If you can help us, please download the form here.
Under a beautiful sun, it was the rush at 8 am on October 6 to be ready to welcome bargain hunters who were at the door for the opening. And bargaining started, 10 lei, 5 lei, some beautiful pieces were sold for 50 or 100 lei. But it was not just a garage sale: the goal of our charity sale […]